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Embark Behavioral Health
Wright Township, Pennsylvania

Behavioral Health Associate

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Listed compensation

$18 per hour

The week · per this posting4-day week

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Location:108 country Place Lane, White Haven, PA
  • Hourly Pay: $18.00 per hour
  • Full Time

Schedule: 4-day work week (10-hour shifts)

  • Mid Shift: 10 AM - 8 PM or 1PM - 11PM
  • Overtime available
  • Stable full-time hours Consistent schedule Immediate openings
  • Looking for a meaningful career where you can make a real difference?

Join our team supporting adolescent girls in a residential treatment setting. No prior experience in behavioral health? No problem—we provide paid training and ongoing support.

  • This is a great fit if you’ve worked as a:
  • Caregiver
  • DSP
  • CNA
  • Youth worker
  • Or are looking to start a career in mental health

Responsibilities

  • Support teens in daily routines and life skills
  • Build positive, supportive relationships
  • Help de-escalate stressful situations (training provided)
  • Lead activities like fitness, music, or art
  • Work as part of a team to support client progress.

Qualifications

  • 21+ years old
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Able to pass background check

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.

Key Skills

Behavioral health supportDe-escalationLife skills coachingRelationship buildingAdolescent careCrisis interventionTeam collaborationActivity leadership

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 73% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score2.8 / 10 · above average in behavioral healthranked against 1,195 Behavioral Health listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$37kBehavioral Health median $37k (middle half $35k–$43k)76 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$38k in purchasing powerPennsylvania index 97.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Pennsylvania162 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All behavioral health listings in Pennsylvania196 active1,595 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 73% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania healthcare professional listings (all specialties): <1% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment196 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings861 in the last 30 days503 the 30 days before (+71%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend (all specialties)+8.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,195 Behavioral Health listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Pennsylvania figures use all behavioral healths: too few Pennsylvania Behavioral Health postings state pay.

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24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

24 jobs · 20 employers
6
<$40k
5
$40k-45k
9
$45k-50k
2
$52k
2
$55k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

14 jobs
401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
36%
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
7%
PSLF eligible
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Centurion Health · Taylorville, Illinois

$26.91-$28.58/hr
#2

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$23-$27/hr
#3

Behavioral Health Technician

$16-$25/hr
#4

Behavioral Health Tech IV

$22-$25/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 2.8
Better work-life than 60% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Embark Behavioral Health

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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance with generous company contribution
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
Long-term disability
401K with company matching
Paid maternal leave
PTO accrual schedule