Youth and Family Support Worker

Wayside Youth; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is seeking a Youth & Family Support Worker for our community site in Waltham. The role focuses on delivering culturally informed therapeutic interventions to children, young adults, and families, promoting skills in social functioning, coping skills, and daily living activities.

You will collaborate with the care team to ensure consistent treatment messages, provide mentoring and practical services such as transportation and referrals, and act as an

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field plus at least 1 year of direct experience.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Driver’s license and reliable vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Provide culturally informed therapeutic interventions to children, young adults, and families, promoting skills in social functioning, symptom management, coping, and daily living activities.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure continuity in treatment, services, and messages delivered.
• Provide mentoring, counseling, and skill-building plus hard services like transportation and referrals for concrete needs.
• Advocate for families and attend meetings as requested by youth and/or family.

Skills

People connection

Communication

Risk assessment

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or Psychology

Job description

Youth & Family Support Worker

Community Based - Waltham

Salary Range: $22.00 - $28.00/hour depending on experience and degree + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time).

Do you want a job connecting with youth in the field of behavioral health?Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring for dynamic Youth & Family Support Workers at our site! We provide a supportive culture that is team-focused and places valueon healthy work dynamics.

What you will do:

• Provide culturally informed therapeutic interventions to children, young adults, and their families, that promote skill building in the life domainsof:social functioning, symptom management, coping skills and activities of daily living.
• Collaborate with all members of the team to ensure continuity in treatment, services, and messages delivered.
• Provide both "soft" services (mentoring, counseling, skill-building) with identified clients as well as "hard" services including transportation, referrals, accessing concrete services such as furniture, food, etc.
• Serve as an advocate and attend meetings with the family and as requested by the youth and/or family.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• Talent connecting with people.
• Strong communication skills–both written and verbal.
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Flexibility and creative thinking with an ability to adapt.

MinimumRequirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field plus at least 1 year of direct experience working with children, young adults, and/or families.
• Driving in the community is a requirement of this position; please ensure you have a valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle.

We will train you in:Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice; Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC).