Youth Specialist I
Youth Specialist I
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Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: Sycamores provides a spectrum of equitable mental health services through various programs to multicultural populations of all acuities. Although it serves a variety of consumers the agency focuses primarily on providing care for lowincome high atrisk youth.
The role of the Youth Specialist is to provide care supervision and behavioral interventions that develop coping and problemsolving skills teach social skills and teach transference of those skills into the home school and community. These interventions are provided to youth in the residential programs. These interventions are developed within the collaborative planning process and are prescribed by the program.
Starting Pay Range:
$21 $24 per hour (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.
Shift Schedule: Wednesday 11am9pm Thursday 1pm10pm Friday 1pm10pm Saturday 8am8pm
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- High school diploma or AA degree with one year of direct care experience required; two years of direct care experience preferred OR Bachelors degree plus one year of direct care experience preferred.
- Maintains all required licenses and certifications.
- Valid California Driver License and a driving record acceptable to the Agencys insurance carrier.
Physical Demands
- For Residential staff only the ability to physically manage and/or deescalate consumers/residents. This includes the physical ability to restrain consumers in conformity with ProACT training.
- Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy.
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Frequent driving in the community with consumers.
- Frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking occasional/intermittent sitting.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering grasping and forward reaching between waist and chest level.
- Reaching at or above shoulder level may be necessary.
- Bending squatting kneeling pushing/pulling twisting and climbing.
- Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Continuous use of near vision hearing and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls interacting with customers and coworkers and performing job duties.
- Requires physical presence in the office during shift.
All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a preemployment background check drug and health screen.
Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.
Further Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer and complies with California Government Code Section 12952 Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.
Other details
- Job FamilyNonBilling Direct Care
- Pay TypeHourly
- Required EducationHigh School
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Hourly
