• Do you want to help improve the lives of at-risk youth in your community?
• Do you want to join a team of people who are hard-working and want to help others?
• Do you want to build a career, while making a difference in the world?

If this sounds like you, let’s talk! We’re hiring a Behavioral Health Specialist for our Southern California Treatment Program at our Costa Mesa location. Our employees are dedicated and passionate individuals that are committed to inspiring positive change in the lives of youth. Joining our 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.

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. 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 50,000 youths have entered and completed our programs. ROP has built its reputation on running life-changing educational treatment programs that positively contribute to the community.

To be considered, you should:

• Be empathetic, patient, and treat others with respect.
• Have an Associates level degree, plus six years of related experience or Bachelors level degree plus four years related experience or Masters level degree plus two years of related experience working with youth in a related setting (e.g. mental health, treatment services, residential, schools, after-school programs, coaching sports, etc.).
• Have a desire to work with troubled teens.
• Be able to pass a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and TB test.
• Possession of a valid CA Drivers License.

The Perks:

• $1000.00 Sign-on Bonus for Full-Time positions only ($500 at 3 Months and $500 at 6 Months)
• Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance after 90 days of employment.
• Choice of supplemental benefits, including Short Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Eligible for 403b match of up to 6% after 1 year of employment.
• Paid Time Off that can be used as soon as it accrues.
• Employee incentives include On-The-Spot Bonuses, Rams Bucks, and Longevity Awards.
• Growth opportunities nationwide – we have 40 programs in 16 states!
• Tuition Assistance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Oversees and coordinates case management services for one or more STRTP, Behavioral Health programs.
• Participates in Child and Family Team meetings (CFT), referral for other mental health and community resources and serve to ensure successful discharge back into the community.
• Act as primary liaison with client and all site departments, parents/legal guardian, and placing agency officials.
• Manages and updates assigned client files according to STRTP standards.
• May assist in coordinating appointments pertaining to client’s treatment plan to ensure program participation.
• Identifies community contacts and opportunities for client employment.
• Participates in weekly staffing on youth to assure program compliance and make necessary adjustments to individual needs assessments and plans.
• Completes required reports and documentation in a timely manner, provides management with required reports and advises of any problematic situations.
• Ensures the safety, health and welfare of staff and clients at all times.
• Provides encouragement, guidance and resources to the staff and clients.
• Treats others with respect, confronts negative behavior and supports confrontation.
• Assists other staff members with emergency situations.
• Complies with and implements the Rite of Passage Policies and Procedures as detailed in the appropriate manuals/handbooks.

Apply today and help us make a difference!

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Behaviors

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject

Motivations

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• 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

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)