Current Openings
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Licensed Mental Health Counselor
The Licensed Mental Health Counselor provides trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health services to children, adolescents, and their families. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, providing individual, family, and group therapy, responding to crises, and maintaining timely, accurate clinical documentation. The counselor collaborates with families, schools, community partners, and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care, advocate for youth, and support positive behavioral, emotional, and social outcomes. This position requires strong clinical judgment, effective communication, adherence to ethical and legal standards, and a commitment to fostering resilience and empowering youth to achieve their goals.
Grants and Compliance Manager
We are seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and collaborative professional to serve as our Grants and Contracts Compliance Specialist. This is a mid-level, non-supervisory position focused exclusively on post-award grant and contract administration, compliance, and reporting. The ideal candidate brings experience in grant compliance or nonprofit administration, comfort working across departments, and the ability to translate funder requirements into clear, actionable guidance for internal staff. This role does not conduct grant research, write grant proposals, or lead fundraising strategy.
We are looking for a Youth Advocate to join our team and serve in Rio Blanco County (Rangely/Meeker, Parachute, Rifle and Silt). With an analytical mind and a compassionate nature, Youth Advocates at YouthZone serve as coordinators, mentors, coaches and trusted adults for our youth clients. Youth advocates assess the strengths and the needs of each youth, then coordinate and monitor restorative activities, treatment plans, and other interdisciplinary care, while ensuring that court-mandated requirements are also met. On any given day, youth advocates may perform intake interviews, check in with clients, meet with parents, arrange resources, and complete reports and data entry.
About YouthZone
YouthZone currently serves over 1,500 youth and their families every year. We offer a wide variety of evidence-based programming through which our clients find safety, compassion, and education as they work to overcome the personal struggles they face.
At YouthZone, we believe that growth is possible for all our clients, regardless of history. We strive to help our clients see what is possible and support them as they learn and grow. Our unique, inclusive approach to fostering youth development is based in the understanding that the difficulties faced by today’s adolescents are complex and multi-faceted. In service to this reality, we offer a wide array of programs that include a youth asset survey, parental guidance and support, individual and family counseling, restorative justice, court programs and monitoring, educational workshops, and much more.
Every day, the staff of YouthZone works to make a significant difference in the world by supporting the growth and development of the next generation. We are team of passionate, creative and hard-working optimists who are as committed to each other as we are to the young people we serve.
YouthZone provides opportunities for youth to be responsible, contributing members of society, and to work with their families and the community toward this end.
YouthZone is a great place to work! We offer our employees a flexible, weekly work schedule; three hours of weekly exercise time; employee retirement plan; health insurance/wellness stipend; a positive working environment, and; the opportunity to be part of a wonderful team of professionals.
All offers of employment at YouthZone are contingent upon the candidate passing a background screening process that includes the Colorado Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check and Child Abuse Registry check. Client Service positions also require a pre-employment drug screen. All YouthZone staff must also show proof of auto insurance, and submit a copy of diploma(s) and/or certificate(s) of training.
We strongly encourage black, indigenous, people of color, immigrants and LGBTQ+ people to apply. YouthZone is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to consider joining our team.
- YouthZone is committed to inclusion.
- YouthZone advocates for equality.
- YouthZone has a long history of promoting justice.