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Hello! Thank you for your interest in joining the Wellspring team as a Behavioral Specialist with the Foster Care Program. As a statewide nonprofit serving families and children 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 Behavioral Specialist with Wellspring you’ll be part of a team of social workers committed to helping families and children in Kent, Kalamazoo and Muskegon county. In this position, you'll be directly supporting communities across the region to help families and children get the resources they need. You will bring 2 years of professional experience working with children and families (preferred), a current driver's license, car registration and auto insurance. A bachelor's degree in social work or a related human services field is preferred, but not required. You will also be reliable, and have a responsible attitude, a compassionate approach and a commitment to quality in everything you do.

As a Behavioral Specialist, you will:

Develop, coordinate and implement concise, accurate plans, including behavioral plans, with foster youth and families that provide support and stability of placement for identified youth.
Review behavioral log(s) with foster care parents regularly, to ensure implementation and effectiveness of behavior plan
Ensure barriers are addressed that may impede parents and foster children’s ability to meet all goals and objectives on the treatment plan.
Respond to after-hours crisis calls and provide telephone consultation, referral, crisis intervention services and make recommendations
Assess level of need/urgency and respond accordingly, to families experiencing a crisis that may disrupt foster placement
Provide short-term intervention on an individual, family, couple or group level to stabilize living situation, where possible.
Coordinate the delivery of services with other service providers both internally and externally to the agency, including area professionals and provide testimony in court where required.
Facilitate psychoeducational groups, as needed.
Work some days with non-traditional hours 2-10 and assist with on-call needs during those days to help with de-escalations.
Handle out of county behavioral consults.
Will hold a smaller caseload than a traditional behavioral specialist.

Why Choose Wellspring?

You may be wondering why Wellspring would be a good option for you. Here are some of the benefits of being part of the foster care team with Wellspring:

You'll be part of a dedicated and caring team of social workers, administrative professionals and support staff
You'll receive supervision weekly or as needed.
You'll have support from our support staff with administrative duties such as filing and requesting documentation.
You'll have access to professional development opportunities.
Your starting salary will be $35,000 / year based off experience, etc.
You'll work full time, Monday - Friday and participate in an on-call rotation.
Hybrid: You'll work in office weekly, from home occasionally and be traveling into the community to meet with families and children regularly
You'll be able to enroll in our benefits, such as Health, Vision & Dental Insurance, 403b Retirement plans with matching, PTO, Paid Holidays
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 KENTWOOD office:

Wellspring Lutheran Services 

1715 Sutherland Dr., SE

Kentwood, MI 49508

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