Youth Residential Treatment Specialist – Foundation and Healing: Columbus, OH
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Social Work
Mental Health, Crisis Counselor -
Healthcare
Mental Health, Crisis Counselor
Job Description:
A Foundation for Living and Healing is hiring Youth Residential Treatment Specialists for our licensed adolescent residential program in Columbus, Ohio. This is an adolescent residential behavioral support position, not a home health, senior care, or primarily ADL focused role. Staff provide continuous supervision, structure, behavioral support, crisis prevention, documentation, transportation, and daily programming for adolescents.
Full time, part time, and PRN positions are available. Day shift is 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Night shift is 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. Pay is $15.00 to $20.00 per hour.
Responsibilities include maintaining professional boundaries and house expectations, using trauma informed approaches, identifying behavioral triggers, applying approved prevention and de escalation techniques, responding safely to challenging behaviors, supporting treatment goals and daily programming, completing accurate shift notes and incident reports, transporting adolescents, and collaborating with the treatment team.
Required qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, current automobile insurance, ability to work 12 hour shifts, weekend and holiday availability, background check and drug screening eligibility, in house TB testing, crisis composure, and accurate electronic documentation.
Strongly preferred experience includes adolescent residential treatment, youth group homes, behavioral health, juvenile justice, children’s services, crisis stabilization, therapeutic foster care, trauma informed care, or behavioral crisis prevention. Traditional home health, senior care, or ADL only experience is not equivalent to adolescent residential or behavioral support experience.
All applicants must complete the AFLH Employment Application and Prescreen, including required screening questions and résumé upload, at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .
The Ohio Council
of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers
17 S. High Street - Suite 799, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone:
Fax:
www.theohiocouncil.org
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