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ABA Support Services
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

School-based Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)/RBT

BCBAFull-Time

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Job Description

Full-time school-based positions available beginning in August

Must be willing to work with high-intensity behaviors.

Are you looking for a great opportunity to expand your career working with children? Would you be interested in making a difference and being able to focus your care and attention on one special needs child at a time while still being able to increase your earning potential?

At ABA Support Services, you can take your knowledge, care and compassion for children and expand upon your knowledge to earn your Registered Behavior Technician designation.

ABA Support Services is dedicated to supporting, empowering, and strengthening the lives of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

ABA Support Services is seeking full-time and part-time Behavioral Health Technicians/RBTs. This role is responsible for providing one-on-one service to clients in a home, school or daycare/community setting.

The BHT is responsible for collecting and recording data based on what is observed in terms of behavior while working with clients. BHTs will assist our BCBAs in maintaining up to date graphs as well as summarizing and calculating data.

This candidate will also write progress notes and program updates as well as create session materials and stimuli.

This position offers a competitive starting hourly rate, that will increase, based upon your attainment of your Registered Behavior Technician certification. (Requires completion of approx. 45 hours of training).

This is a great opportunity to work with children/adolescents on the Autism Spectrum in a forward thinking and growing organization that uses innovative programs.

Full-time staff are offered a comprehensive benefit package which includes health, vision, dental insurance, life insurance and 401k.

Join our team of highly qualified professionals!

Optional seasonal summer schedules available for staff who elect to maintain 12-month position.

Requirements

Required Background: Bachelor’s Degree/AA degree (60 credits) with previous experience preferred, but not required. Prior experience working with children required. We provide extensive training! Willingness to learn and reliability is a must!

Must have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license. This position works on site where our client is located. We will assign you to cases based upon your geographic location and willingness to travel.

Completed background clearances required prior to date of hire.

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Technician provides one-on-one support to clients in home, school, or community settings while collecting and recording behavioral data. They assist BCBAs with graphing, progress notes, and the creation of session materials.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Data collectionAutism spectrum supportOne-on-one careBehavioral interventionDocumentationCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates School-based Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)/RBT at ABA Support Services a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Applied Behavior Analysis — ranked against 2,572 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings on WeekdayDoc.

Applied Behavior Analysis Career Context

Of the 50 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 20% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Applied Behavior Analysis pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution41 jobs · 25 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 25 employers

CME allowance
85%
401k / retirement match
85% this job
Sign-on bonus
63%
Loan repayment
41%
Relocation assistance
27%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Applied Behavior Analysis listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,572 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Bethlehem

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$337k
Typical market rent
$1,884/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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