Youth Group Leader , P11

Overview

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

• Works collaboratively with community and agency professionals.
• Provides leadership to staff and team.
• Collaborates with staff and team members (Director, Youth Residential Director, Teachers, Youth Specialist Supervisors, and Youth Specialists).
• Attends team meetings.
• As part of the team, the Youth Group Leader provides the direction for the delivery of individual, group and family-oriented services to residents of the institution.
• Identifies, locates, schedules, performs, and/or attends training for facility staff.

• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.

Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here.

Possession of a bachelor’s or master’s degree with a major in social welfare, social work, sociology, psychology, family ecology, family and child development, counseling and guidance, clinical mental health counseling, or criminal justice.

Youth Group Leader 9

This is the entry level. The employee performs a range of professional Youth Group Leader assignments while learning the methods of the work.

Youth Group Leader 10

This is the intermediate level. The employee performs an expanding range of professional Youth Group Leader assignments in a developing capacity.

Youth Group Leader P11

This is the experienced level. The employee performs a full range of professional Youth Group Leader assignments. Considerable independent judgement is used to make decisions in carrying out assignments that have significant impact on services or programs. Guidelines may be available but require adaptation or interpretation to determine appropriate courses of action.

Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the result.

Position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Bay Pines Center, 2425 North 30th Street, Escanaba, MI. 49829. The selected incumbent will be required to physically report to this office. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of the interview.

Any individual with a felony conviction, or who has a pending felony charge, is ineligible for consideration for employment.

An applicant who has been convicted of any misdemeanor shall not be eligible for employment until two years subsequent to the completion of any sentence imposed, including probation.

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

The Department of Health and Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original date once a sufficient number of applications are received.

Questions related to this position may be directed to Pam Mlostek at  or by email at mlostekp.

MDHHS is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran-Friendly Employer.