CCRES offers behavioral health job options as it seeks qualified candidates who want to make a difference by working with children and adults challenged by behavioral health issues.

CCRES employment postings focus on those qualified to work in schools, homes, and the community.

CCRES, Downingtown, specializes in providing over 1,500 professional, dedicated behavioral health career members to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. It collaborates with school districts, intermediate units, and the behavioral health system.

Explore your career options with these CCRES positions:

Personal Care Assistant (PCA)

The Personal Care Assistant (PCA) is a field employee position, working all student days during the school calendar year. The starting rate for this role is a generous $20 per hour.

PCAs provide one-to-one assistance to children/adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in the school setting based on the client’s medical needs.

Prompt intervention is also a key skill in addressing behavior management, conflict resolution, and anger management issues.

Success in this career also hinges on peer interaction skills based on IEP goals or school-supplied behavioral treatment plans provided by school officials or a Behavior Specialist Consultant. 

Learn more about the Personal Care Assistant position.

Direct Support Professional

This position includes a $500 sign-on bonus and periodic retention bonuses.

The Direct Support Professional (DSP) is a direct service (face-to-face) provider in the adult day program. He or she supports consumers in community settings using a person-centered planning approach to assist individuals in acquiring, maintaining, and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, and adaptive skills.

The DSP opportunity is a Monday-to-Friday position, covering 8 AM to 4 PM. There is, however, an opportunity to flex working hours with another DSP professional, covering two to three days apiece over a Monday-to-Friday period.

The role operates out of Downingtown’s Achieve Program, located at 150 E. Pennsylvania Ave.

Incumbents receive 11 paid holidays annually and ten days of paid time off.

Learn more about the Direct Support Professional position.

Behavior Health Technician

The CCRES Behavior Health Technician is eligible for a $2,500 bonus upon hiring.

The Technician works in the field to provide one-to-one emotional and behavioral interventions to children/adolescents in need of intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS).

The opportunity is an excellent experience for a new high-school graduate (or similarly credentialed individual). It provides the opportunity to embark on a career to make a daily difference in the lives of individuals with special needs. The only other qualification is a preference for some experience working with children.

For those looking toward the end of their traditional careers, it’s a prime opportunity that provides flexible schedules and engaging work with children in homes and schools.

CCRES’ Behavior Health Technicians provide individualized assistance to children and adolescents with behavior disorders in the school, home, and community setting based on medical needs.

They promptly intervene in areas of behavior management, conflict resolution, anger management, and peer interaction skills. Responses to these situations are based on treatment-plan goals established by a Behavior Consultant or Behavior Analyst (Master’s Level Clinician).

Associated tasks include collecting daily data and documenting progress notes in a prescribed format for each session.

Learn more about the Behavior Health Technician position.

Learn about other CCRES behavioral health job options available.