Youth Care Specialist

Responsibilities

Hosting Open Interviews! Date and Time:
Tuesday, June 9th; 12pm to 4pm.

Location:

1451 Lucas Rd, Mansfield, OH 44903. Items Needed:
Resume, driver s license, social security card, direct deposit information, and proof of highest degree earned.

A Youth Care Specialist works closely with our youth ensuring residents are safe and programming is successfully within our facility. The Specialist provides direct care, safety and security, and supervision of residents through positive role modeling. The Youth Care Specialist actively works to support the facility mission of providing an environment of safety so that the residents feel empowered to heal the wounds of the past and build a foundation of hope for the future.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional development and advancement within our organization. If you are passionate about working with at-risk youth, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding opportunity.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.

Experience: At least one year of experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting. Ability to work collaboratively with a team. Ability to maintain professionalism and composure in challenging situations. Must be able to pass a background check and drug screening.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Valid State Driver’s License with appropriate endorsements and Certified in CPR and First Aid (part of orientation class).

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use fingers or hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, color and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Therapeutic Hold: The employee may occasionally be required to physically restrain clients, using authorized hold procedures as a last resort for protection of resident and staff.

Work Environment: The work environment for this position is a residential facility setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to clients who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, and exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self-destructive behaviors.

The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and may be subject to occasional local travel as required by facility needs. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short-term & Long-Term Disability
• 401(K) with Company Match
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid Time Off

EEO Statement All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.