Youth Care Specialist Leader

4 weeks ago


Kansas City, Missouri, United States Cornerstones of Care Full time
Job Summary:

The Lead Youth Care Specialist is a key role at Cornerstones of Care, responsible for supervising and transporting youth after hours. This position requires problem-solving and ensuring timely solutions to ensure youth safety. The Lead Youth Care Specialist is also responsible for triaging incoming calls, assigning tasks, and verifying documentation prior to the end of the shift. Additionally, this role supports staff development through training and coaching.

Responsibilities:
  • Supervise and transport youth after hours
  • Problem-solve and ensure timely solutions to ensure youth safety
  • Triage incoming calls and assign tasks
  • Verify documentation prior to the end of the shift
  • Support staff development through training and coaching

Qualifications:
  • High school diploma/GED
  • At least two years of experience working with youth
  • Preferred candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of work experience in the Child Welfare arena
  • 1 year of Kansas case management experience required
  • Must pass a background check, physical, and drug screening
  • Valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance

Benefits:
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Paid Holiday
  • Paid Time Away (unlimited PTO for all benefit-eligible team members)
  • Medical/dental/vision; prescriptions; accident and critical illness insurance; pet insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability; term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D); health savings account (HSA); flexible spending account (FSA); retirement (401K); employee assistance program (EAP); YMCA membership discounts; Tuition Reimbursement Program and Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Cornerstones of Care's Organizational Commitments:
  • Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose
  • Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills
  • Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills
  • Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management
  • Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority
  • Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, and establish healthy attachment relationships
  • Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future

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