Youth Wellness & Recovery Advocate

Spurwink; Randolph (ME); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life Insurance

Retirement matching

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarships

Job summary

Spurwink seeks a Youth Support Specialist to provide youth-guided, strengths-based recovery support to children, youth, transition-age youth, and families within Behavioral Health Home Services.

You will collaborate with care coordinators, clinical staff, nurses, and family members to promote youth voice, wellness, and engagement in services while connecting families to community resources.

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.
• Between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years old as per MaineCare Section92.03-1; self-identification with services is expected.

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.

Job description

Spurwink seeks a Youth Support Specialist to provide youth-guided, strengths-based recovery support to children, youth, transition-age youth, and families within Behavioral Health Home Services.

You will collaborate with care coordinators, clinical staff, nurses, and family members to promote youth voice, wellness, and engagement in services while connecting families to community resources.