BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECH
Job Title: Certified Behavioral Health Technician
Children's Home of Reading - 1010 Centre Ave, Reading, PA 19601
Salary $30.00/hour
Schedule Availability: Must be available for (2nd) shift
Summary of Position:
The Certified Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides direct, one-to-one and group behavioral health services to youth with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders. The BHT implements behavior support and treatment plans under the supervision of licensed or credentialed clinical staff in accordance with Pennsylvania regulations, program policies, and evidence-based practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Implement individualized behavior support plans, treatment goals, and skill-building interventions as written by the supervising clinician.
• Provide structured behavioral interventions to reduce maladaptive behaviors and increase positive, adaptive skills.
• Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and structured environment at all times.
• Use trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive approaches.
• Accurately observe and document client behaviors, progress, and responses to interventions.
• Collect and document behavioral data in accordance with program and regulatory standards.
• Will be included in daily staffing ratio to assist in effective programming for all youth.
• Complete daily notes, incident reports, and other required documentation within required timeframes.
• Utilize approved crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques when necessary.
• Follow all safety protocols related to self-harm, aggression, and behavioral escalation.
• Report safety concerns, incidents, or changes in client status immediately to supervisory/leadership staff.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, supervision, and required trainings.
• Support family engagement as directed by the treatment team.
• Maintain client confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and agency policies.
• Follow all Pennsylvania mandated reporter requirements.
• Maintain active certification, clearances, and required ongoing training.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree and/or associate’s degree with one of the following certifications below:
• Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
• Board-Certified Autism Technician (BCAT)
• BCABA (Board-Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst)
• Completion of a minimum 40-hour behavioral health/RBT-aligned training
• Or minimum 2 years of documented behavioral health experience with required training
• Ability to work with children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance
• Ability to remain calm and professional in high-stress situations
Language Ability
Ability to read, write and comprehend information. Ability to effectively communicate with residents, peers, clients, employees, and administration. Ability to professionally write detailed reports.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and sometimes involved written and oral directions. Ability to interpret routine instructions without difficulty.  Ability to apply rational/calm reasoning when confronted with difficult and/or ambiguous situations.
Certificates and Licenses
Valid driver’s license preferred
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
The employee is required to stand, walk, run, use hands and reach with hands and arms. The employee must have the physical ability to restrain a resident while utilizing the tenets of Safe Crisis Management training. The employee is required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk, hear, see, taste, and smell.
About Company:
Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.
Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.
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