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    Family Support Specialist - Cookeville, TN, United States - Youth Villages

    Youth Villages
    Youth Villages Cookeville, TN, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description
    Who is Youth Villages?

    Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully.

    We are a team of 3,000 individuals who've come together across 14 states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile justice across the country.

    Our work involves providing an array of counseling and treatment services to youth with severe emotional and behavioral problems.

    These youth are living at home, remaining in school, and are not experiencing trouble with the law.

    We believe strongly in investing in and supporting our employees.

    We offer candidates opportunities to develop a career and be part of a positive change in our country's treatment of at-risk youth and families.

    Provides care coordination services to families who have been diverted from states custody through the Child Protective Services system.

    Responsible for creating and/or monitoring the non-custodial permanency plan and ensuring that adequate services and assistance are provided to youth and families to complete the action steps on the plan.

    Responsible for maintaining child records.

    Ensuring that placement is stable and meeting the needs of the youth and coordinating needed placement with the main purpose of preventing a custodial placement with the state.

    provider agencies, courts, schools, attorneys, guardian ad litem, CASA, provider services, biological families or caregivers and any other involved parties.

    regional travel to other surrounding counties will be required. Primary office for meetings and reporting will be Nashville. Travel will be needed.
    Work flexible hours including weekends, holidays and after hours, including some on-call rotation.

    Learn and have competency with Department of Children's Services policies that guide care and services for youth and families.

    Provide case-management/care coordination services to youth and families on case load. See youth/families on caseload as required per DCS policy.
    Ensure intensity of services to maintain children with caregivers and prevent a state's custody episode. Monitor relative and kinship options for children to have back up prevention plans for removals and safety.

    Ensure that all needs of youth and families are met, including; mental health, medical, dental, education, placement/safety and legal.

    This will be monitored and reviewed through court hearings, completion of appointments, evidence from clinical providers, school records and the non-custodial permanency plans, etc.

    Facilitate the forward progress of the youth's treatment and ensure the youth is in the least restrictive setting that is safely possible.

    Responsible for moving youth towards permanency goal in a timely fashion.
    Travel will be required for home/site visits throughout the state of Tennessee.
    Ensure all court documents are turned into the judge per the counties court requirements.

    Monitor and ensure timely completion/resolution of legal needs, including; completion of non-custodial permanency plans, court hearings and any legal charges occurring before or during custody.

    Maintain positive customer relationships and experience.
    Be a primary liaison between youth, family and other team members.
    Act as an advocate for a youth and families who may face legal charges.
    Attend school meetings as needed and ensure youth is placed in the least restrictive/most appropriate school setting. Ensure that youth's education rights and needs are being met. Facilitate families tracking and monitoring of grades and school attendance.
    on call 5am-5pm for youth on caseload. Times between 5pm-5am, weekends and observed holidays will rotate on call with other team members.

    Be able to gather pertinent assessment information using clinical skills, critical thinking and problem solving to assess areas of risk and apply appropriate intervention or services to each situation.

    If services are referred, appropriate monitoring of those services through regular check ins to assessed clinical progress and competency.

    Show expertise in risk management through assessment skills and problem solving.

    Complete all necessary documentation including non-custodial permanency planning and FAST assessments to determine areas of focus and track progress of those goals.

    Also, complete any Youth Villages' supervision trackers and other compliance trackers as requested.

    A Master's degree in a social services discipline is strongly preferred
    A Bachelor's degree in a social services discipline is required
    Basic computer knowledge
    Ability to maintain a flexible schedule
    Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
    11 paid holidays
    Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)
    Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervision
    Growth & development through continuous training
    Clinical and administrative advancement opportunities

    Youth Villages is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

    Youth Villages is committed to not only advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace but also in our work with children and young adults.

    We know that children, families and young people of color can face inequity in child welfare and justice systems, and we train our employees to build the skills they need to work with the communities that we serve, as well as, other employees from different cultures and backgrounds.

    Youth Villages is opposed to racism in any of its forms and is committed to inclusion, equity, and diversity.


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