Family Intervention Specialist

Overview

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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

Can I see myself here?

We have found that our staff succeed at Youth Villages when they :

• Are passionate about social services and dedicated to helping at-risk youth and families
• Value feedback and accountability
• Value the collaboration that comes from working on a team and thrive working on their own
• Enjoy variety in their schedule and not sitting behind a desk all day
• Are results and detailed oriented
• Have a sense of humor and find creative ways to implement ideas
• Value a strength-based treatment approach
• Can change priorities quickly
• Are looking for more than just a job

Why Youth Villages?

Our programs in Oregon offer :

• Paid licensure supervision for LPC, LCSW, LMFT
• Opportunity for advancement
• Collaborative Problem Solving Certification
• Training opportunities based on your interest / CEU’s
• Tablets issued to community based staff for documentation
• Open / collaborative work environment
• Gym membership reimbursement / discounts
• Healthy snacks in office / monthly team recognition

How will I make a difference?

• 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.
• Providing in-home counseling services for at-risk youth and families
• Managing a small case load 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; that could be attending court or meeting with teachers;

it depends on what your families’ needs are in any given week

• Providing a strengths-based approach utilizing counseling and social work skills
• Attend three weekly meetings (individual, team, and clinical consultation) for professional development to help enhance clinical skills

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

Salary

$62000 - $78000 / year based on education level and clinical license

Qualifications

How can I be considered for the position?

You can be considered for this position if you meet the following qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in social services field is required; Master's preferred. Degrees that can be considered include : social work, drug and alcohol education or counseling, psychology, criminal justice, guidance counseling, or marriage and family therapy.

Other degrees will have to be evaluated further to determine if they meet the qualifications.

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

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)