Job Description
Job Location: Billings Campus - Billings, MT 59106
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: High School
Salary Range: $19.21 - $21.62 Hourly
Job Shift: AnyAt Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch (YBGR), we believe every child deserves hope, healing, and opportunity. As a Mental Health Worker, you’ll create a safe, trauma-informed environment where youth can grow, learn, and thrive.
You’ll serve as a mentor and role model, guiding adolescents in developing positive coping skills, daily living habits, and healthy relationships. Your dedication and compassion will help youth facing emotional and behavioral challenges build a brighter future.
What You’ll Do:
- Implement individualized treatment plans and provide feedback on progress.
- Maintain a safe, positive, and therapeutic setting at all times.
- Teach coping, social, and daily living skills through structured activities.
- Build strong connections with families, caseworkers, and community agencies.
- Facilitate recreational and psycho-educational groups that inspire growth.
- Complete treatment documentation accurately and on time.
Compensation & Benefits:
Starting salary range: $19.21–$21.62 per hour, based on education and relevant experience. This reflects steps 1–5 of an 11-step pay schedule. YBGR offers ongoing training, opportunities for advancement, and a supportive, mission-driven team culture.
What We’re Looking For:
- A dependable, caring professional who models integrity and empathy.
- Passion for helping youth overcome challenges and discover their strengths.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Experience in youth care or mental health preferred — but heart and commitment matter most!
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 21 years old or older
- Criminal / Child Abuse Clearance: Must pass criminal record and child abuse registry background check as required by the State of Montana.
- High School Diploma or GED
Required Abilities/Skills
- Empathy and Compassion: Ability to empathize with the struggles and emotions of youth experiencing mental health challenges, and to provide compassionate care.
- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with youth, their families, and other members of the treatment team to facilitate treatment and support plans.
- Boundaries and Professionalism: Understanding of professional boundaries and ethical guidelines in mental health care, including maintaining confidentiality and respecting patient autonomy.
- Documentation Skills: Ability to maintain accurate and detailed records of youth’s interactions, treatment plans, and progress notes in compliance with YBGR requirements.
- Demonstrate being self-motivated, self-disciplined, and diligent with forward thinking.
- Demonstrate the ability to think of their team over self and define success collectively rather than individually.
- The ability to effectively interact and communicate with others. These skills are essential for building and maintaining relationships, collaborating with colleagues, resolving conflicts, and navigating various social situations.
- Demonstrate the following values.
- - Faith - is being sure of successfully achieving our mission, based upon our trust in a loving creator.
- - Integrity - doing what is right, putting the needs of others above your own, and living by the highest values.
- - Relationship - being committed to one another in a mutually respectful, dignified, healthy, and honoring manner.
- - Stewardship is the use of any resource or talent entrusted to YBGR to fulfill the mission and values.
- Willingness and ability to obtain certification in First Aid/CPR and Violence Intervention Prevention.
