Youth Program/Education Assistant II pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000333
- Class code
- 32000333
- Pay group
- MH07
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Youth Program/Education Assistant II is $41,407 to $62,111 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000333.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Employees serve as the lead workers / mentors, providing supervision to ensure quality care and prescribed therapeutic interventions in a safe environment for adolescents in state residential treatment programs. Work includes training that covers broad areas, such as complex behavioral programming and on-the-spot counseling. Employees in this classification may provide health care services ranging from minimal levels of assistance with independent patients to extensive supervision to protect patients from injuring themselves or others and to ensure optimal health care for medically fragile patients, many of whom are non-ambulatory. Employees work with adolescents and their teachers, parents, and clinical staff toward improving clients' social, academic, and daily functioning skills as well as reducing aggressive, defensive, anxious, and/or dangerous behaviors.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of adolescent psychiatric and developmental disorders, intervention models used in behavior intervention programs, medication classes and their side effects. Considerable knowledge of appropriate protocols for medication administration. Ability to convey information clearly to family members and treatment team members. Ability to clearly document patient progress as well as provide daily progress notes. Ability to observe, problem-solve, coach, report, document, and collect data with regard to treatment / education interventions Ability to manage concurrent treatment plans and approved behavioral interventions during interactions with the patient, including ongoing ass ...
Minimum qualifications
Associate's Degree in human services or related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related work experience; or High school or General Educational Development diploma and four years of directly related work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
As required by facility, CPR certification and listing as a Nurse Aide I or Nurse Aide II by the NC Division of Health Service Regulation required prior to providing direct patient care. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.