Behavioral Health Technician Como Ave. St. Paul, MN

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Behavioral Health Technicians (BHT’s) monitor and assist adolescent clients in the residential milieu, lead activities designed to help the residents adjust to living in a community setting and assist the residents in gaining the skills needed to manage their eating disorder. BHT’s play an integral role in the day-to-day function of the clients’ experience.

• Full Time 0.8 FTE (32 hours per week) focused on Day & Evening shifts
  • Day
    
    Shifts:
    
    6am-2:30pm, 8am-4pm
  • Evening
    
    Shifts:
    
    2pm-10:30pm, 4pm-12:30am
  • Every other weekend required (Saturday & Sunday)
  • Schedule is made a month at a time with a combination of both day and evening shifts

• BHT I:
  Starting hourly range between $18.00-$21.00

• Partners with the multi-disciplinary team on care plan and treatment, assisting in admissions, supporting or assisting clients in programming
• Participates in therapeutic meals and snacks and provides support during structured outings and recreation
• Available to engage, challenge, and support residents as needed. Reports observations and documents in charts
• Monitors and supports bathroom use per client treatment direction. Monitors and documents exercise.
• Responsible for enforcing appropriate policies with residents and completing all expected tasks including hourly room-checks

• High school diploma or GED required with one year of Mental health experience or
• Bachelors degree in Mental health field with 0-1 year of experience
• Must have valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive

We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.

For full-time employees, we offer:

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Vision insurance (Eye Med)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.

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