Youth Rehabilitation Careers
Youth Care Specialist
This class series uses four levels of work in the Health and Human Services occupational group and Human Services occupational series and describes work in supervising youth in the daily academic, recreational and social activities of a youth rehabilitative or behavioral health treatment facility. Work emphasizes teaching basic living skills and maintaining structure, discipline, safety, and providing support and guidance on everyday problems of adjustment to daily living or group situations.
Note: This career ladder series incorporates levels I, II and III. Level I is to provide entry for hiring new employees into the class series but does not preclude hiring new employees at Level II or Level III. Employees may be promoted through the career ladder in accordance with job requirements and promotional standards. Promotional standards, a selection document under separate cover, sets forth the criteria that defines and describes the requirements that must be met at Level II and Level III.
Advancement of employees through the career ladder is dependent on an agency's/department's operational needs and distribution of work. The Youth Care Specialist Supervisor, although not part of the career ladder, provides competitive opportunity for movement of employees.
Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Specialist
The Youth Rehabilitation Treatment class series uses three levels of work in the Health and Human Services occupational group, Human Services occupational series, and describes work providing case management services to youth in residential settings that have been committed to the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS).
Work includes coordinating the youth’s treatment plan and monitoring progress and achievement of goals to prepare youth for release and transition back to their home, community and school. Work also includes conducting individual and group counseling sessions to address youth concerns and goals. Employees are primarily assigned to secured residential facilities and may also attend court proceedings, visit homes and schools to provide services to youth.
The career ladder incorporates the Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Specialist and Youth Rehabilitation Master Treatment Specialist; therefore, all positions allocated into the career ladder are classified at the Youth Rehabilitation Master Treatment Specialist level (highest level in the career ladder). The Specialist level is to provide entry for hiring new employees into the class series but does not preclude hiring new employees at higher levels. Employees may be promoted through the career ladder in accordance with job requirements and promotional standards. Promotional standards, a selection document under separate cover, sets forth the criteria that defines and describes the requirements that must be met at each level. Advancement of employees through the career ladder is dependent on an agency's/department's operational needs and distribution of work. The Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Supervisor level, although not part of the career ladder, provides competitive opportunity for movement of employees.