**Description**

Looking to make extra income this summer whilespending time mentoring and having fun with kids?

**Then being a Seasonal Respite Behavioral Health Technician at Devereux is for YOU! You belong here.**

Located in Tucson, AZ, our Respite Program successfully provides an interval of rest for individuals and their primary caregivers without disruption to their home environments. We provide Respite services to individuals from birth to the age of 17, who are experiencing moderate emotional or behavioral difficulties. **_Through the Respite program, kids get to enjoy group activities and go on field trips to museums, roller skating, movies, arcades, park visits, and more!_** And, we operate out of residential houses, creating a fun and safe home-like environment for those in our care.

The **Seasonal/Summer Lead Behavioral Health Tech (Lead BHT),** protects the health and safety of individuals while assisting the Program Coordinators with the supervising, planning, and implementation of program activities while managing children’s behaviors. Lead BHTs serve as a mentor and have fun with kids doing various year-round activities! The Lead BHT will assist with planning, implementating, and documentating activities designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of individuals in the Respite Program. This position also serves as a role model, mentor, leader, and/or trainer to the Direct Care Professional staff.

**Pay Range: $18 - $19.80 / hr**

**Various Summer Scheduling Options - Full/Part Time and On-call**

**Benefits and Rewards**

**We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work.**

+ **eM Life for Mental Health, Work/Life Programs, and Employee Assistance Programs**

+ **Free access to Payactiv** , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

+ **Service Awards** – All employees celebrating a five-year increment (5, 10, 15, etc.) anniversary receive taxable compensation in recognition of their long-term commitment to Devereux

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**Qualifications**

+ Must be 21 years of age or older

+ High School diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree preferred

+ Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check

+ Two (2) years experience in behavioral health service delivery; or one (1) year Devereux experience

+ Supervisory experience preferred

**OTHER:**

+ **Attend mandatory full time New Hire Orientation Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm for 8 days (paid)**

+ Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions)

+ Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)

+ Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results

**Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.**

**Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff.** All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.

**Posted Date** _21 hours ago_ _(3/21/2024 11:41 PM)_

**_Requisition ID_** _2024-36262_

**_Category_** _Direct Care_

**_Position Type_** _On-Call_

**_Remote_** _No_

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.