Behavioral Specialist

Accepting application through November 28th, 2025.

Wellspring is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to serving seniors, families and children throughout Michigan. We are currently seeking a
Behavioral Specialist to join our foster care team in Gaylord. In this role, you will provide high-quality, hands-on care to children and families with a supportive, strength-based focus. You'll be directly supporting communities across the region to help families and children get the resources they need.

• Develop, coordinate and implement concise, accurate plans, including behavioral plans, with foster youth and families that provide support and stability of placement for identified youth.
• Review behavioral log(s) with foster care parents regularly, to ensure implementation and effectiveness of behavior plan.
• Ensure barriers are addressed that may impede parents and foster children’s ability to meet all goals and objectives on the treatment plan.
• Respond to after-hours crisis calls and provide telephone consultation, referral, crisis intervention services and make recommendations.
• Assess level of need/urgency and respond accordingly, to families experiencing a crisis that may disrupt foster placement.
• Provide short-term intervention on an individual, family, couple or group level to stabilize living situation, where possible.
• Coordinate the delivery of services with other service providers both internally and externally to the agency, including area professionals and provide testimony in court where required.
• Facilitate psycho educational groups, as needed.
• Work some days with non-traditional hours and assist with on-call needs during those days to help with de-escalations.
• Handle out of county behavioral consults.
• Will hold a smaller caseload than a traditional behavioral specialist.

• Two years of professional experience working with children and families (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related Human Services field (preferred).
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent (required)
• Valid driver’s license, vehicle registration and auto insurance.
• Reliable, compassionate and committed to high-quality service.

• Schedule:
  
  Part-time, with some non-traditional hours
• Weekends/on-call: support as needed with the team
• Pay rate: $16.80 /hour
  , based on experience.
• Paid time off
• Access to Daily Pay for flexible pay options.
• Employee assistance plan (Wellspring Support Linc).
• Weekly and as-needed supervision.

Join Wellspring and make a difference by helping children and families in your local community. Apply today to be part of a compassionate, mission-driven team in Gaylord.

Full job description provided during the interview.