Liaison vs youth care specialist

The differences between liaisons and youth care specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a liaison and a youth care specialist. Additionally, a liaison has an average salary of $53,737, which is higher than the $38,955 average annual salary of a youth care specialist.

The top three skills for a liaison include patients, customer service and home health. The most important skills for a youth care specialist are customer service, patients, and CPR.

Liaison vs youth care specialist overview

	Liaison	Youth Care Specialist
Yearly salary	$53,737	$38,955
Hourly rate	$25.84	$18.73
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	34,074	133,042
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

What does a liaison do?

A liaison is a middle person responsible for collaborating different institutes, managing professional relationships to create benefiting results that would help a business' meet its goals and objectives. Duties of a liaison include facilitating communications, establishing partnership contract plans and procedures, managing conflicts, providing immediate resolution for concerns, and evaluating collaboration parameters. A liaison must be highly knowledgeable about the subject matters of the represented organization, handling inquiries, and coming up with strategic solutions to make the project successful.

What does a youth care specialist do?

Youth care specialists are social experts who coordinate programs for children and young people who need care while being away from their own families for some reason. These specialists are required to maintain a safe environment in the community so that children will feel safe, cared for, and nurture. They must lead various seminars for youths about topics such as job readiness, financial literacy, and higher education. They must also communicate the concerns and other important information to a child's assigned social worker and provide back-up support to case managers if needed.

Liaison vs youth care specialist salary

Liaisons and youth care specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Liaison	Youth Care Specialist
Average salary	$53,737	$38,955
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $95,000	Between $24,000 And $62,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	Annapolis, MD
Highest paying state	Washington	Maryland
Best paying company	Apple	Delaware State Government
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Government

Differences between liaison and youth care specialist education

There are a few differences between a liaison and a youth care specialist in terms of educational background:

	Liaison	Youth Care Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	Northwestern University	SUNY at Binghamton

Liaison vs youth care specialist demographics

Here are the differences between liaisons' and youth care specialists' demographics:

	Liaison	Youth Care Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%	Male, 37.4% Female, 62.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 6.9% White, 55.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 6.0% White, 60.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.1%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between liaison and youth care specialist duties and responsibilities

Liaison example responsibilities.

Manage and increase social activity of the WVUncovered twitter account.
Manage and create original content for all social media platforms (twitter, instagram, tumblr).
Manage social media outlets for the organization; such as Facebook, update weekly status and weekly inspirational videos.
Educate physician group practices to reduce hospitalizations, increase positive patient outcomes & achieve meaningful use of EMR systems.
Perform assessments on ICU patients and market to many members of the health care team.
Work predominantly ICU cases, acquiring considerable experience with high-level complex patients.

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Youth care specialist example responsibilities.

Provide individualize intervention for problematic behaviors using TCI techniques such as de-escalation, to prevent and/or manage crisis.
Transport FEMA trailers and levele foundation using bulldozers and bobcats.
Maintain current credentials and certifications as required such as such as CPR and first aid certifications.
Provide everyday living activity for autistic individuals, pass medicine, dress patients, help with communication, and restrain patients.
Retain proper certifications for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, first aid, driver's license and insurance.

Liaison vs youth care specialist skills

Common liaison skills

Patients, 24%
Customer Service, 14%
Home Health, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Social Work, 5%
Patient Care, 5%

Common youth care specialist skills

Customer Service, 18%
Patients, 13%
CPR, 6%
Direct Care, 6%
Social Work, 5%
Cleanliness, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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