Youth Care Specialist

Foundations For Living; Mansfield (OH); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundations For Living is seeking a Youth Care Specialist to work with at-risk youth. This role involves providing care, supervision, and support in a residential treatment facility. Candidates should be compassionate and able to work collaboratively. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible Spending Account

Short-term & Long-Term Disability

401(K) with Company Match

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Plan

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• At least one year of experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting.
• Ability to pass a background check and drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care and supervision to residents.
• Support the facility mission of safety and empowerment.

Skills

Compassion

Teamwork

Professionalism

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

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Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Foundations for Living is currently seeking a compassionate and dedicated Youth Care Specialist to work with at-risk youth receiving treatment services for trauma.

If you you have a passion for helping youth, want to make a difference and work in an unique environment that changes lives, apply today to join our amazing team!

A Youth Care Specialist works closely with our youth ensuring our residents are safe and programming successfully within our facility.In this role you will be responsible for providing daily care and supervision to our residents, while working collaboratively with a team of professionals to ensure the delivery of quality care. This position allows you to utilize your own creativeness to support our youth on a daily basis. The Specialist provides direct care, safety and security, and supervision of residents through positive role modeling. The Youth Care Specialist actively works to support the facility mission of providing an environment of safety so that the residents feel empowered to heal the wounds of the past and build a foundation of hope for the future.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional development and advancement within our organization. If you are passionate about working with at-risk youth, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding opportunity.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short-term & Long-Term Disability
• 401(K) with Company Match
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid Time Off
  
  

Foundations For Living is an 84 bed (14 males and 70 females) secure residential treatment facility for youth addressing mental health and substance abuse issues. Located on the edge of Mansfield, Ohio, in a 14 rolling, wooded acres rural setting, Foundations For Living has easy access to I-71.

Education

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred

Experience

At least one year of experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting.

Ability to work collaboratively with a team.

Ability to maintain professionalism and composure in challenging situations.

Must be able to pass a background check and drug screening.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

Valid State Driver’s License with appropriate Endorsements and

Certified in CPR and First Aid (part of orientation class)

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use fingers or hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, color and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Therapeutic Hold

The employee may occasionally be required to physically restrain clients, using authorized hold procedures as a last resort for protection of resident and staff.

Work Environment

The work environment for this position is a residential facility setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to clients who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, and exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self- destructive behaviors. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and may be subject to occasional local travel as required by facility needs. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care and Mental Health Care

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