Youth Residential Care Specialist

Hackensack Meridian Health; Montgomery Township (NJ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents. This role emphasizes direct care, confidentiality, and dependable communication within a multidisciplinary team.

Candidates should have 3+ years in youth-focused behavioral health settings and must complete Shift Leader and Medication Administration training, with a valid driver’s license and CPR/AED certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or High School diploma, GED, and/or GED equivalent programs, with three or more years of experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting
• Complete Shift Leader and Medication Administration training.
• Maintains standards of confidentiality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Confidentiality

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or HS diploma/GED

Three+ years direct care experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24-hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs, with three or more years of experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting
• Complete Shift Leader and Medication Administration training.
• Maintains standards of confidentiality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Valid Driver's License from a USA state.
• AHA Heart Saver First Aid CPR AED Certification or completed within the first 90 days of employment.