Youth Specialist I - RESET Residential

Sycamores • Altadena, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Sycamores provides a spectrum of equitable mental health services through various programs to multicultural populations of all acuities. Although it serves a variety of consumers, the agency focuses primarily on providing care to low-income, high at- risk youth. The role of the Youth Specialist is to provide care, supervision and behavioral interventions that develop coping and problem-solving skills, teach social skills, and teach transference of those skills into the home, school, and community. These interventions are provided to youth in the residential programs. These interventions are developed within the collaborative planning process and are prescribed by the program.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two or more years of direct care experience required.
• Maintains all required licenses and certifications.
• Valid California driver’s license.
• Acceptable driving record as determined by Agency policy.
• Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements.
• Ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents.
• Ability to restrain consumers in conformity with Pro-ACT training.
• Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to drive in the community with consumers.
• Ability to perform frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking.
• Ability to perform occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Ability to use bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level.
• Ability to reach at or above shoulder level.
• Ability to bend, squat, kneel, push/pull, twist, and climb.
• Ability to perform occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to use near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties.
• Requires physical presence in the office during shift.
• Satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Responsibilities

• Provide care, supervision and behavioral interventions that develop coping and problem-solving skills.
• Teach social skills.
• Teach transference of those skills into the home, school, and community.
• Provide interventions to youth in the residential programs.
• Physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents.
• Restrain consumers in conformity with Pro-ACT training.
• Practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy.
• Operate a motor vehicle.
• Drive in the community with consumers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level