Youth Care Specialist

Thompson Child & Family Focus employs hard working, dedicated, caring, innovative team members who are committed to excellence and empowering children and families through therapy, education, and prevention-based care

What’s in it for you?Great Benefits for full-time employees!

• 3 weeks paid time off (PTO) first year plus 10 paid Holidays!
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance options
• Life Insurance
• 401K Match
• Education Reimbursement
• Paid time off for volunteering in the community
• Free EAP services
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Multiple opportunities for growth
• iPhone and Laptop provided for eligible roles
• Clinical Supervision Reimbursement for eligible roles

What you will make!$18-$19

What Will You Do?

The Youth Care Specialist’s primary purpose is to provide crisis invention, de-escalation, and behavior modification techniques in a trauma-informed, strength-based, youth centered way at all times. The Youth Care Specialist position includes on-call availability and schedule flexibility. Performance will be measured by your individual outcomes, achieving your individual targets/goals, your contribution to your overall program team/department and your buy-in to the culture of the organization. Youth Care Specialist play a pivotal part in our company structure.

• Display trauma informed care and principles.
• Provide vigilant supervision and monitoring of every client in your care, ensuring that the milieu is always in ratio and every child is safe.
• Provide mentoring, guidance, support and develop a therapeutic relationship with each child in your care, displaying CARE principles at all times.
• Help support a trauma informed milieu where physical restraints are an absolute last resort.
• Engage youth in activities and 1:1 sessions in order to create a learning environment.
• Help ensure the physical milieus you are in remain clean, safe, and cared for by adhering to regular cleaning and sanitation expectations.
• Ensure all documentation meets internal and external quality and regulatory standards.

What qualifications do you need?

• Must have a valid Driver License and meet any credentialing, licensing, and privileging standards as it pertains to the department you are in.
• Education requirement for this individual contributor role is: High School Diploma (required C-Suite approval).
• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred but not required (based on life experience).
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience working in an on call or shift-based setting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite application software, Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, employees are required to walk, sit, use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Thompson is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.