Youth Specialist - Chafee

Job Description:

Job Title: Youth Specialist 

Location: Camdenton, Missouri 
Department: Employment Services
Employment Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Job Summary: 
Join our passionate team and make a meaningful impact on youth and young adults, especially those in foster care. As a Youth Specialist, you'll support their journey towards independent living, employment, and personal growth. You will provide services and financial assistance to current and former foster youth, conducting activities based on their individualized plans. 

The Youth Specialist position offers... 

• Hourly Rate - $15 hour

• Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost  

• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting a healthy, joyful workforce.  

• Additional Perks & Benefits - Scroll down to bottom of this post to learn more 

Key Responsibilities: 
●    Ensure that all program expectations and rules are adhered to, and report behaviors to the supervisor, which will assist with therapeutic interventions. 
●    Participate as an active member of the treatment team by helping to identify client's strengths, needs, abilities and preferences. 
●    Document and/or report at shift change and/or in client/patient record any exceptional behavior and/or areas of concerns related to client's behaviors/interactions. 
●    Assist and educate clients/patients in performing daily activities as needed. 
●    Monitor client activities and document client activities occurring on shifts that are relevant to client's/patient's progress or behavior, including bed check documentation during overnight shifts. 
●    Ensure all clients are accounted for. 
●    Ensure precaution protocols are adhered to, and appropriate documentation occurs. 
●    Assists in monitoring general health conditions of clients. 
●    Facilitate education or recreation groups as scheduled and assigned. 
●    Adhere to all medication policies and work with trained nursing staff to ensure all medication policies are followed whether client administered or PFH associate administered. 
●    Provide client transportation as needed. 
●    Maintain a standard of behavior that is, always, consistent with agency expectations and program philosophy. 
●    Complete all mandatory training within the required time frame with state regulatory standards. 
●    Attend staff meetings, treatment team meetings, training sessions, etc. as requested by supervisors. 
●    Be knowledgeable and adhere to all program policies. 
●    Other duties as assigned by the Residential Coordinator, Assistant Residential Coordinator, Residential Director or Executive Team Member. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 
●    Knowledge of confidentiality laws governing the