behavior technician
Scranton, PAJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Merakey is a nonprofit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. The Behavior Technician role requires a high school diploma or GED and six months of experience working with people with developmental disabilities. Six months of experience working with children with autism or developmental disabilities is preferred. Merakey offers retirement options, limited voluntary benefits, employee assistance services, learning resources, and other employee programs.
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Full job description
Benefits Merakey offers benefits tailored to support your unique work arrangements. 1. DailyPay -- access your pay when you need it! 2. Retirement plan -- both pre-tax and Roth (after-tax) options available for employee contributions. 3. Voluntary limited benefits offered through the American Worker. Offerings include limited* medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. (*not a substitute for major medical insurance). 4. Access to Care.com for backup childcare, elder care, and household services (for FFS employees working at least 170 hours per quarter). 5. Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). 6. Enjoy our On the Goga well-being platform, featuring self-care tools and resources. 7. Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle 8. Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes. About Merakey Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply! The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications: 1. Minimum of a high school diploma or general educational development (GED) is required. 2. 6 months of experience working with persons with developmental disabilities required. 3. 6 months experience working with children with autism or developmental disabilities is preferred Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,144 open Behavior Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$20–21/hr30 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 57 open Behavior Technician jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,144 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Amergis18 open
- Kelly Services15 open
- Merakey Pennsylvania (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Behavior Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 159 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 857 of the 1,144 open Behavior Technician jobs (75%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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