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Independence Health System
Butler Township, Pennsylvania

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

#1  Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team, including attending and sharing appropriate information regarding clients in the daily morning meeting.  Advocating for clients’ rights and preferences with the team, their families, the community, etc.

#2  Builds a therapeutic relationship with individuals served and effectively interacts in a professional and appropriate manner with individuals, families, and other community agencies.

#3  Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team; assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating and revising overall treatment goals in collaboration with the client and the individualized treatment team, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as clients’ needs change; educate and support clients and their families.

#4  Provides effective one to one therapeutic interventions with the individual and family, facilitates group therapy, psychotherapy, symptom management and other appropriate therapeutic interventions.

#5  Provide practical help and side by side support, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, problem solving, direct assistance and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental healthcare; legal and advocacy services; financial supports such as entitlements (SSI, SSDI); housing subsidies (HUD, Section 8, 811); money management training: and transportation.

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician provides direct service coordination, case management, and therapeutic interventions for an assigned group of clients. They are responsible for developing and implementing individualized treatment plans while providing side-by-side support for daily living needs.

Requirements

The role requires the ability to work independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team to advocate for client rights. Candidates must demonstrate professional interaction skills and the capacity to manage complex client needs including housing, healthcare, and financial entitlements.

Key Skills

Client advocacyTreatment planningCrisis interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationDocumentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN at Independence Health System a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Behavioral Health — ranked against 1,225 active Behavioral Health listings on WeekdayDoc.

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% have no call, 34% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.6
Among the best 10% of Behavioral Health listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,225 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Butler

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$266k
Typical market rent
$1,018/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
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 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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