Youth Specialist (Part-Time)

About the role

The Elizabeth Layton Center is seeking a part-time Youth Specialist to join our CBS (Community Based Services) team in Ottawa, KS. This role offers a vibrant, supportive, and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides one to one psychosocial rehabilitation services for youth
• Affords assistance 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)
• Affords assistance in developing and providing structured activities to include attendant care, psychosocial group activities and individual community support
• Maintains a safe and productive environment during time spent in attendance of consumers
• Maintains appropriate records for reporting, evaluation, accounting, and clinical purposes
• Mets deadlines for daily paperwork and reports
• Provides quality documentation
• 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

Requirements

• Possesses a high school diploma or graduate equivalency degree
• Has 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
• Incumbent must pass a security check as required by Medicaid Regulations
• 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
• Safely performs major job responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations