Rehabilitation Specialist - Transitional Age Youth

What to Expect

Engage young people through relationship development, person-centered planning, and a focus on their futures.

Tailor services and supports to be accessible, coordinated, developmentally-appropriate, and build on strengths to enable the young people to pursue their goals across all transition domains.

Acknowledge and develop personal choice and social responsibility with young people.

Maintain an outcome focus in the TIP system at the young person, program, and community levels.

Involving a young person’s parents, family members, and other informal and formal key players to ensure a safety-net of support.

Enhance young persons’ competencies to assist them in achieving greater self-sufficiency and confidence.

Coordinate/implement the assessment and program planning process.

Serve as a liaison with referral sources, school personnel, and families, including initiating and/or attending any outside case conferences, team meetings, or phone contacts necessary to facilitate a continuum of care for each youth.

Ensure completion of written documentation according to grant and Way Station, Inc. program standards, including admission, treatment, and discharge paperwork.

Implement & monitor quality improvement measures.

Utilize creative strategies to engage difficult youth.

Avoidance of any sexual, physical, emotional abuse, neglect, or exploitation of minors.

Assist with orienting youth, new staff members, volunteers, students, families, and others as needed, to the program.

What You’ll Get From Us

A commitment to professional development, including a comprehensive tuition reimbursement program to support ongoing education and licensure and/or certification preparation.

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits for benefit eligible positions.

403b retirement match.

Generous paid-time-off for benefit eligible positions.

Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Generous mileage reimbursement program.

What We Need From You

• Your high school diploma or a GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Professional Experience: Two years positively referenced relevant work experience with TAY in an educational or social service setting and/or general vocational knowledge.
• The willingness to obtain additional certifications and trainings as required.
• A driver’s license with 3-points or less and access to an insured vehicle.
• Must have availability to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays depending upon need of the program.
• Computer Skills: Familiar with Microsoft Office, proficient with keyboard to input information into electronic health record.

Pay

The pay rate for this position is $19.31 hourly.