Home Living Technician

Santo Domingo Tribe • Santo Domingo Pueblo / Kewa, NM

3d • Onsite

About The Position

In this role you will support youth in a structured, home-like setting with a compassionate, dependable, and team-oriented support system that creates a safe and nurturing environment to encourage personal growth, life skills development, and reinforcement of cultural values. This position offers meaningful work that directly impacts the lives of young people, a supportive team environment, ongoing training, and professional development opportunities. Flexibility to work varied shifts, including evenings and weekends, is required. The Home Living Technician will have a heart for service and mentoring youth, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make a difference and be a steady, reliable presence is important for the care and supervision of children and youth residents at the Kewa House Emergency Youth Shelter who are or have experienced victimization of a crime. This includes but is not limited to, supporting the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of their daily lives while residing at the shelter. The Home Living Technicians are also responsible for implementing assigned treatment services, maintaining accurate documentation of services, planning milieu activities and ensuring that the daily routine of the program is upheld to the highest standards; performs work in close adherence to the program operations policy and procedure manual.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years' experience working with youth.
• CPSW/CFPSW credentials or must be completed within 1 year upon hire.
• CPR/First Aid/AED certification.
• Food Handler's certification or must be certified within the first 90 days of employment.
• Knowledgeable in trauma informed approaches and crises intervention.
• Knowledgeable in the areas of child abuse/neglect, sexual abuse, foster care issues and protocol/procedures.
• Excellent listening, oral and written communication skills that will enable you to work with high-risk youth and families and to focus the efforts on client's well-being and to meet Santo Domingo Pueblo goals and objectives.
• Self-Starter, able to make decisions independently.
• Must be able to satisfactorily pass a background check such as FBI, State, Motor Vehicle, Tribal, and drug test.
• Valid New Mexico driver's license with ability to meet Santo Domingo Pueblo liability insurance requirements and maintain eligibility for insurance.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with Native American youth preferred; must be sensitive to tribal customs and traditions and work with a diverse clientele.

Responsibilities

• Support youth in a structured, home-like setting with a compassionate, dependable, and team-oriented support system that creates a safe and nurturing environment to encourage personal growth, life skills development, and reinforcement of cultural values.
• Provide care and supervision of children and youth residents at the Kewa House Emergency Youth Shelter who are or have experienced victimization of a crime.
• Support the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of their daily lives while residing at the shelter.
• Implement assigned treatment services.
• Maintain accurate documentation of services.
• Plan milieu activities.
• Ensure that the daily routine of the program is upheld to the highest standards.
• Perform work in close adherence to the program operations policy and procedure manual.

Benefits

• Generous leave policy that includes vacation, holidays, and administrative days that equal up to 54 days off in a year.
• Affordable medical plans.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Competitive 401k retirement plan.
• Amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED