**Description**

Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of children and adolescents?How about spending time mentoring and having fun with kids?

**Then being a Behavioral Health Technician at Devereux is for YOU! You belong here.**

Located on a beautiful 10-acre campus in the heart of Scottsdale, **Devereux Arizona’s 24-hour Residential Treatment Center** (RTC) has the capacity to serve 52 children. The RTC is a safe, supportive environment that provides various services to youth, from the ages of 7 to 17, who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse challenges. The Campus features dormitories, a therapeutic K-12 day school, food services, medical/nursing, and therapy services.

As a **Behavioral Health Technician** (BHT), you will work directly with the children/youth to be seen as a positive role model - dedicated and truly caring about their well-being. BHT’s mentor and have fun with kids doing various year-round activities such as art projects, music groups, animal therapy, various athletics (basketball, soccer, Frisbee, etc), and adulthood transition prep! You will assist and support the planning, implementation, and documentation of those programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of individuals on Campus.

**Pay Range: $18 - $19.80 / hr**

**Earn an additional $1/hr. for hours worked between 3pm-11pm and an additional $2/hr. for hours worked between 11pm-7am, 7 days/week**

**Various full-time scheduling options; ability to work afternoons/nights and weekends**

**Location: 6436 E Sweetwater Ave., Scottsdale, Arizona 85254**

**Benefits and Rewards**

**We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:**

+ **ASCEND – the first career accelerator program** exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

+ **Paid time off** (24 days per year, increase with years of service); **Sick time** (64 hours per year)

+ **Retirement** , **eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards**

+ **Free access to Payactiv** , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

+ **Quality Low-Cost Benefits** (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!http://benefits.devereux.org#sponsored

**Qualifications**

+ Must be 21 years of age or older

+ HS Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or relevant field preferred

+ Six (6) weeks of behavioral health work experience required

**OTHER:**

+ **Must be available to attend two (2) weeks of new hire orientation (paid, Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm) plus 2-3 weeks of on the job training**

+ Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results

+ Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment

+ Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check

+ Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions)

**Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.**

**Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff.** All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.

**Posted Date** _2 hours ago_ _(12/17/2024 2:33 PM)_

**_Requisition ID_** _2024-41493_

**_Category_** _Direct Care_

**_Position Type_** _Full-Time_

**_Remote_** _No_

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.