Description

Hello! Thank you for your interest in joining the Wellspring team as a full-time Residential Youth Social Worker. As a statewide nonprofit serving families in need of support, we take a whole-person approach to our organization and delivery of our services - because we believe we must find the strengths in people and build on these for lasting change to occur.
As a Youth Social Worker, you’ll be part of a team that is committed to delivering exceptional services to children and their families at our Wellspring New Directions campus in Farmington Hills. New Directions is a residential program that serves youth within the foster care system with developmental disabilities; you will bring a positive attitude, patience and excellence in all you do. You will also bring a bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in a behavioral science program OR a major within 25% of credits in human behavioral sciences (required); one year of experience with families in child welfare or with developmental disabilities is also required. You will also have a valid drivers license from the state of Michigan with a clean record of driving.

As a youth social worker, you will:

• Collaborate with the youth’s therapist and New Directions service team to meet the educational and social-emotional learning needs of youth.
• Provide direct service to clients including supervising visits, setting up home passes, practicing coping skills, securing state identification, and collaborating with providers in prospective discharge settings.
• Participate in Family Team for assigned youth
• Support the development and implementation of calming and safety plans for youth in conjunction with the youth, family, staff and referring worker
• Provide crisis intervention as needed with youth and family
• Promote family inclusion and collaboration in youth treatment.
• Provide aftercare for six months to youth discharged to a community setting including regular contact with the family and collaboration with local service providers
• Assist Education Coordinator with school registration and enrollment
• Maintain relationships with designated school personnel
• Supervise class attendance, monitor academic progress and act as an agency representative at IEPS, METS and other functions required for a designated group of special education students.
• Prepare education reports for service plans. Enter contacts into service plans.
• Assist Education coordinator with the development of appropriate educational field trips during school vacations and 10 week summer program for residents
• Engage and include parents of residents in the educational process whenever possible and appropriate.
• Attend and contribute to the multi-disciplinary team meetings. Provide feedback to the psychiatrist regarding residents’ school functioning when so requested.

Why Choose Wellspring?
You may be wondering why Wellspring would be a good option for you. Here are some of the benefits to being part of the New Directions team at Wellspring:

• You'll be a part of a dedicated and caring multidisciplinary team of therapists, nurses, education specialists, psychiatrists, behavioral analysts that have a strong reputation within the local community and the state of Michigan
• You'll have training and support as needed
• You'll be on a team that is focused on non-coercive, strength-based and trauma-informed care
• Your starting pay will be $21.00 / hour ($43,600 / year)
• You'll work full time, 40 hours a week, Monday-Friday (8:00a-4:30p)
• You'll travel to schools within the local community and receive milage reimbursement
• You'll be eligible to enroll into Wellspring benefits such as Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 403B Retirement Plans and PTO
• You'll have the flexibility to be paid on demand with DailyPay
• You'll have access to Wellspring SupportLinc, which is an employee assistance plan

This position reports to the Wellspring FARMINGTON HILLS campus:
Wellspring Lutheran Services
28000 W Nine Mile Rd
Farmington Hills, MI

Full Job Description Available at the Interview.