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Youth Residential Technician - Behavioral Health - Carrier Clinic - Full Time Days at Hackensack Meridian Health summary:

The Youth Residential Technician provides 24-hour therapeutic treatment and supervision to adolescents in a residential behavioral health setting. They serve as role models, manage behaviors, and support youths through counseling, group meetings, and recreational activities. This role requires a bachelor's degree in social work or psychology and experience in behavioral health care for youth.

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24 hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

• Functions as a role model of healthy interpersonal relationships and demonstrates appropriate behavior for patients, family, and staff.
• Uses a nurtured heart approach to provide supervision, behavior management, and counseling of the basic needs for the youth.
• Residential Counselors will build relationships and assist with developing our adolescence through support of behavior modules.
• Responsibilities include leading resident group meetings, coordinating recreation activities, and participating in other group functions.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in social work or psychology
• 1 year of experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Keywords:

behavioral health, youth residential care, mental health counseling, behavior management, adolescent treatment, therapeutic support, clinical supervision, group therapy, substance abuse treatment, social work

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