Prevention Specialist

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Full Time Professional Behavioral Health Building, Jackson, MI, US 1 Attachments

8 days ago Requisition

Family Service & Children’s Aid is Hiring a Prevention Specialist!

Looking for an individual who enjoys working with at‑risk youth and their parents. Enjoy working in more of a community‑based setting vs. an office? Find facilitating groups using evidence‑based model interesting? Enjoy being an advocate for families and youth? No weekends and be done by 3pm or earlier on Fridays. We are hiring individuals who:

• Enjoy laughing and have a good sense of humor (potlucks too!)
• Want to work for a flexible and work‑life balanced agency
• Enjoy taking vacations and want generous paid time off (self‑care)
• Want to help assist at‑risk youth (struggling with behavior at school, minor substance use, first time offenders through juvenile court system, truancy cases, students at risk for long‑term suspension or even expulsion, etc)
• Want to be part of a team that works in the community at local school districts but have an office location as a base of operation
• Want to be a youth and family advocate
• Outgoing person who enjoys connecting with others
• Enjoy helping others with connecting to community resources
• Value individual supervision yet would welcome having group supervision along with access to a consulting psychiatrist
• Enjoy a team approach but have ability to be independent
• Want to have teammates to bounce ideas off of and be able to unwind with after a tough session
• Come join our team and be part of a work family that works hard but also knows how to have fun and prioritizes family first!

The Prevention Specialist coordinates and provides implementation of substance use prevention education and mental health prevention programs in the Just Understand My Potential Program (JUMP). Provides direct service (case management, facilities educational classes, and individual contacts) to clients, who are at‑risk youth, and their parents. Facilitate “Guiding Good Choices” to parents to help them support their children in making valued based decisions.

Services are delivered in an office, community and school setting. Works as a collaborative member of the Prevention Department  part of community collaborative, advocating for youth services in our community. Join an expanding program in Jackson County!

FSCA offers one of the best employee benefit packages in our local community, including the following:

• Generous paid time off (4-6 weeks depending on years of service)
• 13 paid holidays
• 3 employee events throughout the year that are on company paid time (get paid to have fun!)
• FSCA provides in house training opportunities and external training opportunities including but not limited to EMDR, ASAM Continuum, GAIN, Motivational Interviewing, TF‑CBT, Trauma, and trainings sponsored by DHHS, MSHN, CMHA, Life Ways and other State experts.
• Full benefits package if employed Full‑Time.

Qualifications for position are as follows:

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a human behavioral science, or education, or in another major where 25% of the course credits earned toward the degree are in human behavioral sciences, plus 2 years of experience as a social service worker, 2 years of which shall have been in an agency.
• Has or is willing to obtain a MCBAP Certificated Prevention Specialist
• Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation

When you work with FSCA, you will join an experienced, hard‑working team that values flexibility, family and providing quality services to our community. Why just work when you can help build strong families and strong communities?