Bilingual Youth Care Worker PM (Thursday-Monday/ 2pm-10pm)

Seton Home•San Antonio, TX

76d•Onsite

About The Position

All Youth Care Workers may be required to work different shifts in order to meet program needs. This role involves supervising residents, documenting daily logs and incident reports, providing care and engaging in age-appropriate activities for children, ensuring cottages are clean and stocked, supervising and logging calls, facilitating physical and leisure activities, assisting with morning routines and chores, preparing and serving meals, processing and dispensing medications, completing shelter intake and discharge processes, and transporting residents to appointments and outings. The position also involves assisting with the Point of Contact role and supervising residents with schoolwork. Additional duties include completing required professional development, being sensitive to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, adhering to safety training and protocols, protecting confidentiality, adhering to the Code of Conduct and Faith and Moral Policy, taking a solution-oriented approach, and attending a 10-day New Employee Orientation. The role may require schedule alterations for emergencies or flexible work schedules with approval. The position requires 10% local travel and 10% overnight travel.

Requirements

Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting
Reliable transportation
Valid driver license
Valid vehicle insurance
Must provide immunization/shot records
Submit to a state and federal background check, Child abuse and neglect registry check, and Tuberculosis screening
Be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of performing assigned tasks and have the skills necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities
Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children (Varicella, MMR, DTaP or DTap, Influenza)
Some knowledge of computer software, familiarity with or ability to utilize KaleidaCare and MS Office (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneDrive)
Ability to set and teach trauma informed care practices
Excellent communication skills
Successful completion and implementation of SAMA
Possess sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socio-economic characteristics
Ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served in order to help them gain skills and confidence
Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members, service providers and professionals
Capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately in order to meet service goals
Demonstrate a commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems
Demonstrate a conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change
Ability to function independently and in a team setting
Must pass a criminal background check
Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language.

Nice To Haves

Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred
Knowledge of human behavior and development preferred

Responsibilities

Supervise any residents unable to attend school, interact and engage in activities with residents and children.
Document daily logs and incident reports using the internal database, ensuring important information is included.
Provide care and engage in age-appropriate activities for children unable to go to daycare.
Ensure cottages are clean, fully stocked and organized during shift.
Supervise and log all domestic and international calls for residents as needed.
Facilitate physical activity and leisure activity as needed.
Help wake residents and supervise morning routine.
Supervise morning chores and room checks.
Prepare and serve breakfast and assist residents during breakfast clean up.
Process medications from pharmacy using the internal database.
Dispense medications on weekends, holidays and as needed.
Complete shelter intake process with new arrivals as needed.
Complete shelter discharge process with residents as needed.
Assist with transporting residents to and from medical appointments, outings, etc. as needed.
Assist with the Point of Contact role as needed.
Supervise and assist residents with schoolwork while at school in the classroom with assigned schoolwork.
Cook and serve lunch to residents and their children during weekends, holidays and as needed.
Clean staff restroom, take out all trash, and do last walk through of cottage to ensure cleanliness at end of shift.
Supervise and monitor interactions between the residents to ensure a safe environment.
Plan, supervise, and participate in recreational and/or physical activities as scheduled.
Process and dispense any medications.
Update medication binders as new intakes arrive.
File needs requests and log in appropriate folder on s/drive; file hardcopy in residents’ binder.
Complete end of month duties, which include preparing shelter paperwork and medical binders.
Conduct hourly bed checks throughout the night to ensure safety of residents.
Provide care for infants when residents ask for assistance.
Complete daily medication audit and email to appropriate personnel.
Clean and make ready vacant rooms.
Check refrigerators/pantry for expired food items.
Prepare logs, needs requests, inventory, and resident binders.
Complete all required professional development assigned in a timely manner.
Be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Adhere to safety training and protocols on a daily basis, and take precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of self and others.
Protect the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service with the organization.
Adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Moral Policy.
Take a solution-oriented approach in interactions and undertakings, and be a team member that promotes collaboration and commitment to the Mission and Vision of the organization.
Attend and successfully complete a 10-day New Employee Orientation.
Other duties as assigned by the Shelter Supervisor.