Transition Specialist, Level 2

The Dale House Project seeks to hire a Transition Specialist Level II to support our ministry among youth building independent living skills. This position will spend 25-35% of their time in a secured facility offering Life Skill curriculum to groups and 1 on 1 transition services to assist clients entering back into the community. The Dale House is a Christ-centered community of and for broken people doing life together.

This position works closely in relational ministry with youth as they take steps towards living independently.

Youth get involved at the Dale House to learn how to live on their own independently. Many come from the Colorado Division of Youth Services, and they’re finishing a commitment to the State after having criminal charges. Youth are also involved with the Colorado Department of Human Services - usually older adolescents who are ‘aging out’ of a foster care arrangement who need to live independently.

These Supportive Independent Living Placement (SILP) participants will move into our independent living apartments, so the relationship you help foster between the youth and the Dale House community is vital to their own success. As is often the case with adolescents, many youth may be able to name worthwhile goals but they need help turning those desires into productive habits, routines, and practices.

That’s where our community comes in. Through relationships - and a great deal of support, guidance, and accountability - youth turn these dreams into daily decisions to go to work, attend school, make appointments, and continue making progress towards their adult commitments.

As the Transition Specialist, you make sure that youth navigate major transitions from where they live to their next living arrangement as an adult. Rather than using rules or discipline to keep kids in line, you understand that your most important tool to help kids stay on track is your relationship with them. You spend time getting to know each youth as an individual, you demonstrate genuine interest in them, while challenging the decisions they are making.

You will help a youth find activities like tutoring, working with school counselors and resource specialists, and assisting them in finding positive social activities.

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field, preferably in human services
• Six month’s to one-year of case management experience with youth: in juvenile justice or in human service
• Strong navigation of community resources
• Complete Medicaid documentation and billable notes with accuracy.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Ability to learn how to take notes and document progress made in treatment.
• Motivational Interviewing (MI) - Dale House can provide or send to training.
• Crisis intervention training - Dale House can provide training

You’d report to our Transition Coordinator, Michaela Wederquist. Michaela is currently working towards her Masters in Counseling and she has oversight in maintaining caseloads and that our team is working together towards a client’s goals. She also meets with staff to provide clinical supervision. You will also work closely with Troy Paben, our Quality Assurance, to ensure we are following best practices for documentation in accordance to Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid compliance.

And lastly you will be overseen by our Clinical Director, Vicky Thomas. Vicky has her LPC-S (licensed professional counselor supervisor) and works to maintain ethical standards in our mental health practice.

You also work on a team of people who are in an intentional community of caring, mutual support, and Christian ministry. We commit to being honest and real with one…