Behavioral Health Skills Trainer

About the role

The Behavioral Health Skills Trainer provides strengths-based, trauma-informed support to youth and families involved in foster care, adoption, or guardianship. Working with youth between the ages 3–18, the Skills Trainer helps children and adolescents develop social, emotional, behavioral, and independent living skills that promote stability, resilience, and success in home, school, and community settings. The Skills Trainer maintains a small caseload to ensure individualized support and works collaboratively with caregivers, treatment providers, schools, and community partners to coordinate services and promote positive outcomes for youth and families.

In addition to providing direct services and care coordination, the skills trainer will participate in an on-call rotation one week per month to support youth and families outside of regular business hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide strengths-based, trauma-informed support to youth and families
• Help children and adolescents develop social, emotional, behavioral, and independent living skills
• Maintain a small caseload for individualized support
• Collaborate with caregivers, treatment providers, schools, and community partners
• Coordinate services to promote positive outcomes for youth and families
• Participate in an on-call rotation one week per month

Requirements

• Crisis Management and/or De-escalation experience
• Experience working within the foster care system
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience relevant to skills training
• Willing and able to work 40-hours per week
• Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and full coverage auto insurance
• Satisfactory results of fingerprinting and background checks

Qualifications

• CPR/First Aid (provided by agency)
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) (provided by agency)
• Tier 1 Collaborative Problem Solving (provided by agency)

Benefits

• Competitive pay starting at $21.73/hr
• Additional stipend for on-call shift: $400/wk
• Paid vacation days that increase with tenure (Full Time Employees)
• Separate sick leave that rolls over each year (Full Time Employees)
• Up to 10 Paid holidays (Full Time Employees)
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options (Full Time Employees)
• DailyPay: Access to your daily earnings without waiting for payday (Full Time Employees)
• Training, Development, and Continuing Education Credits for licensure requirements (Full Time Employees)
• 401K (All Employees)
• Free licensure supervision (All Employees)
• Employee Assistance program (All Employees)
• Pet Insurance (All Employees)
• Perks @Clarvida: national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment (All Employees)
• Mileage reimbursement (All Employees)
• Company cellphone (benefits may vary based on Position/State/County)