Behavioral Specialist

Description

Job Title : Behavioral Specialist

Location : Gaylord

Reports to : Foster Care Supervisor

Position Type : Part-Time | Hourly

Accepting application through November 28th, 2025.

Wellspring is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to serving seniors, families and children throughout Michigan. We are currently seeking a  Behavioral Specialist to join our foster care team in Gaylord. In this role, you will provide high-quality, hands-on care to children and families with a supportive, strength-based focus. You'll be directly supporting communities across the region to help families and children get the resources they need.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Qualifications

Schedule & Compensation

Benefits

Location

Wellspring Lutheran Services

1260 S Otsego Ave

Gaylord, MI 49735

Join Wellspring and make a difference by helping children and families in your local community. Apply today to be part of a compassionate, mission-driven team in Gaylord.

Full job description provided during the interview.