Behavioral Health Technician - Pottstown

Malvern Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS) seeks to support children and adults and their families (fathers and mothers), role models of both genders, caregivers, friends and members of their spiritual community of choice, to have access to individualized, strength-based, trauma informed quality behavioral health supports and services that foster choices so that they may enjoy meaningful relationships and a life worth living in our communities.

Malvern offers expert and caring behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

MCHS currently has part-time openings for Behavioral Health Technicians at our Pottstown location.

At our Pottstown office, we serve Montgomery, Berks, and Chester county communities in:

• Outpatient Therapy
• IBHS
• School Therapeutic Services

Position Summary: The BHT provides specialized behavioral services directed by a detailed treatment plan and under the direction of a BC, who is responsible for the treatment plan.

Summary of Essential Position Functions:

• Provide one-on-one behavioral interventions to client

• Assist parent/caregiver and/or teacher with implementation of behavior plan

• Monitor client's behaviors emphasized in the treatment plan; intervene and redirect challenging behaviors

• Collaborate with team members and must work in context of transferring skills to others

• Attend monthly treatment team meetings with client, family and treatment team

• Provide services within authorized amount of hours & Complete all paperwork within policy time frames

• Attend staff meetings & mandatory trainings as necessary and comply with all IBHS policies

• Attend trainings (must have twenty (20) hours per year if an experienced BHT ; non experienced need thirty-nine (39) hours of training within the first six (6) months of hire)

• BHT with less than six months of previous BHT experience must receive six hours of on-site assessment & assistance by a qualified supervisor. BHT with more than six months of previous BHT experience must receive three hours of assessment/assistance by a qualified supervisor.

• Ability to develop therapeutic rapport with treatment team, clients and families

• Attend weekly supervision with master's level mental health professional

• Travel to and from client sites to perform services (100% travel required)

• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• This position requires individuals that are client focused; team oriented; great interpersonal and communication skills; dependable; problem solving skills; organizational skills; focused on compliance and performance quality. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or the equivalent to a High School Diploma, And

• have completed a 40 hour Training covering RBT, which can be acquired at no cost, Or

• A minimum of two years experience in the provision of Behavioral Health Services.

• A Bachelor's Degree in a human service field (Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Education or similar human services) And,

• have completed a 40 hour Training covering RBT, which can be acquired at no cost, Or

• A minimum of two years experience in the provision of Behavioral Health Services