Youth Specialist

YSS is seeking a motivated, supportive, quick thinker to join our team as an Emergency Services Specialist!

As an Emergency Services Specialist, you will work with a team of staff to oversee and carry out a daily schedule of educational, group, and skill-building activities. Work shifts may include a variety of day, afternoon, evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Candidates must be mature, a team player, and possess good written and computer skills. A desire to make a positive difference for youth and their families is key.

This position is a full time 3pm-11pm position and will include weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide direct supervision of the clients, ensuring their presence and safety.
• Continually model respectful behavior, social skills, appropriate boundaries, and other behavior.
• Effectively manage client group dynamics.
• Plan and facilitate group sessions as scheduled to instruct clients in basic social and life skills, and provide other learning opportunities that are age and developmentally appropriate.
• Provide crisis interventions as needed.
• Document client behavior and other relevant/required information for each shift in daily Client Logs.

Please note that this description is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities required for this position. Duties may change at any time, with or without notice.

For more about YSS programs, please visit https://www.yss.org/program/.

We want to create a world where youth are valued and empowered to stand strong. To do this, we ask our staff to embrace YSS core values - Commitment, Collaboration, Compassion, Innovation, Integrity, and a “Can Do” Spirit. Additionally, we ask for the following:

MUST HAVES - Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services or a related field.
• Travel, including transporting clients, is required for this position. For YSS insurance purposes, you must:
  • be 21 years of age,
  • have a valid, state-issued, driver's license,
  • have a clean driving record, and
  • have adequate insurance coverage per YSS policy.

SHOULD HAVES - Preferred Qualifications

• One year of experience in the management and supervision of adolescents in a residential setting.
• Ability to communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with excellent observational, listening, speaking, and writing skills.
• Ability to collaborate and able to work effectively with others regardless of backgrounds, identities, and status.
• Ability to use critical thinking skills to problems solve.
• Ability to manage resources effectively.
• Ability to manage one’s own time and the time of others.

The IDEAL Candidate:

• Speaks a language(s) in addition to English.
• Has knowledge and understanding gained through personal experience and the ability to draw on that experience to support others on their journey to stability, recovery, and healing.