Youth Specialist

Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc.; Paola (KS); In loco; USD 40.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Generous paid time off

Wellness resources

Collaborative team environment

Growth opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Descrizione del lavoro

Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc. in Paola, KS is seeking a Youth Specialist to join our CBS team. You will provide supervision and supportive services to youth with severe emotional disturbance, delivering individual and group sessions across schools and community settings.

Under supervision of the CBS Coordinator, you will help youth build skills, independence, and community integration while collaborating with licensed QMHPs and other staff. Evening/weekend availability is required.

Competenze

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 40 hours of training in providing equivalent supportive services or be able to attend 40 hours of on-site training; on-site training may be outside regular hours.
• Incumbent must pass a security check per Medicaid regulations.

Mansioni

• Provides one to one psychosocial rehabilitation services for youth.
• Assists in developing and providing structured psychosocial group activities.
• Supports personal care goals and overall treatment plan for specific youth.
• Organizes program activities and functions; maintains safe environment.
• Consults with other mental health staff and collaborates as needed.
• May provide transportation to activities (driving record required).
• Maintains timely documentation and reporting; completes trainings as assigned.
• Complies with ELC policies and maintains productivity targets.

Conoscenze

Empathy & rapport

Communication skills

Cultural sensitivity

Flexibility

Formazione

High school diploma or GED

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Description

The Elizabeth Layton Center is seeking a Youth Specialist to join our CBS (Community Based Services) team in Paola, KS. If you thrive in a vibrant, supportive, and inclusive work environment, this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for!

Who we are:

Elizabeth Layton Center (ELC) is honored to be designated a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), with locations in Ottawa and Paola, KS. CCBHCs offer a model of care focused on accessible and integrated behavioral health services. Our vision is to be recognized as the provider of choice for coordinated physical and behavioral health services in the communities we serve. ELC specializes in working with underserved populations to meet the growing needs unique to their situation and life experiences.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Generous paid time off
• Wellness resources to support your well-being
• A collaborative, supportive team environment
• Ongoing opportunities for professional growth
• A healthy work-life balance

Summary:

The Youth Specialist will provide supervision and supportive services to youth diagnosed with severe emotional disturbance. The incumbent, through supervision and direction, will assist the youth in developing skills. When working with youth, the majority of the time will be spent providing individual or psychosocial group services to the youth. The incumbent, through supervision and direction of a licensed and credentialed QMHP, will assist consumers by providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes with a goal of increasing the consumer’s independence, productivity, self-determination, integration, and inclusion in the community. The majority of the Youth Specialist’s time will be spent providing services to consumers in schools, their homes, the center, and other community settings. The position reports directly to the CBS Coordinator.

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Provides one to one psychosocial rehabilitation services for youth
• Assists in developing and providing structured psychosocial group activities
• Supports personal care goals and overall treatment plan of specific youth
• Organizes program activities and functions
• Maintains a safe and productive environment during time spent in attendance of consumers
• Consults with other mental health staff and works co-jointly as indicated
• May provide transportation to and from various program activities (must maintain a good driving record)
• Assists in developing and providing structured activities to include attendant care, psychosocial group activities and individual community support
• Maintains a safe and productive environment during time spent in attendance of consumers

Maintains appropriate records for reporting, evaluation, accounting, and clinical purposes

Meets deadlines for daily paperwork and reports

Provides quality documentation

Performs other duties as deemed appropriate by immediate supervisor or designee

Completes all trainings as assigned

Complies with ELC policies and procedures

Available to work evenings and weekends

Maintains productivity standard of 55% of hours worked

ELC is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and considers all applications irrespective of race, marital status, sex, age, skin color, religion, nationality, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Requirements

Education and/or Experience:

• Possesses a high school diploma or graduate equivalency degree
• Have a minimum of 40 hours of training in providing equivalent supportive services to child and/or adult consumers or be able to attend 40 hours of on-site training. On site training may be required outside of regularly scheduled working hours.
• Incumbent must pass a security check as required by Medicaid Regulations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to relate and work creatively and energetically with consumers at risk of hospitalization
• Relates a positive approach to complex mental health issues
• Communicates directly and effectively in a cooperative manner
• Flexibility in assigned work hours
• Ability to be sensitive to cultural and ethnic differences
• Ability to safely perform major job responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations