Learn about The Buckeye Ranch:

The Residential Campus at The Buckeye Ranch was founded in 1961 and has expanded our home environment to nine residential houses with 93-beds and 200 employees. The Residential Campus, a division of The Buckeye Ranch, offers behavioral health and child welfare programs across a wide continuum of care. We proudly serve over 5,000 children and families annually, with a strong foundation in family centered, trauma-informed care.

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking Mental Health Technicians to join our Residential Treatment Program. The Residential Mental Health Technician provides one-on-one and group supervision, intervention, and behavioral leadership of clients to establish and maintain a trauma informed positive treatment environment and desired treatment outcomes. Youth ages range from 9-17.

• Base Rate: $17.2811 - $21.60
• 2nd Shift Differential: $1.50 added to base rate
• 3rd Shift Differential: $1.00 added to base rate
• Weekend Differential: $0.50 added to base rate

Schedule: Full-time, Non-exempt (Weekends Required)

• 2nd shift (3pm-11pm)
• 3rd shift (11pm-7am)

Location: Grove City, OH (100% in person)

What you’ll do:

• Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills.
• Deescalate potentially aggressive youth
• Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development.
• Supervises individual and group activities and behaviors to establish and maintain a positive treatment environment.
• Understanding special issues regarding gender identity/crisis, substance use, mental health conditions, and other needs typically presented by the service population
• Provides transportation for the clients as needed
• Adapts to changing, unusual or unplanned situations with appropriate measures and modification of planned activities including working shifts on another unit as directed by supervisor/shift supervisor.
• Intervenes as needed to manage or assist in crisis situations.
• Manage behavioral health crises through appropriate interventions including using the principles ‘Regulate, Relate, Reason.’

Who you are:

• You have a high school diploma; Associates degree preferred.
• You have an active driver’s license and proof of car insurance.
• You have one year of mental health working experience.
• You are 21 years or older.
• You have previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Mental Health Specialist, Behavioral Aide, or other related titles.

Our benefits:

• Wonderful medical, dental, vision insurance (Low-cost premiums)
• Generous paid time off
• Professional advancement opportunities
• Overtime opportunities

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen.

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