Residential Youth Worker 3rd Shift

St. Joseph Children's Home • Louisville, KY

212d • $18

About The Position

As a St. Joe's Direct Care Youth Worker, you'll be responsible for providing a therapeutic milieu, ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of clients in care, and the implementation of the treatment program. Essential Functions include implementing the child caring program by providing a therapeutic milieu, responding to clients' needs with fairness, objectivity, firmness, care, and concern, observing behavioral and emotional climate within the group and with each individual client and responding appropriately, ensuring the health and safety of clients in care, providing input into client's treatment plans and goals, communicating with members of the treatment team in a timely and accurate manner about pertinent issues and updates concerning the client's progress or treatment needs, supervising and assisting residents in fulfilling daily expectations of treatment goals and basic needs, teaching clients basic life skills such as housekeeping, hygiene, personal appearance, etc., supervising clients during activities such as chores, studying, recreation, leisure activities, and bedtime routine, providing thorough documentation of each client and of each day's events, communicating in written and verbal form in a timely and accurate manner with coworkers to ensure consistent treatment interventions for the clients, accurately documenting significant behaviors during shifts, administering medication as prescribed and keeping accurate records in the log, following policies and procedures related to medication for clients, performing competently in crisis management and maintaining certification in SCM, and exhibiting regular and punctual attendance.

Requirements

• High School Diploma (or equivalent) required.
• Experience preferred in providing appropriate care to clients, winning their respect, guiding clients in their development, managing a home effectively, and in the participation, management, and implementation of a treatment program.
• Driver's license with insurable driving record required.
• Must become certified in Safe Crisis Management.

Responsibilities

• Implementing the child caring program by providing a therapeutic milieu.
• Responds to clients' needs with fairness, objectivity, firmness, care, and concern.
• Observes behavioral and emotional climate within the group and with each individual client and responds appropriately.
• Ensures the health and safety of clients in care.
• Provides input into client's treatment plans and goals.
• Communicates with members of the treatment team in a timely and accurate manner about pertinent issues and updates concerning the client's progress or treatment needs.
• Supervises and assists residents in fulfilling daily expectations of treatment goals and basic needs.
• Teaches clients basic life skills such as housekeeping, hygiene, personal appearance, etc.
• Supervises clients during activities such as chores, studying, recreation, leisure activities, and bedtime routine.
• Provides thorough documentation of each client and of each day's events.
• Communicates in written and verbal form in a timely and accurate manner with coworkers to ensure consistent treatment interventions for the clients.
• Accurately documents significant behaviors during shifts.
• Administers medication as prescribed and keeps accurate records in the log.
• Follows policies and procedures related to medication for clients.
• Performs competently in crisis management and maintains certification in SCM.
• Exhibits regular and punctual attendance.
• Shares responsibility for the physical upkeep of the cottages by reporting needed repairs, and maintaining an atmosphere of cleanliness and order.
• Is responsible for obtaining forty (40) clock hours of required staff development/training as set forth by St. Joseph Children's Home Policy and Procedures, by COA, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Sixteen hours of which must be successfully completed in Safe Crisis Management.
• Must implement and use the tools acquired during education sessions.
• Receives and completes required training involving medication distribution.

Benefits

• Pay: $18.00 per hour (plus $4.00 Shift Diff)
• Weekends are required
• $500 Retention Bonus ($250.00 after 90 days and $250.00 after 6-months of satisfactory service)
• Multiple Schedule Options Available
• Full benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401K/403b Plan
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Sick/Personal Days
• Child Care Discount

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: High school or GED