Transition Facilitator

Location: City of Syracuse

Transition FacilitatorONON CFS OnCare Healthy Transitions Syracuse, New York - Onsite Nonexempt, 40 hour per week, Full-time Compensation: $22.21 per hour

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CCSI is partnering with Onondaga County Department of Children & Family Services to hire a Transition Facilitator to join our team of nearly 500 employees. CCSI is contracted by Onondaga County Department of Children & Family Services (OC CFS) to provide program management services, including specialized staffing.

The Transition Facilitator is assigned to provide program management services, including specialized staffing. CCSI provides staffing for the OnCare Transition Age Youth Project, a System of Care for Onondaga County that transforms the way mental health, educational and other supportive services are delivered to support the healthy transition of high-risk youth into adulthood. This position provides direct services to transition age youth (ages 16-21) with serious mental health challenges to support success in home, school, and community settings.

Transition Facilitators engage youth to address relevant transition domains such as behavioral health, educational, employment and career, and living situation. Transition Facilitators provide services through the credible messenger approach and Transition to Independence process framework, which focus on relationship building, person-centered planning, and focus on the youth’s  this role, you will

Meet with identified family/ youth to determine service needs and existing family/ youth supports. Meetings may occur in the home or at a location of the youth/ family’s choosing.

Assist families and youth with the development of a plan to address their prioritized needs; secure their buy-in to the plan.

Ensure connection to appropriate identified mental health and other supportive resources.

Help families and youth establish creative community connections and assist them in identifying and developing natural supports.

Help to convene and co-facilitate family team meetings with identified service providers and natural supports to ensure progress toward achieving goals.

Input and maintain records of all case activity in designated database within established time frames; maintain hard copy records, statistics, or other as directed.

Serves as a credible messenger and partners with youth, young adults and families where appropriate to complete assessment process, explore natural supports, support registration into an educational program, assist with problem solving, and identify solutions.

Educate youth, young adults and families where appropriate on mental health resources and other supportive services and community resources available and complete associated referrals to services.

Prescriptively use personal experience as an engagement tool.

Deliver service in a manner that is strengths based, family driven, trauma informed and culturally responsive.

Model System of Care principles and practices in interactions with family, youth and other stakeholders.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

What you bring

Associate’s degree in Human Services or related field plus 2 years providing services to youth of transition age, or equivalent education and work experience (see CCSI's equivalency chart)
Required for this position are:

Communicating effectively

Building collaborative relationships

Valuing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment

Striving for self-development and taking initiative to be resourceful

Problem-solving both independently and with others

Self-directed,…