Youth Specialist - Temp

SHIFT:
Sunday to Thursday 11 PM - 7 AM Youth Specialist Full Time 6 months Temp Position Salinas, CA

Location:

On-Site
- Salinas, CA

Schedule:

Full
- Time | Non-Exempt

Department:
Family and Community Services

Reports to:

Program Supervisor/Program Director

Pay Range: $19.00 - $22.00 per hour

The hourly range for this position is $19.00 - $22.00 for employees hired in the Monterey, Salinas, CA area. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate for candidates hired within the Central Coast region. Candidates hired in other California locations may have different starting rates based on cost of living and market data variations.

Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting rate include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparisons to other employees in similar roles.

Aspiranet, a leading California-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking aYouth Specialist to join our Family and Community Services division. In this role, you’ll provide case management and home visitation services that support family stability, early child development, and healthy parent-child relationships. By engaging families through personalized services, workshops, and community resources, you’ll help ensure children and caregivers have the tools they need to thrive.

Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed. Our six divisions span foster care and adoption, transitional aged youth, residential, intensive home-based services, behavioral health, and family and community. Every role at Aspiranet contributes to something greater, helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

The Youth Specialist is responsible for the care and supervision of children and youth placed at the Receiving Center. Major responsibilities include providing care and supervision of youth, completing youth screenings, implementing a youth's service and safety plans, working one on one with youth utilizing interventions in support of identified behaviors, medication administration, documentation, transporting youth, liaison with public health nurse and county social workers, and maintaining the center site

• Supervise youth, including the youth’s readiness for assessments, recreational activities, etc.
• Work in coordination with Center team members to implement youth’s service plan.
• Identify possible youth needs for additional professional services and communicate such findings in the shift exchange.
• Complete youth intake and discharge, including screenings.
• Administer prescribed medication per standards.
• Assist center youth with personal and hygiene care according to their developmental age.

• Complete all required documentation in the database within established timelines.
• Document youth behaviors and incidents.
• Document administration of prescribed medication according to agency and licensing standards in a timely manner.
• Adhere to agency, funder, state, and federal confidentiality standards.

• Attend team, collaborative, community, and all-staff meetings.
• Participate in required trainings and supervision.
• Maintain CPR/First Aid certification and professional boundaries.

• High School Diploma with two years’ experience working with children/youth in a similar service.
• Must meet all state-required conditions of employment, including:
  • Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance
  • TB/Health physical
  • Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and proof of insurance

• On-site
• Sunday to Thursday 11 PM - 7 AM
• 6 month position (Temp)

• Access to the Aspiranet Employee Perks Program with exclusive discounts on travel, wellness, entertainment, gyms, theme parks, pet care, and…