You are key to our vision: Together We Thrive. At Kenneth Young Center, our staff come together with volunteers, community partners, and the people we serve to create holistic systems of care through interwoven behavioral health programs, older adult services, and community health initiatives. Our team welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives, and represents the diversity and vitality of our local communities. This role helps realize our mission: We partner with communities to support people of all ages to navigate life's challenges through personalized prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. Join our team to grow in your career while building stronger, healthier communities. 
Job Scope: Recovery Support Services programs address protective factors across domains (individual, family, community,

society) to reduce risks for problematic substance use, violence, high-risk sexual behaviors, school drop-out, irresponsible gambling, bias-based bullying, and violence, and other high-risk and harmful interpersonal behaviors and community health problems behaviors.
The position primarily entails planning and implementing recovery support services in the designated service areas, conducting educational workshops and presentations, coordinating peer-led activities, assisting with tabling at community health fairs and festivals, conducting in-person and online workshops, and creating content and resources for newsletters and social media.

• The position is not a work-from-home position. A DCFS background check must be cleared to confirm a job offer for this position. Reliable, insured transportation is necessary for community outreach, presentations, meetings, and school engagement. The ability to work in a fast-paced environment where objectives may pivot due to unforeseen circumstances is also required.
• Focus services on recovery support programming as assigned by Non-Clinical Recovery grant(s): Recovery Oriented Systems of Care-Illinois State Network (ROSC-ISN), Recovery Oriented Systems of Care – Digital Recovery Support Toolkit (ROSC-DRST), and Recovery Community Organization (ROC), National Council of Mental Health Wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively within a team to utilize SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework process to plan and implement evidence-based and best-practice strategies in schools and community settings according to the annual work plan.
• Work collaboratively with various community sectors, as determined by program requirements and community need
• Research and develop health promotion messages.
• Provide consultation related to best practices in prevention to schools and or community organizations.
• Plan, create, facilitate and evaluate ongoing activities with program participants.
• Accurately collect quantitative and qualitative data for reports and other documents required by KYC or the funder.
• Attend mandated training and workshops.
• Meet with a supervisor as scheduled.
• Participate in required and supplemental professional development opportunities.
• Follow best practices as defined by the project’s funder.
• In compliance with grant rules, proactively plan and collaborate in all community efforts with other division projects with shared objectives for greater reach.
• Participate in agency-wide meetings
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or GED or a related field or relevant work/life experience is desired.
• Experience in violence and delinquency prevention fields preferred.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and Google Drive.
• Expected to have or be willing to obtain the CRSS or other peer support credential.

• Full–Time, Non-exempt, 37.5-hour work week in the Schaumburg – Algonquin Road office. Modified workweek (occasional 37.5 hours in 4 days are considered and approved by the Manager based on the recovery prog calendar). 7.5-hour workday determined by programming, minimum two evening commitments per week expected.
• Some evening and weekend hours are required based on the annual work plan and division program events; staff will flex their hours to not exceed 37.5 hours, according to the agency’s policy.

• 403(b) plan with orga­ni­za­tion­al matching
• Medical Insurance (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illi­nois - BCBS) 
• Den­tal (BCBS), and Vision Insur­ance (BCBS) with low employee premiums
• Long Term and Short Term Dis­abil­i­ty (BCBS), no cost to employee
• Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Account (with annu­al rollover)
• Basic life insur­ance (50k) paid for by the organization and option for addi­tion­al vol­un­tary cov­er­age for self, spouse, or depen­dents (BCBS)
• Incentive program with potential for quarterly bonuses
• Opportunity for annual bonus and salary increase (discretionary based on annual KYC financial audit)
• Eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)

• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off (With increas­es based on seniority) 
• 8 Paid Orga­ni­za­­­tion-Wide Hol­i­days
• 3 Per­son­al Float­ing Hol­i­days annually