Direct Support Professional
Embark Behavioral Health
Summary
Sunrise Residential Treatment Center in southern Utah is hiring Behavioral Health Associates to support adolescent boys and girls (ages 12–17). In this role, you'll provide hands-on support with daily routines, emotional regulation, life skills, safety, and structured programming, while working alongside therapists and nurses to ensure treatment goals are met. Our program offers a safe, home-like environment where teens and families engage in relational, experiential, and evidence-based care focused on trauma, emotional regulation, and family systems.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Daily routines: Support students in following structured schedules and activities with encouragement and accountability.
- Crisis intervention: Use verbal de-escalation techniques to manage emotional or behavioral escalations; apply approved physical interventions (holds/restraints) when clinically necessary to ensure safety.
- Crisis prevention: Apply proactive strategies to reduce risk and provide crisis management when necessary.
- Treatment alignment: Ensure student progress aligns with individualized treatment plans developed by therapists.
- Positive modeling: Model constructive behaviors and attitudes, reinforcing a healthy environment for clients.
- Documentation: Maintain consistent, thorough records of client interactions, incidents, and progress.
- Team engagement: Participate in staff and house bonding activities to foster teamwork and community cohesion.
- Housekeeping tasks: Perform light daily tasks to maintain a clean, organized living space.
Qualifications
What we are looking for:
- High-acuity response: Comfortable managing verbal/physical outbursts and emotional dysregulation in a residential setting.
- Emotional regulation: Demonstrated ability to maintain composure and set firm, healthy boundaries.
- Growth mindset: Willingness to learn and grow; candidates with strong boundary-setting and passion for adolescent mental health are encouraged to apply, even without direct experience!
- Adolescent experience: Background working with adolescents in behavioral health, residential, or crisis environments preferred.
Required:
- 21+ years of age or older
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Able to pass pre-employment drug screen
- Able to pass criminal investigation background check
- Current driver's license
- Ability to learn CPR and First-Aid.
Requirements
- 21+ years of age or older
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Able to pass pre-employment drug screen
- Able to pass criminal investigation background check
- Current driver's license
- Ability to learn CPR and First-Aid
- Comfortable managing verbal/physical outbursts and emotional dysregulation in a residential setting
- Demonstrated ability to maintain composure and set firm, healthy boundaries
- Willingness to learn and grow
- Background working with adolescents in behavioral health, residential, or crisis environments preferred
Benefits
- Sign-on Bonus $250
- Paid Mastery Program
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- HSA eligibility
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life & Disability Coverage
- 401(k) with Company Match
- PTO & Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
Company overview
Embark Behavioral Health is a leading national network of behavioral health treatment centers specializing in comprehensive mental health care for adolescents and young adults. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, the organization operates more than 30 outpatient centers and residential treatment programs across the United States. Embark offers a full continuum of evidence-based services including wilderness therapy, residential treatment centers, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and virtual counseling. The company is distinguished by its bold mission to reverse the trends of adolescent and young adult anxiety, depression, and suicide by 2028. With over 25 years of specialized experience, Embark utilizes innovative therapeutic approaches like their CASA framework (Commitment, Acceptance, Security, and Attunement) to build healing bonds with patients and families. The organization serves thousands of clients annually through its nationwide network, providing personalized treatment plans for conditions including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use, and trauma-related disorders. Embark accepts most major insurance plans and maintains accreditation from organizations including The Joint Commission, demonstrating its commitment to quality care standards.