Youth Specialist 7-E9

Full Job Description

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 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 MDHHS Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Provides ongoing supervision and direction to delinquent youth in residence as determined by the youth specialist’s assignment in either the agency’s Detention Unit or Treatment Unit or provides supportive supervision based on an intake office assignment.

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

Position Description

Job Specification

Requirements

Education
Completion of two years of college (60 semester or 90 term credits) with a minimum of 15 semester (23 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: social work, sociology, psychology, family ecology, family and child development, counseling and guidance, criminal justice, community services, family studies, counseling psychology, human services, education, early childhood education, secondary education, or special education.

Experience

Youth Specialist 7
No specific type or amount is required

Youth Specialist 8
One year of experience equivalent to a Youth Specialist 7

Youth Specialist E9
Two years of experience equivalent to a Youth Specialist, including one year equivalent to a Youth Specialist 8.

Qualifications

Youth Specialist 7 - 10
Four years of experience in the care or supervision of youths in a residential group setting providing case management services in mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, delinquency, or other advocacy-related services for at-risk youth may be substituted for the education requirement.

OR

Three years of Youth Aide experience, including one year equivalent to a Youth Aide E8 may be substituted for the education requirement.

OR

Bachelor's degree in any major with a with a minimum of 8 semester credits in one or a combination of the following: social work, sociology, psychology, family ecology, family and/or child development, counseling and guidance, criminal justice, community services, family studies, counseling psychology, human services, education, early childhood education, secondary education, or special education may be substituted for the education requirement.

Additional Information

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.

YOUR APPLICATION FOR ANY POSITION DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT/AGENCY FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. ONLY THOSE APPLICANTS INTERVIEWED WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS.

The preferred and appointed candidate will be subject to pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty and follow-up drug and/or alcohol testing.

This position is open to all applicants.

Position(s) are located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Children's Services Agency, Juvenile Justice, Bay Pines Center, 2425 North 30th Street, Escanaba, MI. 49829.



As a Condition of Employment:

• Possession of a valid driver's license.
• Any individual with a felony conviction, or who has a pending felony charge, is ineligible for consideration for employment.
• An applicant (who was not currently employed in a Bureau of Juvenile Justice facility prior to November 1, 2000) 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.

If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.

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

For information on this posting contact Pam Mlostek at 906-789-7225 or email MlostekP@michigan.gov.

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