Description

This position will be highly motivated to provide behavioral support and life skills training services to at-risk teen youth who have recently experienced significant trauma, neglect, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Main responsibilities shall include providing living skills coaching, helping develop safe and healthy habits and mentoring the youth.

This position will work as part of a team of professional behavioral health therapists and must have at least two years of behavioral health experience and working with teens with behavioral health disorders and teen girls who are at-risk. We have an amazing facility for recreational therapeutic work within a gym, tracks, swimming pool and animal farm.

We are open to negotiating a schedule that works well for the candidate. We provide excellent clinical supervision and coaching to help with professional growth.

This position shall report directly to the Program Manager, and will work collaboratively with the clinical therapists.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

+ High School Diploma - Bachelors degree in human services field preferred.

+ At least two years of full time experience in delivering behavioral health services to children 6-18 years of age.

Rite of Passage is a leading national provider of programs and opportunities for troubled and at-risk youth from social services, welfare agencies and juvenile courts. For 35 years, we have developed and operated a continuum of programs based on the needs of youth and our placing agencies. With an emphasis on evidence-based practices and positive skill development, combined with our supportive and therapeutic approach, our organization is respected by industry experts as a highly effective solution for our youth. Since 1984, over 25,000 youths have entered and completed our programs. Rite of Passage has built its reputation on running life-changing educational treatment programs that positively contribute to the community.

Our employees are dedicated, passionate individuals that are committed to inspiring positive change in the lives of youth. Becoming a member of the Rite of Passage team is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to create a meaningful career with a company driven by its powerful mission to make a difference.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

+ Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

+ Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

+ Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

+ Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

+ Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

+ Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Preferred

+ Bachelors or better in Human Services

Experience

Required

+ 2 years: Behavioral Health Services

Preferred

+ 1 year: At risk youth

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)