Behavioral Health Technician

• →Maintain a safe, structured, welcoming, and therapeutic environment throughout the client day. 

• →Provide active supervision and support of clients during transitions, breaks, meals, activities, and other non-group programming. 

• →Engage clients in appropriate therapeutic, recreational, and skill-building activities. 

• →Model healthy communication, emotional regulation, appropriate boundaries, and respectful interpersonal behavior. 

• →Encourage positive peer interactions and help clients practice appropriate social and communication skills. 

• →Recognize and appropriately respond to changes in client behavior, mood, engagement, or emotional regulation. 

• →Redirect disruptive, unsafe, or inappropriate behaviors using trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate approaches. 

• →Support consistent adherence to program expectations, routines, and behavioral guidelines. 

• →Help create a milieu that is physically and emotionally safe for adolescents, teammates, and visitors.

• Build appropriate, professional, and supportive relationships with clients. 

• Encourage client participation in treatment programming and daily activities. 

• Assist clients in practicing coping strategies and behavioral skills introduced by the clinical team. 

• Support clients who are experiencing distress using approved de-escalation, grounding, and coping techniques. 

• Provide appropriate support with activities of daily living and program routines as needed. 

• Encourage independence, self-advocacy, problem-solving, and healthy decision-making. 

• Support clients in identifying and utilizing appropriate coping strategies without independently providing psychotherapy. 

• Maintain appropriate therapeutic boundaries and professional conduct at all times.

• Observe client behavior, participation, engagement, and response to programming. 

• Document observations objectively and accurately according to Guidelight standards. 

• Communicate clinically significant observations, safety concerns, behavioral changes, or other concerns promptly to the appropriate licensed clinician. 

• Participate in treatment team meetings and other interdisciplinary discussions as appropriate. 

• Collaborate with therapists, nurses, prescribers, and other team members to support coordinated client care. 

• Maintain confidentiality and comply with all applicable privacy, documentation, and organizational requirements.

• Maintain awareness of the physical and emotional safety of clients and teammates. 

• Follow all Guidelight safety, emergency, crisis response, and escalation procedures. 

• Assist licensed clinical staff with crisis intervention and de-escalation as trained and directed. 

• Recognize potential signs of escalating emotional or behavioral distress and promptly notify the appropriate clinical team member. 

• Support implementation of established safety protocols and clinical direction. 

• Maintain required CPR, de-escalation, suicide prevention, and other safety-related training. 

• Never independently assess suicide risk, determine level of clinical risk, create treatment plans, or make other clinical determinations outside the scope of the role.

• Work collaboratively as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. 

• Maintain open and timely communication with therapists, clinical leaders, nurses, prescribers, and other teammates. 

• Seek clinical direction when client needs or situations fall outside the BHT’s scope of practice. 

• Participate in team huddles, staff meetings, supervision, training, and other required meetings. 

• Support a culture of accountability, professionalism, teamwork, and continuous improvement. 

At Guidelight, we value a work-life integration culture. This approach allows our teammates to focus on what matters most to them, while also caring for our clients and fellow teammates. We have found that this promotes a sustainable and successful culture, and we offer the following benefits to our teammates to demonstrate this commitment to each other.  

As a Guidelight teammate, working 32+ hours per week, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including: 

• Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, HealthJoy unlimited therapy, UHC wellness program, HSA/FSA options, and pet insurance. 
• Time Off: Responsible PTO, in lieu of a traditional accrual-based policy, which allows full-time and part-time employees to take the time they need, when they need it, while ensuring continuity of care and team collaboration
• 401(k): With company match.
• Licensing: All licensing fees covered, including opportunities for cross-licensure when applicable. 
• Professional Development: Annual stipend for tuition reimbursement, ongoing education, or CEUs.
• Clinical Supervision & Growth: Pre-licensed clinicians receive structured clinical supervision toward licensure, and all clinicians benefit from best-in-class supervision grounded in our state-of-the-art PHP/IOP curriculum.