Youth Support Specialist - Behavioral Health Home Services

Spurwink; Bridgton (ME); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

Employer Paid Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Scholarships to ME Community Colleges

Tuition Reimbursement 25% for UNE MSW

Career Advancement Opportunities

Flexible Scheduling

Generous Paid Time Off

Same Day Pay

Discounts on Health Plans

Job summary

Spurwink is seeking a Youth Support Specialist in Maine to provide youth-guided, strengths-based and recovery-oriented support to children, youth, and families receiving Behavioral Health Home Services. You will promote youth voice, self-advocacy, wellness and connect families to community resources.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, care coordinators, clinicians, schools and community partners to support whole-person care and engagement in services and planning.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; two-year degree or some college preferred.
• Must meet all certification, training, and continuing certification requirements applicable to the assigned Behavioral Health Home service model.

Responsibilities

• Engages youth and families through direct contact, outreach, education, support, and participation in team-based planning.
• Directly encourages and supports youth voice, self-advocacy, choice, and participation in service planning and decision-making.
• Builds supportive, respectful, and developmentally appropriate relationships with youth through one-on-one meetings, telephone contact, telehealth when appropriate, home/community visits, and group-based activities.
• Supports youth in identifying personal goals related to wellness, recovery, education, family relationships, community connection, health, independence, and transition planning.
• Assists youth and families in connecting to natural supports, peer supports, wellness and recovery resources, community activities, medical care, behavioral health services, educational supports, and other resources of their choice.
• Works collaboratively with the Behavioral Health Home team to support whole-person care, including coordination of behavioral health, physical health, social, educational, and community-based needs.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two-year degree or some college preferred

Job description

The Youth Support Specialist provides youth-guided, strengths-based, and recovery-oriented support to children, youth, transition-age youth, and families receiving Behavioral Health Home Services. The position promotes youth voice, self-advocacy, wellness, natural supports, engagement in services, and connection to community-based resources.

The Youth Support Specialist works as part of a multidisciplinary Behavioral Health Home team and collaborates with care coordinators, clinical staff, nurse care managers, psychiatric consultants, family members, caregivers, schools, medical providers, community partners, and other natural supports as appropriate and authorized.

DUTIES:

• Engages youth and families through direct contact, outreach, education, support, and participation in team-based planning.
• Directly encourages and supports youth voice, self-advocacy, choice, and participation in service planning and decision-making.
• Builds supportive, respectful, and developmentally appropriate relationships with youth through one-on-one meetings, telephone contact, telehealth when appropriate, home/community visits, and group-based activities.
• Supports youth in identifying personal goals related to wellness, recovery, education, family relationships, community connection, health, independence, and transition planning.
• Assists youth and families in connecting to natural supports, peer supports, wellness and recovery resources, community activities, medical care, behavioral health services, educational supports, and other resources of their choice.
• Works collaboratively with the Behavioral Health Home team to support whole-person care, including coordination of behavioral health, physical health, social, educational, and community-based needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Per MaineCare Section92.03-1, C5, a Youth Support Specialist for Child BHH is:

An individual who is between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years old who is receiving or has received services and supports related to the diagnosis of behavioral health condition, is in recovery from that condition, and who is willing to self-identify on this basis with members receiving services in this Section. High school diploma or equivalent required; two-year degree or some college preferred. Must meet all certification, training, and continuing certification requirements applicable to the assigned Behavioral Health Home service model.

Competitive Benefits Package:

• Health/Dental/Vision /Pet Insurance
• Employer Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
• Retirement Account with Matching Contribution (after one year of service)
• Scholarships to ME Community Colleges
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 25% Tuition Reimbursement for UNE Master of Social Work Program
• Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
• Quality Supervision and Paid Training Opportunities
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Flexibility of Schedules
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Opportunity for Same Day Pay
• Health Plan Enrollees – Access to Several Discounts (Hotels, Electronics, Auto, Groceries, Event Tickets, and More)

Spurwink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.