Youth Respite Specialist (BHT)

Are you doing what you love? We are!
Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time.

As an innovative learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth.

If this resonates with you, then read on!

About Our Youth Respite Specialist Position:

Our Youth Respite Specialist plays an important role in providing relief to caregivers/guardians by engaging youth on outings and facilitating skill building and support. This position enjoys working with youth, serves as a healthy role model and understands how to engage and connect with them.

What a Youth Respite Specialist Does at Resilient Health:

• Provides rest and relief for caregivers/guardians requesting respite services by taking youth participants out in the community
• Listens to the needs of the individual
• Provides mentoring and inspire hope towards building resilience
• Engages individuals, family members, and key stakeholders
• Completes documentation that supports the services being provided and illustrates the individual's experience
• Advocates for and with the individual and family
• Provides ongoing support by listening, helping the individual communicate what is or is not working, and when appropriate, meet with clinical staff and supervisors to improve quality of processes
• Assists with identifying supports available in the community, and help the person connect with them
• Provides transportation to and from the program site and community resources/events, when needed
• Be creative, energetic, flexible and to serve as a healthy role model for staff and clients
• Facilitates skill building and other groups as needed

Requirements for This Position:

• Behavioral Health Technician required (must be 21 years old):
• High School Diploma and two years of full-time behavioral health work experience, or
• Associate's Degree and six months of full-time behavioral health experience, or
• Bachelor's Degree, or
• Master's Degree
• Bilingual preferred, but not required
• Must be able to maintain a flexible work schedule, to include weekends or evenings, that will accommodate the needs of participants and families/caregivers
• Valid Arizona or other state driver's license
• Valid automobile insurance
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire
• Three-year driving record that meets the agency's auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements

Where You Will Be Working:  442 N. 6^th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705, and in the community.

Our Perks:

• Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in subsequent years)
• 14 paid holidays
• 403(b) with company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Licensure reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
• Pet insurance

If all of this sounds like something you were born to do, then we would love to hear from you!

In an effort to support our participants by setting healthy examples, all Resilient Health campuses are smoke-free for employees.

Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient Health will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief.