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Northeast Counseling Services
Hazleton, Pennsylvania

School-Based Behavioral Health Technician

Behavioral Health Tech Top 5% in Behavioral Health Tech rolesFull-Time

Listed compensation

starting at $33,000

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • This is a full-time, salaried position with a generous benefit package inclusive of:
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance at no cost to the employee
  • Life Insurance
  • Employer funded 401k, 4% salary equivalent, no match required
  • Paid Annual, Sick, and Personal Leave Time
  • 8 paid holidays
  • Voluntary AFLAC options
  • Professional enhancement opportunities
  • Discounted rates at Odyssey Fitness and more!

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) within the CSBBH Program provides therapeutic and case management services to children and their families in a setting other than the provider agency or office. These settings can include the child's home, church, community center, school or other community settings.

The care provided is child-centered and family focused. The Behavioral Health Technician functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure quality care is being provided and is medically necessary.

Qualifications: Requires a bachelor's degree in a human services field. Two year's experience in the mental health field is preferred but not required.

Experience/Specialized Skills/Aptitudes: Knowledge of the mental health and social service field; familiarity with and ability to access community resources; ability to make accurate assessments of client needs and to be creative in seeking appropriate services; ability to organize time efficiently to meet client needs in a flexible, non-traditional time frame.

Salary starting at $33,000, up to $39,500 per year

EOE

This position requires the successful completion of an FBI Clearance, PA Criminal Clearance and Child Abuse Clearance.

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician provides therapeutic and case management services to children and their families in various community settings. They function as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the delivery of quality, medically necessary care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a human services field. While not required, two years of experience in the mental health field is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Therapeutic servicesMental health assessmentCommunity resource accessTime managementMulti-disciplinary collaborationClient needs assessmentCrisis interventionFamily-focused careChild-centered care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates School-Based Behavioral Health Technician at Northeast Counseling Services a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Behavioral Health Tech roles — ranked against 1,558 active Behavioral Health Tech roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychology Career Context

Of the 40 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.0% 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)), so the posted ~$36k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $37k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.2
Among the top 10% of 1,558 Behavioral Health Tech roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Hazleton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$236k≈ 7.1× annual pay
Median resident rent
$1,089/mo≈ 40% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Northeast Counseling Services

Mental Health Care
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance at no cost to employee
Life Insurance
Employer Funded 401k (4% salary equivalent, no match required)
Paid Annual, Sick, and Personal Leave Time
8 Paid Holidays
Voluntary AFLAC Options