Youth Therapist -Behavioral Health Paraprofessional

About the role

We are a community-based organization providing individual/family therapy and community support to youth and families facing challenges like poverty, mental illness, legal issues, trauma, and addiction.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based/in-home supports to youth and families
• Offer encouragement, coaching, and modeling to learn new skills and make connections to positive people, places, and activities
• Work in the community where neighbors live, work, learn, and play
• Build trusting, mentoring relationships with participants from the same community and sharing similar backgrounds
• Participate in ongoing training and supervision

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited university and college with a major in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services/behavioral health/youth work
• Valid CPR/First Aid certification is preferred
• Motivated to work with youth ages 5-18, experience with human services/behavioral health/youth work
• Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and current car insurance

Benefits

• Voluntary Dental
• Voluntary Vision
• UNUM Supplemental Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Direct Deposit

Pay

• Bachelor's Pay Rate: $20/hour
• Master's Pay Rate: $25/hour

Schedule

• Flexible schedule