Residential Lead Treatment Specialist 1st Shift

ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES•Columbus, OH

13d•$18 - $21

About The Position

The Lead Treatment Specialist ensures the safety and well-being of clients by coaching, educating, guiding, and engaging them in processes and activities that build skills for self-regulation, communication, attention, social awareness, and flexible thinking. The role also supports, guides, and coaches Residential Treatment Specialists. In the absence of the Residential Team Manager, the specialist provides limited staff supervision and makes decisions needed to maintain the safety and well-being of clients and staff, along with other duties as directed. The specialist performs Treatment Specialist functions and provides backup team leadership. Responsibilities include supporting shift coverage and reporting when covering for a Residential Shift Manager, assisting with client intake when covering for a Residential Team Manager, implementing treatment plans and programming, and applying trauma-informed evidence-based practices. The role also supports children's daily care, hygiene, behavior management, education, family involvement, crisis intervention, and programming while maintaining a safe, inclusive, clean, and compliant residential environment.

Requirements

High school diploma and 3 years of childcare or behavioral health experience.
Basic understanding of child development.
Valid driver's license, valid automobile insurance, and valid automobile registration; must be insurable by St. Vincent Family Center's insurance carrier.
Ability to communicate client- and program-related information effectively verbally, in writing, and using a computer, including communicating with diverse internal and external audiences.
Basic mathematical skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Ability to read and comprehend complex regulatory documents.
Ability to multitask and solve complex human relations matters.
Ability to self-regulate emotions and behavior, manage reactions to upsetting stimuli, adapt to changes in expectations, and handle frustration without an outburst.
Ability to work well on a team, treat coworkers respectfully, support and encourage colleagues, address conflicts or issues promptly, and maintain focus on team goals.
Ability to maintain client and staff confidentiality pursuant to HIPAA and agency policy.
Must be trustworthy, consistent, reliable, self-aware, able to engender staff respect, and interested in personal and professional development.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in social services, psychology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Perform all functions of a Treatment Specialist.
Provide backup team leadership in the absence of a Residential Team Manager.
When covering for a Residential Shift Manager, ensure shift coverage meets or exceeds regulatory staff-to-client ratios.
When covering for a Residential Shift Manager, complete or review and transfer required daily reports to the Administrative Assistant, including restraint reports, bed sheet counts, attendance data sheets, and the residential bed chart.
When covering for a Residential Team Manager, assist with client intake as needed, particularly during evening and weekend hours, and ensure paperwork is accurately and promptly completed and signed.
Ensure implementation of treatment planning and programming to create a therapeutically sound, educational, safe, and nurturing environment for children, families, and staff.
Implement and monitor trauma-informed care and approved trauma-informed evidence-based practices and techniques.
Contribute to a welcoming and inclusive environment for clients, colleagues, and community partners from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Integrate principles of Trauma Informed Care into all aspects of work and provide care sensitive to the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of children and families.
Maintain accurate and timely documentation of services and critical incidents in accordance with agency and regulatory standards.
Keep residential sleeping, eating, kitchen, and activity areas clean, hygienic, safe, and in good working order.
Assist with children's physical care and hygiene, behavior management, and treatment planning and implementation.
Assist with planning for school, summer programming, and special events.
Promote parental involvement.
Provide crisis intervention as necessary.
Assist in facilitating Day Treatment programming.
Serve as a positive role model and promote pro-social behavior.
Assist with medication administration for youth as needed.
Transport children upon a supervisor's request.
Ensure a safe, structured environment free from physical, verbal, or emotional abuse for each child.
Provide programming coverage across the agency as needed.
Ensure regulatory and agency compliance at all times.
Comply with the agency's Code of Conduct and other human resource and agency policies.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.