Bay Pines Youth Specialist

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

Employees in this class series act in loco parentis supervising life skills, training, and therapeutic activities for delinquent youth in Juvenile Justice (JJ) facilities. The Youth Specialist, under proper direction, initiates, implements and supervises therapeutic experiences for youth and performs supportive record-keeping functions.

 Employees need to respond to the physical and emotional behavior of the youths, at times requiring physical intervention. Youth Specialist may be assigned to work on any day of the week on any shift. Employees are required to participate in training courses and to satisfactorily complete the course work.

To be considered for this position you must:

• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions in submitting your electronic application.  Hard copy applications are not accepted.

• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment.  Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.

• Attach a cover letter.

• Attach a copy of an official transcript(s).  We accept scanned copies of official transcripts.  We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies or unofficial transcripts.  Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.

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

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.Three years of experience in the care or supervision of youths in a residential group setting, including two years equivalent to a Youth Aide E8 may be substituted for the education requirement.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.

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.

Positions primarily are being filled as permanent-intermittent (hours may vary) with the possibility of going permanent full-time in the future but there is no guarantee.  It is possible that some positions may be filled as limited term, as needed.

 If a position is filled as limited term, there is potential that it could become permanent (or permanent-intermittent) but it is never guaranteed.  Traditionally employees in this position, average 40 hours per week; however overtime and full-time hours are not guaranteed.

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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