Youth and Family Worker

Job Title:
Youth and Family worker

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Supervisor:
Youth Services Program Manager

Revision:
July 2026

Primary Department: YTH - Youth Services

Pay Band: $47,000 to $52,000

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This role serves an important support for youth and families who find themselves navigating the child welfare system. This role is part of the larger permanency team. The role encompasses adoption, child specific recruitment, and Successful Transitions to Adulthood (STAY). This role is a good fit for someone who has excellent communication skills, enjoys outreach and community engagement, organizational skills to manage caseload, coordinate with outside providers, support clients and meet deadlines.

At EVOLVE Family Services, we fight to build a world where everyone has nurturing, permanent, and supportive familial relationships. We accomplish this by connecting youth with adults, by giving adults the tools to succeed, and by giving youth a voice in a system that has been developed from a place of oppression. We serve youth and families across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, often within and alongside the child welfare system.

We serve all, regardless of race, religion, age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or marital status. EVOLVE is an antiracist, anti-oppressive agency, and expects our workforce to hold one another accountable for continued growth.

Please see our standards of antiracism and anti-oppression here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./standards

Social Awareness:
Empathetically internalize the perspectives of others from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Understands social and ethical norms for behavior and recognizes the pulse and vibes of the community. Recognizes power dynamics and underlying societal influences on behaviors.

Emotional Maturity:
Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths, and limitations and how they impact relationships.

Communication:
Listens and expresses self effectively and in a manner that reflects a true understanding of the audience. Seeks first to understand others' point of view and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens to understand meanings; communicates effectively orally and in writing.

Self-Management:
Ability to regulate one’s behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a productive way. Uses mastery of self-control to manage one’s time, workflow, and communication. Desires to produce, and effectively delivers on assigned priorities. Takes direction and moves forward in execution.