Youth Community support Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title: Youth Community Support Specialist

Location: Jefferson City, MO

Department: Community Support Services

Employment Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

Job Summary:
Join our dedicated team as a Youth Community Support Specialist, where you will provide essential services to individuals and their families as they adapt to living in their communities. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of youth in need, work collaboratively with a skilled team, and develop your mental health service expertise. We are looking for compassionate individuals who are adaptable, proactive, and committed to helping others achieve long-term wellbeing and independence. Your contributions will help ensure that youth and their families receive the timely support and resources they need to thrive.

As a Youth Community Support Specialist, you will be responsible for creating personalized plans that address the specific needs of your clients. You will utilize evidence-based techniques and collaborate with other professionals to provide comprehensive mental health services.

The Youth Community Support Specialist position offers…

• Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost
• Career Advancement & Wage Growth – Grow in your career with great opportunities for upward mobility and added income
• Comprehensive Training – Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training
• Workplace Culture – An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide community-based mental health services to children, adolescents, and/or adults, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention implementation.
• Collaborate with clients, families, and other stakeholders to develop and implement individualized treatment plans that address the client's specific needs and goals.
• Utilize a strengths-based approach that emphasizes empowerment, skill-building, and resilience, incorporating evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing, Positive Reinforcement Techniques, Trauma-Informed Strategies, and skills based in CBT and DBT approaches.
• Provide behavioral interventions, including motivational interviewing, operant conditioning, interpersonal and group dynamics, cognitive processing, and other evidence-based interventions.
• Coordinate care with other service providers, including primary care physicians, psychiatrists, schools, and community organizations.

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral health or related field, or relevant experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Prior experience working with youth and families in a community support or mental health capacity.

Additional Qualifications:

• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect, and fingerprint check.
• Current driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance.

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tape