Interim Youth Specialist Coach (Temporary)

Interim Youth Specialist Coach (temporary position)

Santa Barbara Juvenile Hall

Community Solutions, Inc. is seeking a passionate Interim Youth Specialist Coach for a temporary assignment at the Santa Barbara Juvenile Hall.  This individual will provide in-custody based service in programs targeted to helping at-risk emerging adults to improve their behaviors and increase their success of becoming independent individuals with an effective social network for a period of 4-6 months.

Engage young adults with skills training activities twice a week. Skills training areas are directly related to the goals of the client's treatment plan, and may include behavior management skills, communication skills, coping skills, problem solving, educational, or vocational skills.

• Engage clients in recreational activities each week.
• Conduct role plays and practice new skills with clients.
• Deliver incentives to reinforce clients for positive behavior and new skills learned
• Focus and build on clients' positive attributes
• Engage the available social networks in supporting clients
• Follow directives by the Custody Supervisor
• Provide documentation of each visit with clients
• Provide weekly oral and/or written reports on activities completed with clients
• Participate in supervision with Supervisor
• Attend all required trainings per agency and model requirements
• Participate in all meetings as required by the program
• Perform all duties in accordance with the agency's policies and procedures

Schedule: Monday - Friday - 1st shift

Hourly Rate: $26.45

Company Overview

Community Solutions Inc. (CSI) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the responsible citizenship, accountability, and well-being of individuals and families involved, or at risk of involvement, in the child welfare, juvenile justice, or criminal justice system. Since CSIs founding in 1962, it has been a pioneer in the community-based service. We have been delivering supervision, treatment, and comprehensive individualized services to help clients interact more effectively in their communities and become productive citizens. Using this plan we built the first ever halfway house in New England which has now been replicated and grown to almost 50 programs in 9 states. For over 50 years, CSI has been building upon its successful foundations and has been expanding its services to serve thousands of adults, youth, and families each year. 

CSI understands clients and staff have been impacted by trauma.  CSI is becoming a trauma-informed organization by hiring individuals with existing experience in trauma-informed practices as well as supporting ongoing staff development with trauma-informed practices.  This will include learning to recognize symptoms of trauma and how to respond, through training starting at orientation and throughout their career at CSI.  CSI is committed to systematically evaluating the integration of the trauma-informed values of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment at all levels of the organization's policies, procedures, and structures to guard against the possibility of re-traumatization. To learn more about Community Solutions, visit our website at: www.csi-online.org. 

Qualification:

• Associate's degree in human services; or High School Diploma and minimum of 2 years of experience in Human Services
• Successfully working or in college required.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills desired.
• Experience working with the population preferred.

 Benefits: 

• Two (2) weeks’ vacation accrued within the first year, bumped to three (3) weeks accrual after 1 year of service.
• Sick time (7 days accrual basis), floating holiday time (4 days/year).
• Medical and Dental plans.
• Voluntary plan options for: Vision, FSA, voluntary STD, Accident, Hospital, Life insurance and AD&D.
• 401(k) Retirement savings plan with automatic enrollment and a company match of 100% up to 4% of your contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement after 1 year service.
• Ongoing training.

CSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Disability/Vet. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary : $26 - $26