Behavioral Health Technician

About the role

Per Diem position available in the Philadelphia, PA 19124 area. COMHAR's Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) is located in the Philadelphia area. IBHS support children, youth, and young adults with mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs. Services are provided to children, youth, and young adults across all settings (at the home, school, and community settings) in order to both help them reduce and/or replace problem behaviors with more positive, socially appropriate behaviors, with the highest priority placed on family engagement throughout the process.

Responsibilities

• Specific interventions to assist the child in developing age-appropriate self-management skills, such as focusing attention, organization and planning and appropriate participation and interaction across multiple settings.
• Support to the teachers, parents and other adults responsible for supervising the child in the classroom or in the home/community settings in their efforts to provide direct supervision.
• Assistance to the teacher, parent or other adult in providing therapeutic structure and setting clear limits for the child.
• Assistance in implementing a behavioral intervention plan for the child.
• Assistance in implementing alternative activities to redirect challenging behaviors.
• Assistance in promoting positive relationships with teachers, aides, families, siblings and peers.
• Assistance to the family, teacher in ensuring safety to the child and others.
• Assistance in promoting positive behavior with peers during lunch, recess, bathroom visits, bus, etc. while in school.
• Assistance in promoting positive behavior within the family throughout the normally scheduled routines, as noted in the treatment plan.

Skills

• Positive behavioral reinforcement
• Emotional support
• Time-structuring activities
• Crisis intervention techniques
• Other strategies as prescribed in the child’s treatment plan

Requirements

• Have a high school diploma/GED or higher.
• Must be able to complete 64 hours of behavioral health technicians paid training upon hire.

Pay

Hourly Rate $17.51/HR; Training Rate $17.63/HR.

Schedule

Schedule varies based on school assignment.

Benefits