Youth Behavioral Health Specialist - Part Time

We are seeking a Youth Behavioral Health Specialist I or II to join our team.

Starting Salary: $17.00 - $20.00 hourly.

Your role will oversee clients in daily activities while teaching new skills, ensuring safety, and managing behaviors. Plan activities, reinforce treatment plans, and document all client-related information. As a member of the Residential team, you will work with other team members and report to our Youth Behavioral Health Specialist Manager.

• Responsible for direct supervision and safety of all clients.
• Responsible for the proper behavior management of children through the use of behavior management techniques.
• Build healthy relationships with clients and be a role model of healthy behaviors.
• Have a working knowledge of the child's treatment plan and objectives and structure activities to support that plan.
• Responsible for creatively structuring activities for groups and conducting psycho-educational groups.
• May be responsible for medication administration and other medical support.
• Responsible for the review/writing of all required documentation.
• Responsible for teaching, guiding, and assisting the client in daily life skills as appropriate for age.
• Provide 24‑hour awake supervision.
• May assist the classroom teacher in performing classroom duties.
• Ability to manage clients courteously and tactfully while on agency property.

• Our ideal candidate will have 2 years of relevant experience working with children and the following:
• At least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical, and drug screening.
• A valid driver's license, proof of current vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation.

• High school diploma.
• The preferred candidate will have two years' experience working with children.

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree in social services, child development, or criminal justice.
• Experience:
  
  The preferred candidate will have two years' experience working with children.

Cornerstones of Care is a mental and behavioral health nonprofit certified in trauma‑informed care that provides evidence‑based prevention, intervention, treatment, and support services to help children and families improve their safety and health by making positive changes in their lives. Each year, our team empowers children and families in Kansas, Missouri, and beyond through three key service areas:

• Youth & Family Support - We help youth gain independence through social and living support programs while empowering families with the skills and resources they need to become resilient and successful.
• Foster Care & Adoption - We reunify and unite families while recruiting and providing support to foster parents and youth in foster care.
• Education & Community Trainings - We help students achieve academic success while giving educators the tools to create safe learning environments to improve their students' behaviors and offer innovative learning opportunities to build and improve knowledge in the community.

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self‑control, self‑discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

At Cornerstones of Care, we commit to fostering a community where every individual, regardless of background or identity, feels deeply welcomed, valued, and empowered. We envision a diverse community where inclusion and welcoming are prioritized. A community where all voices are heard, listened to, and respected. A community where everyone's physical, emotional, social, and psychological needs are met. At Cornerstones of Care, we have a…