Overnight Worker-Juvenile Youth

Highfields Inc•Onondaga, MI

About The Position

The Residential Overnight Worker safeguards the health and welfare of male youth ages 12–18 who live at the facility, protects the safety of the campus and its property, and supervises the care, welfare, safety, and security of youth and fellow staff. This full-time position works 40 hours per week on either a Sunday–Thursday or Tuesday–Saturday schedule, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The posting notes that male workers are particularly needed because the facility serves male youth only. The worker conducts and documents student bed checks at least every half hour, performs periodic house security checks for contraband, shares student information with staff at shift changes, and ensures counseling sessions and other documents are entered into the database nightly. The worker also awakens students at designated times using approved methods, attends quarterly team meetings, completes required training, and performs other assigned duties. The position requires a high school diploma, reliability, and the ability to remain alert and awake throughout the night shift. The worker should have a general understanding of adolescent behavior, follow agency-approved de-escalation and physical-management procedures, remain open to new ideas and situations, demonstrate good character and the maturity and capacity to perform assigned duties, and show sensitivity to the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the populations served. Physical requirements are referenced as attached but are not provided in the posting.

Requirements

Minimum high school diploma.
Dependable and reliable.
Able to remain alert and awake during the night shift.
General understanding of adolescent behavior.
Understand and use agency-approved de-escalation and physical-management policies and procedures.
Open to new ideas, methods, and situations.
Good character, health, emotional stability, maturity, and strength to carry out assigned duties.
Ability to show sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Responsibilities

Arrive on time at the beginning of each assigned shift.
Remain alert, awake, and available throughout the entire shift.
Conduct and document bed checks of all students at least every half hour throughout the night.
Share special information concerning students directly with other staff at shift change.
Conduct periodic security checks of the house for contraband.
Ensure counseling sessions and other documents are entered into the database nightly.
Awaken students only at designated times using approved methods.
Attend scheduled quarterly team meetings.
Complete all training requirements for the position.
Perform other duties as assigned.