Direct Care Professional (Weekends)

Devereux • Tucson, AZ

2d • $18 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

Located in Tucson, AZ, our Respite Program provides temporary relief to primary caregivers while ensuring youth receive care in a safe, structured and nurturing environment. We provide services to individuals from birth to the age of 17, who are experiencing moderate emotional or behavioral difficulties. Services are offered every weekend (Friday-Sunday) and various school breaks throughout the year. Youth get to enjoy a wide variety of recreational and enrichment opportunities, including: arts and crafts, roller skating, gardening, movies, arcade, park visits, and community outings (museums, parades, festivals, sporting events)! And, we operate out of residential houses, creating a fun and safe home-like environment for those in our care.
Direct Care Professionals (DCP) provide direct supervision and assist with the day-to-day activity schedule that is setup for individuals in the program. Direct support duties include: helping individuals with their mental health, managing behaviors and emotional needs, de-escalating situations, treatment plan implementation, personal care (bathing, dressing), household cleaning (mopping, sweeping, dusting, laundry, trash, dishes) medication management, transport, and fostering social skills. Other duties include documenting progress for daily, weekly, and monthly logs, adhering to the activity schedule, and attending clinical supervision meetings. Direct care staff also assist with the planning and implementation of year-round enrichment activities and community outings!

Requirements

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• High School diploma or GED required
• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check
• Previous experience working with children/adolescents with behavioral/emotional needs required
• OR Bachelor’s degree in the areas of psychology, sociology, social work, education or other related field OR 12 years of related experience
• Must be able to do a minimum of one (1) shift per weekend; three (3) shifts per month
• Attend mandatory full time, paid, New Hire Orientation Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit HERE.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working with individuals under 21 with psychological, emotional and behavioral disorders, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, and/or autism spectrum disorders

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision
• Assist with the day-to-day activity schedule
• Help individuals with their mental health
• Manage behaviors and emotional needs
• De-escalate situations
• Treatment plan implementation
• Personal care (bathing, dressing)
• Household cleaning (mopping, sweeping, dusting, laundry, trash, dishes)
• Medication management
• Transport
• Fostering social skills
• Documenting progress for daily, weekly, and monthly logs
• Adhering to the activity schedule
• Attending clinical supervision meetings
• Assist with the planning and implementation of year-round enrichment activities and community outings

Benefits

• Employee Referral Program with fast payout milestones
• eM Life for Mental Health, Work/Life Programs, and Employee Assistance Programs
• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods
• Service Awards – All employees celebrating a five-year increment (5, 10, 15, etc.) anniversary receive taxable compensation in recognition of their long-term commitment to Devereux
• Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees