Employment Opportunity: Youth Development Specialist

Schedule: Full-time
Compensation: $22 to $28 per hour DOE, plus benefits

Please submit a cover letter addressing your interest in working with our community and your professional background, in addition to your resume. To email, please send to brittany.j@twofeathers-nafs.org. To mail, please address it to Two Feathers NAFS, Attn: Human Resources, 1560 Betty Ct, McKinleyville, CA 95519.

Under the supervision of the Program Manager or Director, the Youth Development Specialist supervises and mentors Youth Ambassadors (ages 16–18), providing opportunities for youth to build job readiness, leadership, and life skills while strengthening connections with their peers and community. The Youth Development Specialist facilitates wellness groups, supports program events and activities, and provides individualized relational support and case management for Youth Ambassadors aligned with the program logic model. The Youth Development Specialist also supports program evaluation in partnership with Youth Ambassadors.

In addition, the Youth Development Specialist serves as a Lead Care Manager (LCM) and provides Enhanced Care Management (ECM) services for Youth Ambassadors and other assigned clients. In this role, the staff member coordinates client-centered care by helping individuals navigate medical, behavioral health, and social service systems. The Lead Care Manager works with clients experiencing complex or chronic needs to improve health outcomes, strengthen service coordination, and connect clients to community resources. Through relationship-based support and collaborative care planning, the Lead Care Manager helps clients build a network of services that empowers them to navigate their care needs and improve overall wellbeing and quality of life.

Youth Ambassador Facilitation

• Supervise and mentor Youth Ambassadors through weekly 1:1 meetings, goal setting, coaching, and leadership and workforce skills development.
• Facilitate wellness groups, leadership activities, and cultural skill-building that support youth development and peer-to-peer mentorship.
• Provide relational support and case management for Youth Ambassadors, supporting their personal, educational, and employment goals.
• Support youth participation in program events, work opportunities, and community engagement activities.
• Safely transport youth to and from programming, work opportunities, and events throughout Humboldt County.
• Build and maintain relationships with cultural consultants, elders, and community partners who support youth programming.
• Maintain required program documentation, reporting, and data collection related to youth participation and program outcomes.
• Attend Leadership Program meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and regular supervision.
• Maintain a flexible schedule that will include evenings, weekends, and occasional overnight travel for youth trips and events.

Enhanced Care Management (Lead Care Manager)

• Provide Enhanced Care Management (ECM) services for Youth Ambassadors and other assigned clients with complex health, behavioral health, or social needs.
• Engage eligible clients in ECM services using relationship-based outreach and multiple engagement strategies.
• Conduct assessments to identify medical, behavioral health, housing, and social service needs.
• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized care plans in collaboration with clients, families, providers, and community partners.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and lead coordinator for the client’s multidisciplinary care team.
• Coordinate care across medical, behavioral health, and social service providers to ensure integrated and client-centered services.
• Connect clients to resources including mental health care, physical health services, substance use treatment, housing, food access, and other social supports.
• Advocate for clients to ensure their needs, preferences, and cultural context are reflected in care planning and service delivery.
• Facilitate care team communication and case coordination meetings when needed to support client progress.
• Provide services in community-based settings where clients live, work, or spend time.
• Document services and maintain accurate case records in the agency’s Electronic Health Record within required timelines and in compliance with agency, contractual, state, and federal requirements.

Outreach & Community Engagement

• Develop positive relationships with youth and community members in schools and community settings.
• Facilitate groups and programming at school sites and in community locations as assigned.
• Support planning and implementation of Two Feathers events, workshops, and youth programming.
• Participate in community outreach efforts including tabling, presentations, and information sharing about Two Feathers services.
• Collaborate with other departments and community partners to support shared youth and
  coordinated services.

• Experience: At least two years prior experience working with youth.
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current driver’s license, in good standing.
• Fingerprint clearance with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Child Abuse Index.
• Must comply with a drug-free workplace.

• Dependable and consistent with follow through and meeting with youth.
• Ability to establish caring and supportive relationships with youth.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, community partners, and community members.
• Knowledge of substance abuse, dependence, and other addictive behaviors and treatment.
• Have an understanding of positive youth development engagement strategies.
• An understanding of the developmental milestones of children/youth.
• Effective written, visual, and oral communication skills necessary to express your thoughts and document notes.
• Comfortable using technology (computers, smart devices, emails, word processing, Google Workplace, etc.).
• Ability to be flexible with frequent changes.
• Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with others.
• Behaves with a friendly demeanor.
• Cultural humility and proven ability to interact authentically and effectively with widely diverse audiences and constituencies.
• Able to honor matters of confidentiality.
• Knowledge of and/or willingness to learn about local Native communities.
• Life-long learning: desire and ability to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; learn from mistakes and successes; seek and accept constructive feedback from others; identify and access learning sources and opportunities
• Ability to work with Electronic Health Records is required

• Lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds; pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds
• Stand for extended periods of time
• Sit for extended periods at a computer and driving in a vehicle.
• Ability to drive distances for up to 2 hours at one time.
• Must be available to work nights and weekends, as well as occasional overnight trips

• FREE supervision and ongoing training and professional development
• Health insurance: Employees are eligible after the first full month of employment and Two Feathers NAFS pays 90% of the cost of the employee’s Anthem Gold PPO plan health coverage, and 90% of dental and vision.
• Life Insurance: Effective April 1, 2024, Two Feathers will offer life insurance for up to $50k.
• Retirement Plan: Employees are eligible for a Simple IRA after the first year of employment. Two Feathers will match dollar for dollar the employee’s elective deferral contribution up to 4% of the employee’s total annual compensation.
• Full-time employees accrue 96 hours of sick time and 1 week of vacation within the first year of employments, to increase to 3 weeks of vacation earned per year after the first year.
• Two Feathers is a HRSR site and licensed employees are eligible for the HRSA student loan repayment program.
• 13.5 paid holidays per year.
• Discounted membership dues at The Club (fitness center in same parking lot).