Youth Care Specialist KS

Youth Care Specialist KS

Kansas City KS Office

Salary Range $18.50 - $21.00 Hourly Position Type Full Time

We are seeking a Youth Care Specialist to join our team. You will play a key role in a dynamic team dedicated to ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and positive development of youth during and outside of regular business hours. You will collaborate with the Foster Care Case Management team, placement providers, law enforcement, and other community partners to implement effective safety and support strategies.

As a member of the KS Foster Care team, you will work with 5 other team members and report to our Manager of Youth Care Specialists.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Demonstrate compassion for and a commitment to working with children and adolescents in the foster care system.
• Coordinate and ensure the safe transportation of youth to and from placements and other designated locations.
• Safely and reliably transport youth, their personal belongings, medications, and required documentation to designated locations such as visits, appointments, court, and other activities.
• Monitor, observe, and document client behavior and activities during transport, reporting concerns as required.
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding client and agency information.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

Our ideal candidate will have:

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Two years of work experience working with youth is preferred.
• At least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical, and drug screening.
• A valid driver's license in the state you reside in, proof of current vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation.

WHO WE ARE:

Cornerstones of Care is a mental and behavioral health nonprofit certified in trauma-informed care that provides evidence-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and support services to help children and families improve their safety and health by making positive changes in their lives. Each year, our team empowers children and families in Kansas, Missouri, and beyond through three key service areas:

• Youth & Family Support – We help youth gain independence through social and living support programs while empowering families with the skills and resources they need to become resilient and successful.
• Foster Care & Adoption – We reunify and unite families while recruiting and providing support to foster parents and youth in foster care.
• Education & Community Trainings – We help students achieve academic success while giving educators the tools to create safe learning environments to improve their students' behaviors and offer innovative learning opportunities to build and improve knowledge in the community.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

OUR WIDE STATEMENT:

At Cornerstones of Care, we commit to fostering a community where every individual, regardless of background or identity, feels deeply welcomed, valued, and empowered. We envision a diverse community where inclusion and welcoming are prioritized. A community where all voices are heard, listened to, and respected. A community where everyone's physical, emotional, social, and psychological needs are met. At Cornerstones of Care, we have a vision where equity is not just a goal but is present in all we do;

every team member feels empowered to authentically contribute to their fullest potential. We hold a collective commitment to WIDE (welcoming, inclusion, diversity, and equity) that will drive us forward as a stronger organization.

OUR DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
• We cultivate a culture in…