Lead Youth Worker: Sub-Acute Residential
Listed on 2026-01-11
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Healthcare
Mental Health
Lead Youth Worker:
Sub-Acute Residential- 6752
Job Category: Direct Care
Requisition Number: LEADY
006752
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- Posted :
January 9, 2026 - Full-Time
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A career can mean different things at different workplaces. Apply now to see what it means to us and what it's like to work somewhere your voice is heard, your wellness is a priority, and your success matters.
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time, 40 hours/wk
SCHEDULED
HOURS:
Tuesday-Saturday 3PM-11PM
PC#: 2843
The Sub-Acute Crisis Stabilization (SACS) program provides short-term, intensive behavioral health support in a residential setting to youth experiencing acute emotional or psychiatric crises. The program focuses on rapid de-escalation, stabilization, and connection to ongoing care through a collaborative, trauma-informed approach. Services include comprehensive assessment, individualized treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and coordination with families, schools, and healthcare providers to ensure a safe and supported transition to the appropriate level of care.
Position Highlights
- Great way to get your foot in the mental health field.
- Opportunity to grow your skills and take part of trainings.
- Grow invaluable relationships with the clients.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provides direct care supervision of clients including building healthy relationships, problem solving, and psychoeducation.
- Provides facilitation, supervision, and support for visits and family connection with parents, relatives and other significant people in the lives of clients.
- Leads and supports staff in crisis intervention efforts; participates in post crisis response meetings with program staff and management.
- Teaches and supports development of essential skills, including relationship building, symptom management, emotion regulation, daily living, budgeting, psychoeducation, relapse prevention and community resource linking, and actively plans and participates in activities to enhance these competencies.
- Shows knowledge of and role in individual treatment plans, including their assessment, needs, behavioral goals, and intervention strategies.
- Responsible for providing medication administration and training to staff of medication monitoring procedures in coordination with program nursing and medical staff.
- Assists with administrative functions and tasks as needed at the direction of their supervisor.
- Actively participates in recruitment, interviewing, and hiring processes as directed by program management, ensuring all actions are consistent with agency policy and best practices.
- Coordinates and provides staff training, ensuring compliance with program models.
- Orients and trains new program staff.
- Facilitate staff meetings in the absence of the program supervisor/director.
- Cares for program facilities and equipment. Performs household tasks and duties as assigned and as needed to promote a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
- Maintains program vehicles to agency standards.
- Transports clients when necessary.
- Maintains documentation in compliance with agency standards.
- Additional duties and assignments as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor’s in human services or related field. Experience may be used towards educational requirement.
Experience: At least two years working with population served in a residential setting, preferred.
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Valid driver’s license.
Training: CPR and First Aid within 6 months of hire and program specific trainings/certifications (including but not limited to CARE, TCI)
Why Join CHR?
- Proudly recognized as a Top Workplace for 12 consecutive years!
- Enjoy ample paid time off, including a special day off for your birthday!
- Benefit from contributions to your 403b Retirement Plan.
- Competitive premiums with added discounts on pet, auto, and home insurance!
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
- Student loan repayment assistance (Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Nurse Corps, NHSC/HRSA at select sites).
- Exclusive tuition discounts for CHR employees at several local colleges/universities.
- FREE robust training curriculum, featuring our brand-new Clinical Training Series for interactive…
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