Youth Support Specialist

Child & Family Development; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family Development is seeking a Youth Support Specialist to provide case management and wraparound services in a trauma-informed environment, supporting Independent Living Program clients to promote life skills and eventual self-sufficiency. The role includes collaboration with the agency and community partners to ensure comprehensive care.

The position is a Hybrid role with 20% remote work, requiring weekend and on-call availability, and state-wide travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management abilities.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office 365 are required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse populations and collaborate with team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide case management services and support the Independent Living Program clients.
• Promote physical, mental, and behavioral health per the support plan.
• Develop wraparound services helping clients gain life skills for self-sufficiency.
• Maintain client records and timely documentation.
• Coordinate intakes with state agencies and participate in support meetings.

Skills

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate or Bachelor's in social work/psychology

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will provide case management services and support the Independent Living Program clients, and work in a trauma-informed, therapeutic environment to promote physical, mental, and behavioral health to clients according to the support plan developed. The Youth Support Specialist will collaborate within the agency to provide wraparound services to help clients develop necessary life skills with the end goal of self-sufficiency.

Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

• Conducts an initial client assessment to determine opportunities, needs, and required services.
• Develops support plan with client that center Wraparound services.
• Implement both agency and individual behavior support practices utilizing appropriate trauma-sensitive techniques to monitor, assess, and document incidents and client status.
• Assists clients with obtaining and maintaining employment, education, household management, financial literacy, healthy social skills, accessing community resources, and other necessary life skills.
• Maintains client records, and accurate and timely documentation.
• Coordinates intakes with state agency personnel and participates in client intakes and support meetings; collaborates with community partners involved in client care as necessary.
• Responsible for transporting residents by agency vehicle in accordance with state and agency transportation policies.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• High school diploma or equivalent, associate or bachelor’s degree in social work, Psychology, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1 years’ experience working with children and/or adolescents required.
• Must be able to work weekends and on call as needed.
• State wide travel is required.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must have valid driver's license, auto insurance and car registration.
• Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

Direct Service Staff:

This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.