Youth Partner

POSITION SUMMARY:

South Coast Community Services takes pride in providing our staff with competitive compensation, opportunities for professional growth, access to diverse client populations, clinical autonomy, and a strong support system of seasoned employees. The Youth Partner develops a strength-based relationship with children while providing support, case management, and behavioral coaching. The Youth Partner ensures the family’s voice and choice is respected and implemented throughout the course of treatment. This position intervenes with maladaptive behaviors and strives to meet the child’s needs and preserve the family unit. This position works both independently and with other multidisciplinary team members.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The Orange County Wraparound program serves children, youth, and non-minor dependents ages 0-21 who are involved with Orange County Social Services, Orange County Healthcare Agency or Orange County Probation. This program provides a collaborative and highly individualized process for developing specific resources and services for the referred child and their families. The goal of the program is to utilize a strength-based approach to maximize the capacity of each family to meet the child’s needs, maintain the child in a family based-setting, and prevent or reduce the need for Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) placement.  

 JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a consistent, supportive environment in which the client can learn and practice pro-social behaviors, problem-solving, coping skills, and other independent and transitional living skills.
• Ensure sensitivity to family culture, values and beliefs, and operate from a trauma-informed, strength-based perspective.
• Maintain proficient and accurate documentation adhering to all program and contract standards. 
• Teach, model, and reinforce social skills for the development of ongoing relationships within the client’s family and community. 
• Provide transportation to the youth for academic, social, recreational, and/or employment activities.
• Work in coordination with the client’s multidisciplinary team, including County representatives, schools, etc. Attend all required meetings.
• Develop and utilize knowledge of community resources to serve children and their families. 
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Microsoft Outlook.
• Ability to set and maintain appropriate boundaries. 
• Demonstrate knowledge of crisis management skills and can perform such skills as necessary.
• Ability to remain organized and manage multiple tasks at once. 
• Able to establish and maintain appropriate rapport with children and youth.
• Knowledge of child development and/or the child welfare system.

 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

Education/Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university.
2. One (1) year of experience working with target population.
3. Experience working with Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) model is desirable. 
4. Experience working with youth and/or Non-Minor Dependent (NMD) in an employment or volunteer capacity is desirable.

Licensure, Registration, Certification

1. Valid CA driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance.
2. Completion of CPR/First Aid/ProACT certification within the first thirty (30) days of employment.

Management reserves the right to add, change, delete or rescind duties or responsibilities of positions within the job classification at any time.