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Embark Behavioral Health
Alexandria, Virginia

Behavioral Health Associate NW

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Listed compensation

$18-$23/hr

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Posted 43m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Pay: $18.00–$23.00 per hour (DOE)Schedule: Full timeAvailable Shifts: 8:00 PM–6:00 AM (Overnight)

Are you empathetic, patient, and committed to empowering adolescents on their journey towards sustainable mental wellness?

As a Behavioral Health Associate, you will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support adolescents ages (12-17) in their journey towards improved mental health and well-being. Every day you will participate and guide teens in experiential therapies like art, music, yoga, hiking, fitness, and a variety of other on and off campus activities. To thrive at Embark, you must have an empathetic heart and maintain personal and professional boundaries with teens.

At Embark our mission is to lead the way in driving teen and young adult anxiety, depression, and suicide from the all-time highs of today to all-time lows by 2028.

We warmly welcome EMTs to apply for this position! Your experience in emergency medical care and crisis management makes you uniquely qualified to transition into the Behavioral Health Technician role.

Responsibilities

Provide overnight supervision to ensure client safety and maintain a secure therapeutic environment.

Conduct 15-minute bed checks and routine facility rounds throughout the night, documenting observations according to program standards.

Respond to client needs using verbal de-escalation techniques and implement crisis intervention strategies when necessary.

Communicate significant observations, incidents, and client updates to the Program Director and incoming staff during shift handoff.

Complete accurate overnight documentation, including progress notes, incident reports, and shift summaries.

Support clients who are awake during overnight hours by providing emotional support, redirection, and encouragement of healthy coping skills.

Qualifications

Age: 21+ years of age or older

Education

High school diploma or equivalent G.E.D required. Associates or bachelor's in human services, psychology, criminal justice, or related field is preferred.

Skills

  • Quick decision-making skills and a growth mindset with a focus on Embarks core values.
  • Experience: Min of 1 year of experience working with adolescent populations is preferred
  • Certifications: CPR and First Aid certification preferred, will provide training

Background Checks: Must pass pre-employment drug screen and federal and state background check in concordance with Tennessee state laws.

Benefits

Access to professional growth using our leading edge strategies and trainings with our exceptional leaders

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Benefit Program that includes medical insurance with a generous company contribution towards a high deductible plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, long-term disability, 401K with company matching, and paid maternal leave.

PTO accrual schedule.

Opportunity to foster relationships with adolescents and their families, create joy in their lives, and heal generations.

Join a team of nationally recognized industry leaders who provide you with a framework of training, support, and long-term advancement opportunities.

Embark and team members embrace the core values of empathy, trusting relationships, service, growth, and results.

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Embark is committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience it offers through the diversity of its employees and community. Embark seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who will contribute to the organization's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

CPR (preferred)

Key Skills

Adolescent careSafety monitoringPatient careInterpersonal communicationBoundary setting

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$37k–$48kBehavioral Health median $40k (middle half $33k–$46k)32 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$42k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Virginia37 active1,742 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 60% no call · 40% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Behavioral Health pay trend−3.0% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

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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 1,300 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Embark Behavioral Health

Mental Health Care
Chandler, Arizona
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
Long-term disability
401K with company matching
Paid maternal leave
PTO accrual

Living in Alexandria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$700k
Typical market rent
$2,275/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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