Youth and Family Support Worker

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team! Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions. We invest in our employees' wellness with comprehensive benefits, including tuition and training reimbursement, a PTO package with 3 wellness days, 9 paid holidays, and up to 3 weeks of vacation in the first year.

Enjoy a learning environment with free training, CEUs, and more, along with exceptional medical benefits, financial health supports, and career development opportunities. Apply today and earn a $2,000.00 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time)! Youth & Family Support Worker Community Based

• Lowell Salary Range: $22.00 - $28.00/hour depending on experience and degree + sign - on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time). Do you want a job connecting with youth in the field of behavioral health? Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring for dynamic Youth & Family Support Workers at our site! We provide a supportive culture that is team-focused and places value on healthy work dynamics.

What you will do

Provide culturally informed therapeutic interventions to children, young adults, and their families, that promote skill building in the life domains of: social functioning, symptom management, coping skills and activities of daily living. Collaborate with all members of the team to ensure continuity in treatment, services, and messages delivered.

Provide both "soft" services (mentoring, counseling, skill-building) with identified clients as well as "hard" services including transportation, referrals, accessing concrete services such as furniture, food, etc. Serve as an advocate and attend meetings with the family and as requested by the youth and/or family. Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars: Talent connecting with people.

Strong communication skills -both written and verbal. Ability to assess and manage risk. Flexibility and creative thinking with an ability to adapt. Minimum Requirements: High School Diploma plus at least 5 years experience working directly with children, young adults, and/or families OR Associates Degree in Social Work or related field plus at least 3 years experience working with children, young adults, and/or families OR Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field plus at least 1 year of direct experience working with children, young adults, and/or families.

Driving in the community is a requirement of this position; please ensure you have a valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle. We will train you in : Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice; Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC).