Behavioral Health Associate / Support Staff (Overnight)

Behavioral Health TechFull-Time

Listed compensation

$17-$19/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Position – Behavioral Health Associate

This position serves in a residential treatment center for adults with substance use disorders and other mental health disorders. The position works closely with the therapist and medical teams to ensure clients have a safe, empathetic, and trauma-informed environment that fosters healing and long-term change.

About Turning Point Centers

Turning Point Centers is a dually licensed, nationally accredited, local leader in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Mental Health treatment since 2007 with treatment locations throughout Salt Lake County and Davis County.

As a contracted, in-network provider we offer a full continuum of care leveraging best practices and evidence-based modalities to deliver high quality, patient-centered treatment. Our model includes CBT, DBT, MI, and EMDR to effectively engage patients with an outcomes-oriented approach.

Turning Point Centers values collaboration and provides a supportive environment with an interdisciplinary approach to client care. More can be found about our methods and company at turningpointcenters.com

Competitive Pay and Benefits Include

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, vison, and dental insurance
  • Prescription drug plan
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings accounts
  • Voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more
  • Pay: $17-$19 per hour, full-time

Overnight 10Pm - 8Am

Location: 3681 S 2300 E Millcreek, UT 84109

Responsibilities

  • The following job description is not inclusive of all job responsibilities:
  • Conduct client intakes
  • Maintain healthy boundaries.
  • Rounds and document client location/activity/mood.
  • Facilitate recreational/non-clinical groups
  • Transport clients off site in a 15-passenger van (no CDL required)
  • Supervise and participate in off-site recreational activities.
  • Medication management.
  • Light housekeeping (replacing living staples, trash, launder linens)
  • Writing detailed documentation
  • Use online-based client medical records systems.
  • Complete verbal “hand-offs” from shift to shift.
  • Managing emergency situations, de-escalating clients
  • Escalate situations to clinical and medical providers as necessary.
  • Conduct room searches, bag searches, and safety inspections.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma / GED
  • Must be 21 years old or older
  • Active/valid driver’s license without DUI’s or serious moving violations within last 3 years
  • Must be able to pass a federal background check through the Department of Human Services (Violent/Sexual/Predatory charges and/or convictions will result in denial of background check)
  • Preferred: Minimum 1 year working in treatment setting
  • TURNPT

Key Skills

Behavioral health supportCrisis de-escalationClient intakeTrauma-informed careSubstance use disorder supportBoundary settingRecreational group facilitationPatient-centered careInterdisciplinary collaboration

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 40 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Behavioral Health by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$35k–$40kBehavioral Health median $37k (middle half $37k–$39k)22 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$38k in purchasing powerUtah index 98.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Utah28 active1,302 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 78% no call · 38% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings: 5% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 14% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend+8.1% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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<$45k
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$45k-50k
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$52k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
14%
CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Behavioral Health listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,295 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Turning Point Centers

Mental Health Care
Sandy, Utah
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
401(k) matching
Medical, vision, and dental insurance
Prescription drug plan
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings accounts
Voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
Employee assistance programs

Living in Sandy

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$576k
Typical market rent
$1,719/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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