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Wilmington Treatment Center
Wilmington, North Carolina

Behavioral Health Associate

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

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Purpose Statement

This individual is responsible for providing therapeutic assistance to patients and functions as a direct liaison to the Director of Counseling regarding the status of the therapeutic community.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

  • High School Graduate or equivalent.
  • One or more years’ experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
  • 6 months experience performing the duties of a BHA II preferred.
  • CPR / CPI (Offered at facility).
  • Current driver’s license—Good DMV record.
  • Knowledge of 12-step recovery programs.

Ability to work with male/female, adult (18-over) substance abuse/dually diagnosed/opiate dependent population. Must be able to work with culturally diverse populations.

Other Functions

  • Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • One or more years’ experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
  • 6 months experience performing the duties of a BHA2 preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

  • CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training offered by facility).

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e. g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

Key Skills

Crisis InterventionPatient Liaison12-Step Recovery KnowledgePatient MonitoringCultural Competency

Addiction Medicine Career Context

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 72% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

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

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Associate at Wilmington Treatment Center a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Addiction Medicine (Behavioral Health Tech) — ranked against 37 active Addiction Medicine (Behavioral Health Tech) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution24 jobs · 22 employers

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<$40k
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$40k-45k
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$45k-50k
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$52k
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$59k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
CME allowance
26%
Sign-on bonus
4%
Loan repayment
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Centurion Health · Galesburg, Illinois

$26.91-$28.58/hr
#2

Behavioral Health Associate

Lynchburg Comprehensive Treatment Center · Lynchburg, Virginia

$22-$25/hr
#3

Behavioral Health Technician - Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (83704)

$25/hr
#4

Behavioral Health Technician (Greenbrook)

$22-$24/hr
+ 31 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Addiction Medicine (Behavioral Health Tech) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 37 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$392k
Typical market rent
$1,706/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.4
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Wilmington, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Wilmington Treatment Center

Mental Health Care
Wilmington, NC
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Next Day Pay (EarnIn)
CPR and CPI training provided