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Mental/Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) - PT Weekends
part-time•Kansas City•$0k - $0k
About this role
KVC Missouri Residential - Niles
Location: Kansas City, MO
Pay: $18.00-$21.65 per hour
Schedule: Thursday-Saturday. 8-hour Shifts, 2 Options - 7:30AM-4:30PM OR 3:30PM-12:00AM
Job Summary
The Mental/Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) for KVC Missouri provides compassionate care and supervision of children and youth. They provide support to help young people achieve their treatment goals through daily activities, teaching coping techniques and positive behavior skills. Our BHTs can expect to work closely with nurses and therapists in reinforcing treatment plans, documenting client activity and maintaining a safe environment.
The Mental/Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) for KVC Missouri provides compassionate care and supervision of children and youth. They provide support to help young people achieve their treatment goals through daily activities, teaching coping techniques and positive behavior skills. Our BHTs can expect to work closely with nurses and therapists in reinforcing treatment plans, documenting client activity and maintaining a safe environment.
Education for BHT: High school diploma or GED is required.
Licensure/Certification for BHT: Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
Must be 21 years old to apply. Pre-employment drug screen, physical and background check required.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit for intermittent amounts of time. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Why KVC?
KVC is a nonprofit child placing and behavioral health agency with a long legacy of compassionately serving children and families. We are committed to providing our employees with a supportive and rewarding work environment. We also believe in the importance of work-life balance, and we offer a variety of programs and resources to help our employees achieve it (Wellbeing Committee, DEI+B Committee, Talent Development Programs, etc.).
At KVC Health Systems, our employees are our greatest asset. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC debuted with a 77 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. We are committed to providing a positive, supportive work environment where you can do your best work and love coming to work every day.
What you'll do
- The Mental/Behavioral Health Technician provides care and supervision to children and youth, helping them achieve treatment goals through daily activities. They work closely with nurses and therapists to reinforce treatment plans and maintain a safe environment.
About KVC Health Systems
At KVC Health Systems, our 2,700 caring team members work every day to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help both children and adults achieve mental wellness. We all need connection! And at KVC, our employees are our greatest asset and strength, helping the people we serve experience the power of connection to themselves, their family and friends, and to professionals who can help them thrive.
We're working toward a bold vision: a world in which every person is SAFE and CONNECTED to a strong family and a healthy community. No more child abuse and neglect. No more untreated mental illness or addiction. Parents no longer pass down the cycles of violence, substance use or trauma that they experienced as children. Instead, families have the skills and supportive connections they need to thrive. Every individual has unlimited possibilities and can reach their full potential. This is why the KVC team comes to work every day, providing family strengthening services, mental and behavioral healthcare, foster care, adoption and inpatient children’s mental health treatment. People are facing serious challenges, and community needs are greater than ever. Will you join us?
Since 1970, KVC has grown from a single home for at-risk children to a national organization serving over 80,000 children and families each year in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia. KVC also provides training and consultation around the world. We're a family of private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations committed to enriching and enhancing the lives of children and families. Learn more at www.kvc.org.
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The Mental/Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) - PT Weekends position at KVC Health Systems is based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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