Youth Specialist, Overnight (55264)

YSS • Mason City, IA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

YSS is seeking a motivated, supportive, quick thinker to join our team as an PM Youth Specialist! As Youth Specialist, you will work with a team of staff to oversee and carry out a daily schedule of educational, group, and skill-building activities. Work shifts include a variety of evening, weekend, and holiday hours, 3-11pm. Candidates must be mature, a team player, and possess good written and computer skills. A desire to make a positive difference for youth and their families is key.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services or a related field.
• Travel, including transporting clients, is required for this position.
• For YSS insurance purposes, you must: be 21 years of age, have a valid, state-issued, driver's license, have a clean driving record, and have adequate insurance coverage per YSS policy.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience in the management and supervision of adolescents in a residential setting.
• Ability to communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with excellent observational, listening, speaking, and writing skills.
• Ability to collaborate and able to work effectively with others regardless of backgrounds, identities, and status.
• Ability to use critical thinking skills to problems solve.
• Ability to manage resources effectively.
• Ability to manage one’s own time and the time of others.
• Speaks a language(s) in addition to English.
• Has knowledge and understanding gained through personal experience and the ability to draw on that experience to support others on their journey to stability, recovery, and healing.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision of the clients, ensuring their presence and safety.
• Continually model respectful behavior, social skills, appropriate boundaries, and other behavior.
• Effectively manage client group dynamics.
• Plan and facilitate group sessions as scheduled to instruct clients in basic social and life skills, and provide other learning opportunities that are age and developmentally appropriate.
• Provide crisis interventions as needed.
• Document client behavior and other relevant/required information for each shift in daily Client Logs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees