Youth Villages
LifeSet Specialist
Knoxville, TN · Internship
Sponsorship not specified$17k-$23kDetected 11 days ago
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About the role
- The program offers individualized, clinically focused case management and counseling support across key areas: interpersonal connectedness/social support, housing, mental and physical health, career and employment, life skills, and education.
- LifeSet Specialists work directly with young adults in community settings-whether at home, school, or other convenient locations-to help them build self-sufficiency and navigate available resources.
- Goals include fostering stronger family relationships, improving high school graduation rates, reducing substance use, and decreasing homelessness, incarceration, and intimate partner violence.
Responsibilities
- Implements suggestions of interventions provided by supervisor and/or licensed program expert in a timely manner to be reflected in the next treatment plan cycle
- Engages and aligns with the young adult and their support system to elicit full participation in treatment
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a social services discipline (required)
- One year of related experience in counseling and/or case management (required)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written, verbal, and oral skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Basic computer knowledge
- Ability to maintain a flexible schedule
- Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
- 401(k)
- 2 week paid vacation (full-time) / 1 week paid vacation (part-time)
- 12 paid sick days per year
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a social services discipline (preferred)
- Experience working with at-risk youth and/or families in a volunteer, internship, or paid position (preferred)
- Clinical experience (preferred)
Compensation
- Pay is $52,000 - $60,000 per year based on education and clinical license
Benefits
- Completes accurate and timely documentation in an electronic medical record system (EMR)
- Schedule is flexible and non-traditional as it is based around the availability of youth and families served.
Company info
- At Youth Villages, we do what works - partnering with others to expand our impact and advocate for meaningful, lasting change.
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