Youth Support Partner - Thompson Child & Family Focus : Job Details

Thompson Child & Family Focus employs hard-working, dedicated, caring, innovative team members who are committed to excellence and empowering children and families through therapy, education, and prevention-based care!

What's in it for you? Great Benefits for full-time employees!

• 3 weeks paid time off (PTO) first year plus 10 paid Holidays!
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance options
• Life Insurance
• 401K Match
• Education Reimbursement
• Paid time off for volunteering in the community
• Free EAP services
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Multiple opportunities for growth
• iPhone and Laptop provided for eligible roles
• Clinical Supervision Reimbursement for eligible roles

What you will make! $20-$22 per hour

What Will You Do?

Youth Partners play a crucial role as the main mentor for youth within their foster home or placement acting as role models, offering support, and serving as informal counselors. Youth Partners

• Will be trained in Motivational Interviewing and Wraparound principles and Trauma Informed Care.
• Will attend all CFTMs for youth they're working with.
• Will have a caseload of no more than 10 youth at a time (can be less depending on the acuity/risk of the youth on their caseload because the key to this program is the frequency/intensity of the support and contacts).
• Will engage the youth in the home and/or in the community, serve as a role model, a support and an informal counselor.
• Will maintain a rotating schedule for on-call. They will work non-traditional hours and their schedules will flex around the needs of their youth. The expectation is that each youth partner will provide a minimum of 2 direct contact hours with every youth on their caseload each week.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Human Services or relevant field required
• Personal lived experience preferred.
• Prior professional experience with child welfare preferred.
• Must live in or near Buncombe & Jackson counties in NC or be willing to relocate to the area served