Behavioral Health Technician
Listed compensation
$45k-$55k
The week · per this posting4-day week · 4×10s
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Experienced and aspiring mental health professionals are encouraged to consider a full-time Behavioral Health Technician position with Liberty Healthcare at the Illinois Department of Human Services Treatment and Detention Facility.
Program Description
The Treatment and Detention Facility provides specialized forensic mental health services in a secure residential setting to adults who have a history of committing sexual offenses.
The treatment program focuses on the individual needs of each client and treats everyone respectfully, with dignity, and with the belief that all people can change and achieve improved health and wellbeing.
Liberty Healthcare’s clinical team is comprised of over forty Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Behavioral Technicians, Recreation Therapists and ancillary professionals who collectively serve over five hundred clients.
Responsibilities
- Participating in intake orientation meetings with new residents
- Participating in discharge meetings with residents who are transitioning into the community
- Co-facilitating psychoeducational skills groups with licensed clinicians
- Communicating with family members of residents
- Administrative duties and documenting clinical services and resident / client progress
- Training and consulting with facility security staff
- Attending and actively participating in staff meetings, case conferences and training activities
Work Setting and Schedule
- You have the option of working five 8-hour days per week or a compressed work week with four 10-hour days
- You will work onsite at the Treatment and Detention Facility at 17019 County Farm Rd. in Rushville, IL 62681
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range of $45,000 to $55,000 (depending on degree and experience)
- 240 hours of paid time off annually for vacation, sick and personal time plus 10 paid holidays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- FSA and 401(k)
Benefits plan details available at libertyhealthcare.com
Requirements
The role is open to both experienced and aspiring mental health professionals interested in forensic care. Candidates must be prepared to work in a secure residential setting with adults who have a history of sexual offenses.
Key Skills
Behavioral Health Career Context
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 80/100, 87 active listings.
Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$50k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $50k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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