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SalaryReady to join our 4,000+ employees in a career at YAI? We’re growing rapidly in California!
Working at YAI means effecting real change in people's lives. It means going home at the end of the day knowing you have helped someone accomplish a goal. If you want a career supporting others, creatively finding solutions to life's challenges, and building a more inclusive community, YAI is the place for you!
We are hiring people for our (Watsonville) location who possess a wide range of skills and are eager to promote YAI's mission of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn in their communities.
Benefit Highlights:
- DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today! (only for hourly positions)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation/Holidays and Sick Time
- 403(b) Retirement & Matching
- Life Insurance
- Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more! Check out our Benefitspage to learn more!
https://centerforstartservices.org/locations/california
Therapeutic Coach
The START Therapeutic Coach provides support to persons with co-occurring developmental disabilities and mental or behavioral health needs and their family/primary caregivers/residence services who are temporarily accessing crisis or planned therapeutic services with START.
Coaches work within the home environment or other community settings to create and implement daily and crisis therapeutic interventions and communicate these interventions with primary caregivers to focus on crisis mitigation and the implementation of strategies to assist in the de-escalation of behaviors using a positive psychology and person-centered approach. Coaches will work with coordinators and current support systems to provide assistance on training and guiding family members and group home staff in effective teaching methods for people with disabilities.
This position contributes to the overall crisis stabilization and prevention of the person and their family by providing hands-on assistance and education to families. The START Therapeutic Coach participates as part of comprehensive START services that collaborate with the person's primary provider and clinical home, community crisis services, family and others.
Requirements:
- BA or BS in Human Services
- Driver's License is strongly encouraged
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills
- Proven ability to work cooperatively in a small team environment
- Ability to assess priorities and manage competing deadlines both autonomously and as a member of a team in a fast-changing environment
- Participate in the creation, organization, and operation of the therapeutic recreational activities
- Maintain recreational supplies; schedule use as necessary.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $29.00 - $31.25 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Psychiatry
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- Do you have an existing personal relationship with a current YAI employee? A personal relationship can be defined as romantic or intimate in nature per YAI policy (ex: parent, sibling, spouse/partner, fiancée, cousin, roommate, etc)
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Behavioral health: 1 year (Preferred)
- Behavioral therapy: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person
