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Direct Support Professional


Job Location:

Cedar, UT - USA

Hourly Salary: USD 18 - 20
Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

Sign-on Bonus/Employee Referral Bonus: $250

Hourly Pay Rate: $18.00 to $20.00 per hour

Location: 65 N 1150 Hurricane Utah 84737 (On-site)

Schedule:

  • Hours:
    • AM: 7:00am - 5:00pm
      • or
    • PM: 1:00pm - 11:00pm
  • Days: Same for both AM/PM
    • Week 1:
      • Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday
    • Week 2:
      • Wednesday Thursday Friday

Embark at Hurricane Stabilization and Assessment is hiringBehavioral Health Associates (Mentor) to support adolescent boys (ages 1217) in a residential setting. Youll help clients 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 provides a homelike environment for highly acute teens and their families focusing on stabilization assessment and familycentered healing.

Responsibilities
  • Daily routines: Support students in following structured schedules and activities with encouragement and accountability.
  • Crisis intervention: Use verbal deescalation 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:

  • Highacuity 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 boundarysetting 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 drivers license
  • Ability to learn CPR and First-Aid.
Benefits
  • Paid Mastery Program: Access to a 2-year structured training program offering an incremental pay increase as you complete each tier.
  • Medical Dental & Vision Insurance Multiple plan options including PPO and HDHPs with HSA eligibility and company contributions.
  • Paid Parental Leave Up to 6 weeks fully paid for exempt employees and 4 weeks for non-exempt.
  • Life & Disability Coverage Company-paid life AD&D and long-term disability; voluntary life and optional short-term disability available.
  • 401(k) with Company Match Retirement savings with matching contributions after eligibility period.
  • PTO & Holidays Competitive PTO accrual plans and paid holidays throughout the year.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Free confidential support for lifes challenges.

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.We are committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience we offer through the diversity of our employees and community. We actively seek to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who contribute to our excellence diversity of viewpoints and experiences and relevance in a global society.


Embark does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin age disability genetic information marital status veteran status or any other protected status under applicable laws. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities. #EBOTHR #EBOTHR#EBOTHR


Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority


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Chrysalis therapeutic boarding school offers healing mental health treatment to girls in Montana and across the country.

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