Youth Development Specialist
About this role
❤️ Make an Impact Every Day to Shape Futures
Youth Development Specialist
📍Abraxas Ohio, 2775 State Route 39, Shelby, OH 44875
🕒 Full-Time
💲$19.50
💵 DailyPay AvailableLooking for More Than Just a Job?
At Abraxas Youth & Family Services, we're not just hiring employees we're building a team of compassionate professionals who believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live a fulfilling and independent life.
Whether you're beginning your career, changing professions, or looking for work with purpose, we'll provide the training, support, and opportunities you need to succeed while making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
No experience required for many positions. Paid training provided.
About Abraxas Youth & Family Services:
For more than 53 years, Abraxas Youth & Family Services has been dedicated to building better futures for at-risk youth, adults, and families. Our diversified array of services includes alternative education, outpatient counseling, in-home services, shelter, detention, residential treatment and re-entry/transition services.
Since 1973, Abraxas team members have positively impacted the lives of those we serve and the communities in which they live.
At Abraxas Youth & Family Services, our team members are more than employees—they are advocates, mentors, and difference-makers.
When you join our team, you become part of an organization that values compassion, teamwork, growth, and the belief that every person deserves the opportunity to thrive.
Why Join Our Team?
💰 Competitive Pay & Outstanding Benefits
- DailyPay – access your earned wages before payday
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Referral Bonuses
🎓 Paid Training & Career Growth
- No experience required
- Earn while you learn
- Comprehensive paid training program
- Career advancement opportunities throughout the organization
- Leadership development and professional growth
❤️ Meaningful Work That Matters
- Build relationships that change lives
- Help individuals achieve personal goals
- Support independence and self-confidence
- Make a positive impact every day
- Be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to serving others
What You'll Do
As a Youth Development Specialist, you will provide supervision, guidance, mentoring, and support to at-risk youth. You’ll become part of a dedicated team committed to helping adolescents BUILD BETTER FUTURES.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Follows standard operating procedures, program policy and procedures, and client interventions processes.
- Interacts with and supervises clients during daily activities in a manner that ensures their safety and security.
- Provides effective facility security including conducting headcounts, room checks, and observing client movement.
- Observes client behavior and intervenes appropriately.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of client intervention skills and Safe Crisis Management (SCM) techniques; monitors client interventions and provides guidance to other employees as necessary.
- Facilitates and documents various groups or meetings; monitors the documentation process to ensure all services are documented as necessary each shift.
- Supports and promotes the Sanctuary Model and its Commitments
Who We're Looking For
You may be a great fit if you are:
✔ Compassionate
✔ Dependable
✔ Patient
✔ Team-Oriented
✔ Service-Focused
✔ Professional
✔ Positive
✔ Committed to Helping Others
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Non-communicable diseases physical exam.
- At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
- Valid unrestricted driver's license.
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- Satisfactory completion of background screening and applicable pre-employment checks; including but not limited to employment and/or personal reference and driving records.
- Must pass both federal and state background checks which screen for crimes including, but not limited to drug related crimes, violent crimes, sexual abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, and repeated misdemeanors.
- Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
Schedule
• Full-Time
• Shift: 3 pm - 11 pm
🌟 Start a Career with Purpose
Some jobs pay the bills.
This job changes lives.
If you're looking for a career where your compassion, dedication, and hard work make a real difference every day, we invite you to join the Abraxas Youth & Family Services team.
Apply Today and Make an Impact Every Day to Shape Futures.
Abraxas Youth & Family Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
"Creating a Better Tomorrow... Today"
About Our Organization
Abraxas Youth & Family Services is part of the Inperium family of companies.
Employment for this position is administered through Apis Services, Inc.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Apis Services, Inc., Inperium Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.
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Company at a glance
Apis Services, Inc. was created in August 2017 as a subsidiary of Inperium, Inc. The Purpose of Apis Services is to function as the entity that provides the Shared Service offerings to Inperium and its affiliates allowing these entities to advance their mission & vision; focus on enhancing service delivery, explore geographical program expansion and focus on quality outcome measures & create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterments.
Shared Service offerings include, but are not limited to: Fiscal Reporting, Payroll, Information Technology, Human Resources, Employee Recruiting, Employee Training, Risk and Time and Attendance. For a full listing of all offerings please refer to the Inperium Shared Services document.
Top Benefits
- DailyPay
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- Paid Training
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