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Who is Youth Villages?
Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully. We are a team of 3,400 individuals who’ve come together across 15 states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile justice across the country. Our work involves providing an array of counseling and treatment services to youth with severe emotional and behavioral problems.
Eighty-four percent of those who go through treatment are succeeding two years after leaving our program. These youth are living at home, remaining in school, and are not experiencing trouble with the law.
Responsibilities
Family Intervention Specialists will work with both biological and adoptive families. Many of the youth on your caseload will be foster children or former foster children in pre-adoptive or post-adoptive homes who are experiencing stress in their placement. Responsibilities include:
* Providing in-home counseling services for at-risk youth and families
* Managing a small caseload of four to six families to provide quality counseling
* Meeting with youth and families three times weekly to address each family’s needs
* Providing after-hours support to youth and families through on-call rotations
* Collaborating with youth, family, teachers, and other community members working towards the success of the youth
* Providing a strengths-based approach utilizing counseling and social work skills
* Attending three weekly meetings (individual, team, and clinical consultation) for professional development
Qualifications
You can be considered for this position if you meet the following qualifications:
* Master’s degree in social services field; degrees that can be considered include: social work, drug and alcohol education or counseling, psychology, criminal justice, guidance counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
* Experience working with at-risk youth and/or families in a volunteer, internship, or paid position; clinical experience is preferred
* Willingness/desire to maintain an untraditional schedule
* Strong writing skills and experience with electronic documentation
* Acceptable driving record- Two or fewer moving violations within the past 36 months
Additional Information
Schedule is flexible and non-traditional; based around the availability of youth and families served. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, a personal vehicle to use for work purposes and auto insurance. Community Based staff will be reimbursed for applicable mileage.
Additional Benefits
* Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
* 401 (k)
* 2 weeks paid vacation
* 12 paid sick days per year
* 11 paid holidays
* Paid Parental Leave
* Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)
Youth Villages is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Youth Villages is committed to not only advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace but also in our work with children and young adults. We know that children, families and young people of color can face inequity in child welfare and justice systems, and we train our employees to build the skills they need to work with the communities that we serve, as well as, other employees from different cultures and backgrounds.
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