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Youth Advocate

Stars Behavioral Health Group
Sacramento, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/14/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/13/2025
Do you have Personal experience as a previous consumer of the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems? If so, please continue reading! This is a requirement of the Advocate position.   IMPORTANT NOTE TO APPLICANTS: Please submit a cover letter describing your relativity to the required ‘experience’ listed below. Applicants without cover letters will not be considered for the Youth Advocate position.   Job Summary: The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, and advocacy to TAY (Transition Age Youth) engaged in the Youth Help Network (YHN) program. Job Duties: Provides Outreach and Engagement to TAY within the community. Provides one-on-one support, mentoring, and role-modeling to TAY in the YHN program. Helps TAY formulate problem-solving plans. Helps TAY navigate the peer support, wellness services and navigation supports within the behavioral health system of care, other health systems, and community supports. Links youth to various resources, including housing, food, education/vocation, recreation, spiritual, mentors and social, as deemed appropriate in partnership with the treatment team. Assists TAY with communicating with other providers and agencies, advocates on behalf of TAY and promotes self-advocacy Minimum Qualifications: Education/Experience High School diploma or equivalent and experience as follows is required: Personal experience as a previous consumer of the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems is required. 2 years working in a behavioral health field or similar position License or Certification Valid California Driver's License preferred   ​Bilingual Candidates Preferred Hmong Vietnamese Spanish Mandarin Arabic Russian

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