Youth Development Specialist

Requirements

• Facilitate, engage, and support youth in all activities including school, wake-up and bedtime routines, meals, chores, recreation, religious services, court preparation, court attendance, family visits, healthcare visits, and other activities as necessary.
• Facilitate youth learning of pro-social, academic, and vocational skills.
• Mentor and guide youth individually and in groups while using a behavior management system to shape youth behavior.
• Facilitate youth group meetings in the residential unit.
• Address conflicts with crisis intervention methods such as verbal de-escalation, reframing strategies, and physical de-escalation techniques using the least amount of physical intervention necessary.
• May serve as part of a rapid response team to respond to emergency situations.
• Work with youth to provide gang remediation activities and anti-bullying and violence reduction interventions.
• As part of an interdisciplinary team, develop individualized and group treatment, programming, and safety plans and support for academic achievement.
• Follow all policies and procedures including health, safety, and security protocols such as those concerning searches, headcounts, bed checks, intervention in volatile situations, the use of restraints, and others.
• Observe youth closely and record observations.
• Complete required reports on attendance, incidents, and behavior observations.
• Participate in youth admission and orientation processes.
• Drive transport vehicles and ensure youth safety in vehicles and court detention rooms.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance