Youth Development Specialist (67995)

Youth Well-Being Development Specialist

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
• Health Insurance: Choose from four comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
• Dental Plan: Enjoy an employer-paid dental plan for our valued employees.
• Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employer-paid life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): a free confidential resource available to assist employees and their families in dealing with lifes challenges and the demands of work/life balance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
• Well-Being Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive well-being program. Employees can earn three additional PTO days per plan year by simply participating.
• 401k Plan: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan with employer contribution of 3%.
• Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Vision Plan Short & Long-Term Disability coverage Employee Discounts and more.

The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety stability and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.

Job Summary

This position supports FSSNFs Foster Youth: Bridge to Work Project through the coordination implementation and oversight of youth enrichment workforce development life-skills and experiential learning programs for youth and young adults involved in foster care and extended foster care services within Circuit 4.

The Youth Well-Being Enrichment Specialist will oversee program operations for The Challenge Just Like Me Camp SPLASH and other youth development initiatives. Responsibilities include outreach and enrollment program coordination volunteer and community engagement life-skills and career readiness programming youth mentorship support event logistics and grant compliance. This position also works collaboratively with foster parents CMOs community partners other FSSNF Department Programs such as Bridge to Work and the Youth Advisory Council and service providers to ensure youth have access to meaningful experiences that promote healing independence employment readiness and overall well-being.

Additionally this role will oversee any grant funding associated with these programs including managing documentation tracking grant expenditures ensuring compliance with reporting requirements and meeting all grant deadlines.

This position is currently funded for one year.

Essential Job Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree preferred though relevant experience may be substituted.
• Minimum 1-2 years experience in one or more of the following: community engagement managing programs volunteer management or event coordination.
• Valid drivers license.

Schedule & Hours

Standard Hours: MondayFriday 8:00 AM5:00 PM (with some flexibility). Occasional evenings and weekends required to accommodate youth programming and special events.

Once the offered candidate accepts they must complete the following:

• a Level II Background screening (Live Scan) in which your fingerprints will be used to conduct the screening. Please see the link with further details:
• Clear a local background check from the County in which you reside you need to go to a local police station or sheriffs office and request a background check.
• Clear a substance abuse screen.
• Provide copies of all degrees prior to your first day of employment.
• Clear a Motor Vehicles Record check and must be insurable under the companys automobile policy.
• Provide copy of drivers license.
• Provide copy of automobile insurance if deemed to be a driving risk.
• Positive references.
• Clear an E-Verify check to substantiate that the successful candidate meets the Department of Homeland Security authorization requirements to work in the United States (for more information visit provides equal employment and advancement opportunity for all individuals without discrimination because of race creed color gender religion age national origin disability military status marital status or the other protected categories as defined by the EEOC and takes affirmative action in the implementation of this policy. If accommodation is needed in order to participate in the application process please contact the Human Resources department at for our Duval and Nassau counties.