Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) Housing Specialist

Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) Housing Specialist

Are you doing what you love? We are!

Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time.


As an innovative, learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth.


If this resonates with you, then read on!


About our Housing Specialist:

Our Housing Specialist provides resources and support to individuals in need of safe, stable affordable housing on our Permanent Supportive Housing team. The Housing Specialist also participates in rehabilitation and treatment programs and teaches independent living skills.

What a Housing Specialist Does at Resilient Health:

• Monitors patients' physical and emotional well-being and reports unusual behavior or physical ailments to clinical support team.
• Documents services provided in the participant's health record as directed under agency guidelines.
• Provides personal care to mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally delayed participants.
• Observes and influences participants' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching or counseling them.
• Collaborates with assigned clinical support team in working with mentally ill or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.
• Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
• Uses appropriate de-escalation techniques with violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal means as required.
• Participates in the development and teaching of strategies to promote client wellness and independence.
• Researches and maintains community resources related to housing opportunities that work with low income individuals, individuals with housing vouchers/subsidies and individuals with history of evictions and/or other issues that can be a barrier to housing.
• Educates participants in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean, budgeting, shopping, cooking, and organization.
• Leads prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
• Interviews new participants to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
• Supports participants with respect to medical appointments as needed.
• Utilizes agency vehicles to transport participants from homes to agency facilities for clinical services.

Education, Experience, and Other Requirements:

• Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) required (must be 21 years old):
• High School Diploma or equivalent and six months of full-time behavioral health work experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
• Associate degree and three months of full-time behavioral health experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
• A BHT Certificate from an accredited college/university, or
• Bachelor's Degree, or
• Master's Degree
• Valid Arizona or other state driver's license
• Valid automobile insurance
• Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Three-year Motor Vehicle Report that meets Resilient Health's auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements

Where You'll be Located: 700 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85719

What This Position Pays: $19.25 - $21.42, depending on experience and education

Our Perks:

• Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in subsequent years)
• 14 paid holidays
• Excellent quarterly incentives
• 403(b) with company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Licensure reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
• Pet insurance

If all of this sounds like something you were born to do, then we would love to hear from you!

In an effort to support our participants by setting healthy examples, all Resilient Health campuses are smoke-free for employees.


Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient Health will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief.