Behavioral Health Technician (IBHS)

Northern Children's Services • Philadelphia, PA

4d • $18 - $20

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides one-to-one behavioral management interventions to children or adolescents with serious emotional disturbances in assigned home, school, or community settings. The role supports families and other responsible adults and aims to prevent more restrictive services or out-of-home placement. Most cases are school-based, generally between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The BHT carries out interventions identified in treatment plans, helps children develop age-appropriate self-management skills, and supports parents, family members, teachers, and other supervising adults. Services may also help children integrate or reintegrate into normalizing settings and activities.

The BHT works with children, school staff, families, and the treatment team to implement plan techniques and achieve treatment goals. The role involves communication and coordination with treatment team members, completing timely documentation, planning and monitoring interventions, providing direct services, and representing the agency at conferences and interagency meetings. The position requires a trauma-informed approach grounded in safety, nonviolence, resilience, empathy, effective communication, and person-first, strengths-based language.

The work may take place in home, school, or community settings and requires some schedule flexibility, including evening and weekend hours. The role may require walking up and down steps, lifting up to 20 pounds, using a calculator or computer, and driving as needed.

Requirements

• Meet at least one of the following qualifications: BCaBA certification; RBT certification; BCAT certification; Behavioral Health or Behavior Analysis certification; high school diploma plus 40-hour training on the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) 2026 Task List; or two years of experience providing Behavioral Health services.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with people in varied settings.
• Familiarity with multiple child-serving systems, such as education, juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, drug and alcohol, health care, and vocational rehabilitation.
• Ability to communicate and interact with all staff.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from varied groups, including the media.
• Ability to accurately calculate numbers, including addition, subtraction, and percentages.
• Ability to give clear and concise oral and written instructions.
• Working knowledge of the Behavioral Health system and ability to navigate other systems.
• Ability to read and understand complex instructions, such as regulatory policies.
• Working knowledge of computers and pertinent software programs.
• Ability to walk up and down steps and lift 20 pounds.
• Ability to operate a calculator or computer.
• Current valid driver's license and willingness to drive as needed.
• Availability for some flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend hours.
• Use a trauma-informed approach, including empathy, effective communication, awareness of trauma's impact, and person-first, strengths-based language.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact with treatment team members, including schools, families, wraparound staff, and other relevant parties.
• Communicate pertinent information clearly to responsible parties and the Clinical Supervisor.
• Advocate for consumers' needs to accomplish treatment objectives.
• Collaborate with other programs and departments to assure continuity of service.
• Complete progress notes within 72 hours of service and complete other documentation in a timely manner and required formats, including incident reports and encounter forms.
• Document therapeutic interactions, unusual incidents, and routine activities as required by policies and procedures.
• Plan and organize interventions supporting consumers' social, emotional, and educational development based on the Treatment Plan.
• Attend interagency meetings, mandatory in-service trainings, psychiatric and medication evaluations, and participate in Performance Improvement Activities.
• Provide oversight and direction to assigned children in accordance with best practices.
• Assist parents, teachers, and other responsible adults in directly supervising children.
• Coordinate services through interagency meetings, assess and reassess consumer needs, and inform the assigned Clinician when Treatment Plan updates are needed.
• Provide ongoing support to consumers and other staff as determined by the Written Order.
• Create an environment that fosters positive growth and development and provide interventions promoting social growth.
• Implement treatment plan components developed with the treatment team and provide regular feedback about the plan's relevance and the need for alternative interventions.
• Represent the agency at conferences, trainings, and interagency meetings as needed.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• A $20,000 life insurance policy through Mutual of Omaha at no cost to full-time employees.
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability coverage and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Optional self-funded insurance plans, including accident, cancer, life, critical illness, and short-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) savings plan with a matching contribution after one year of employment.
• Generous paid time off or sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program offering confidential referral and counseling services for employees and families.
• Self-funded legal services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED