Residential Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Who Our Client Is :

For more than 135 years, our client has been a pioneer and leading voice for improving the lives of children, adoptive families and birth parents.

With unwavering commitment, through good economic times and bad, they have focused on their mission and made a difference in the lives of birth parents, families and children here and around the world.

What Our Client Needs :

Our client is looking for a Residential Coordinator.The Residential Coordinator is a valued team member with the passion to work with youth who come from hard places and have experienced profound trauma.

They provide an environment of structure, nurturing and learning with navigating daily schedules and responsibilities.

What Youll Do :

• Provides a safe and nurturing learning environment for youth by usingTrust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) model.
• Supports the case manager by assisting youth with treatment goals, homework, self-regulation, hygiene plans.
• Facilitates daily schedules, meets time commitments and completion of daily tasks.
• Supports creation of nutritious menus, grocery shopping, and supervision of preparing healthy meals and snacks under direction of the program coordinator.
• Models and teaches healthy connections with teens,self-management and coping skills, and safety through dependability and making good choices.
• Facilitates engaging interactions and recreational activities, outings, and social engagement.
• Applies crisis-intervention and safety plans to maintain safety for youth and staff at all times.
• Transports youth to and from school, appointments, extracurricular activities, and outings.
• Works well in teams and collaborates effectively with others.
• Supports the mission of adoption and that every child deserves a loving family.
• Complies with 24-hour awake supervision requirement.
• Dispenses medication and maintains accurate medication logs.
• Maintains residence, keeping facility clean and reports maintenance needs.
• Thoroughly documents shift experience and communicates needs of youth with supervisor and with other shifts based on licensing standards and policies.
• Maintains a trauma- informed lens when working with youth in all aspects of the assigned duties.
• Upholds a regulated and controlled communication and interaction with youth at all times.

What Youll Need :

• High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelors degree in human services field, preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Excel; Microsoft Teams
• Valid / current drivers license. Must be able to drive at night.
• Physically able to use authorized crisis Intervention techniques, cook, clean, participate in programming activities, and carry and / or lift 25lbs.
• Experience with TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention), SAMA, and Crisis Intervention techniques, preferred.
• Skilled in trauma- informed-care and meeting thecomplex needs of vulnerable children and youth.
• Experience working with adolescents and / or at-risk youth, preferably in a residential setting.
• Must be able to function in a fast-paced environment.
• Willing to work holidays, during inclement weather, and additional shifts as needed.
• Strong time management, responsive, accurate and team-oriented.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• High standards of confidentiality, trustworthiness, discretion and professionalism.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.

What They Offer :

• Paid Time Off
• Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefit through BlueCross BlueShield
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, and Life Insurance
30+ days ago