Mental Health Technician - $1,000 Bonus

The Residential Campus at The Buckeye Ranch was founded in 1961 and has expanded our home environment to nine residential houses with 93-beds and 200 employees. The Residential Campus, a division of The Buckeye Ranch, offers behavioral health and child welfare programs across a wide continuum of care. We proudly serve over 5,000 children and families annually, with a strong foundation in family centered, trauma-informed care.

About the role

The Residential Mental Health Technician provides one-on-one and group supervision, intervention, and behavioral leadership of clients (youth ages 9-17) to establish and maintain a trauma-informed positive treatment environment and desired treatment outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills.
• De-escalate potentially aggressive youth.
• Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development.
• Supervises individual and group activities and behaviors to establish and maintain a positive treatment environment.
• Understands special issues regarding gender identity/crisis, substance use, mental health conditions, and other needs typically presented by the service population.
• Provides transportation for the clients as needed.
• Adapts to changing, unusual or unplanned situations with appropriate measures and modification of planned activities including working shifts on another unit as directed by supervisor/shift supervisor.
• Intervenes as needed to manage or assist in crisis situations.
• Manages behavioral health crises through appropriate interventions including using the principles ‘Regulate, Relate, Reason.’

Schedule

Full-time, Non-exempt (Weekends Required)

• 1st Shift: 7:00am - 3:00pm
• 2nd Shift: 2:30pm - 11:00pm
• 3rd Shift: 11:00pm - 7:00am

Shift Differential: Added to base rate when working the below hours

• 2nd Shift (3p - 11p): $1.50/hr
• 3rd Shift (11p - 7a): $1.00/hr
• Weekends (Fri, 3pm - Mon, 6:59am): $0.50/hr

Benefits

Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment.

• Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid Time Off (Three weeks within the first year).
• Daily Pay Partners – Don’t wait for payday, get paid daily!
• Company Paid Life Insurance.
• Company Paid Short Term Disability.
• 401K + Employer Contribution.
• Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Employee Referral Program.

Requirements

• You have a high school diploma; Associates degree preferred.
• You have an active driver’s license and proof of car insurance.
• You have one year of mental health working experience.
• You are 21 years or older.
• You have previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Mental Health Specialist, Behavioral Aide, or other related titles.