Youth Specialist

About the Role

The Elizabeth Layton Center is seeking a Youth Specialist to join our CBS (Community Based Services) team in Paola, KS. This role involves providing supervision and supportive services to youth diagnosed with severe emotional disturbance, with the majority of time spent providing individual or psychosocial group services. The Youth Specialist works under the supervision and direction of a licensed and credentialed QMHP, assisting consumers by providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes—with a goal of increasing the consumer's independence, productivity, self-determination, integration, and inclusion in the community. Most services are provided in schools, homes, the center, and other community settings. This position reports directly to the CBS Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Provides one-to-one psychosocial rehabilitation services for youth
• Assists in developing and providing structured psychosocial group activities
• Supports personal care goals and overall treatment plan of specific youth
• Organizes program activities and functions
• Maintains a safe and productive environment during time spent in attendance of consumers
• Consults with other mental health staff and works co-jointly as indicated
• May provide transportation to and from various program activities (must maintain a good driving record)
• Assists in developing and providing structured activities to include attendant care, psychosocial group activities and individual community support
• Maintains appropriate records for reporting, evaluation, accounting, and clinical purposes
• Meets deadlines for daily paperwork and reports
• Provides quality documentation
• Performs other duties as deemed appropriate by immediate supervisor or designee
• Completes all trainings as assigned
• Complies with ELC policies and procedures
• Available to work evenings and weekends
• Maintains productivity standard of 55% of hours worked

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• Possesses a high school diploma or graduate equivalency degree
• Have a minimum of 40 hours of training in providing equivalent supportive services to child and/or adult consumers or be able to attend 40 hours of on-site training (on-site training may be required outside of regularly scheduled working hours)
• Incumbent must pass a security check as required by Medicaid Regulations

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to relate and work creatively and energetically with consumers at risk of hospitalization
• Relates a positive approach to complex mental health issues
• Communicates directly and effectively in a cooperative manner
• Flexibility in assigned work hours
• Ability to be sensitive to cultural and ethnic differences
• Ability to safely perform major job responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations