Youth Care Specialist - Project Hope

Description

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7 am - 3 pm, shift, 3 pm - 11 pm shift, and 11 pm - 7 am shift are needed.

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE :

Providing care for teen girls who are at high risk to include confirmed CSEC, at high risk for CSEC or those in need of a higher level of care for stabilization and assessment.

This program will provide victim-centered residential services that will be complemented with high quality clinical services.

Child victims will be assisted in learning how to make healthy life choices for their lives that increase their personal safety, emotional stability, hope and healing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Provides on-going direct care, emotional nurturing and daily supervision of at risk teen girls.
• Maintains reports and documentation in system; serves as a contributing team member with Behavioral Health staff.
• Identifies needs and strengths of children; utilizes case management activities of providing, coordinating and facilitating needed services and interventions.
• Identifies and responds to children's needs, including hunger, medical care and illness; transports youth to appointments;

orients children to facility and assists them in adjusting to the new environment; reads, interprets and administers medical instructions.

• Teaches youth social, self-help, academic, independent living, problem solving, personal hygiene, money management and employment skills to maximize skill development and independent living.
• Provides crisis intervention to youth while maintaining emotional self-control.
• Maintains contact with internal and external staff to obtain and provides information in regard to youth behaviors, strategies and progress.
• Provides emotional and moral support; serves as a role model by exhibiting skills taught in program.
• Provides Intensive In-Home Services and Crisis Stabilization.
• Attends court sessions and conferences with teachers and counselors on behalf of youth; supervises parental visits.
• Continually provides support for academic success; monitors academic performance; assists with homework; provides transport to extracurricular school activities.
• Prepares and maintains reports of events concerning youth.
• Conducts routine house maintenance; reports repair needs to supervisor; performs housekeeping duties as required.
• Prepares reconciliation reports for purchases and submits to supervisor as required.
• Provides line of sight supervision on and off campus.
• Intakes youth any time of day; ensures all documentation is completed and sent to appropriate team members.
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
• Represents the organization with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.
• Performs all other duties as required.

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