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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN IBHS

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

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Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Reed Street - Philadelphia, PA 19146SUMMARY: An Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Behavioral Health Technician provides individual services to the child/youth consistent with attaining the goals of the Individual Resiliency Plan, including the implementation, modeling and coaching of identified interventions in order to promote crisis stabilization and supporting the child/youth, caregiver and other team members with challenging behaviors they are experiencing across settings.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: An IBHS Behavioral Health Technician must have one of the following: High School Diploma or equivalent and forty hours of training covering the RBT Task List evidenced by a Certification that includes the name of the responsible trainer, who is certified as a BCBA or BCaBA Have a minimum of two years of experience in the provision of behavioral health services Certification as a BCaBA Certification as a RBT Certification as a BCAT Behavioral Health Certification or Behavioral Analysis Certification from an organization that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American National Standards Institute

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician implements and models interventions to support children and youth in achieving their Individual Resiliency Plan goals. They provide direct services to promote crisis stabilization and assist caregivers and team members with managing challenging behaviors across various settings.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a high school diploma or equivalent along with 40 hours of RBT training, or hold a relevant professional certification such as RBT, BCaBA, or BCAT. Alternatively, a minimum of two years of experience in the provision of behavioral health services is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Individual resiliency plan implementationBehavioral interventionChild supportYouth support

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 82% have no call, 30% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,303 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Bethanna

Non-profit Organizations
SOUTHAMPTON, Pennsylvania
201-500 employees

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.