Youth Residential Therapeutic Specialist

Job Description: Job Title: Youth Residential Therapeutic Specialist Location: Nixa, Missouri Employment Type: Full-time, Part-time, or PRN Job Summary: As a Therapeutic Specialist in our Youth Residential program, you'll provide direct care and supervision to youth residents ages 13-17 with persistent mental illnesses, facilitate therapeutic activities, and work with a team to support the residents' treatment goals and daily program. Our ideal candidate is passionate about working with at-risk youth, has experience with direct care for youth preferred, and strong communication and collaboration skills. Position Perks & Benefits: Benefits package - health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more (for full-time) Paid time off - 29 days per year including vacation & holiday pay (for full-time) Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel Top-notch training - initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive Career mobility - advancement opportunities/promoting from within Welcoming, warm, supportive - a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness Key Responsibilities: Participate as an active member of the treatment team by facilitating interactions that will ensure the home is a safe haven for therapeutic transformation Continuously assess and positively support the young person's perception of safety, feelings of significance, feelings of being respected and related to others, as well as providing direct and indirect supervision of all assigned young people in the home. Provide direct care and supervision to youth residents ages 8-17 with persistent mental illnesses. Provide youth residents with therapeutic activities while ensuring their safety. Work with a team of residents on their daily program, specific interventions and adjustments to the milieu, including homework, chores, recreation, social skills, daily living skills, individualized weekly and treatment plan goals. Facilitate house meetings with assigned team, sharing feedback and communicating positive expectations. Facilitate one specialized group (social skills, relaxation, recreation, craft, life skill, etc.) each week, as requested. Dispense medications to residents (per physician's orders) as requested and training permits. Monitor and chart resident activity and treatment progress daily (i.e., shift notes, logs, incident reports, behavior tracking, treatment plans, etc.) Education and/or Experience Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED. Direct care experience with youth preferred, but not required Acceptable recent driving record Must be 21 years of age or older Additional Qualifications: Strong communication and collaboration skills Passion for working with at-risk youth Ability to work in a team environment Flexibility and adaptability Brightli is on a Mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors. Burrell is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.