TAY Youth Support Specialist

MBI Health Services, LLC • Washington, DC

120d • $45,000 - $50,000

About The Position

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young adults? As a TAY Youth Support Specialist, you’ll provide supervision, support, and guidance to residents in a safe and respectful environment. You’ll serve as a positive role model, help youth build daily living skills, enforce program rules, and maintain health and safety standards while contributing to a welcoming community. If you’re ready to use your skills to inspire growth and stability, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

Requirements

• Must have a minimum of a BACHELORS DEGREE in Human Services.
• At least 3 years documented experience working in a group home setting.
• Support individual care plan goals, develop independent living skills and conduct groups as needed.
• Must be flexible to work shifts including weekends and holidays.
• Must be able to lift up to 25lbs.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job without reasonable accommodations.
• Computer skills, written and oral skills are required.
• US work authorization is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience serving at risk youth populations and or young adults in the areas of homelessness, child welfare, mental health or education.

Responsibilities

• Maintain shift coverage and primary supervision and support of residential clients.
• Set and contribute to a safe, dignified, orderly atmosphere by enforcing program rules, policies, and procedures as well as through observing stated DBH and CFSA grievance policy.
• Act as a role model - guiding clients and facilitating appropriate behavior about daily living skills, self-care, personal interaction, social relationships and constructive time management.
• Enforce the curfew regulation and conduct regular rounds of the facility and hourly rounds.
• Ensure that the participants living quarters are safe and well-organized.
• Limit access to facility to participants, staff, and authorized visitors and service providers.
• Help to ensure adequate health and safety standards are maintained throughout the facility.
• Interact with participants to share information, provide supplies, conduct intakes, and facilitate interventions as necessary.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with clients and staff; Respond to client requests in a professional and courteous manner; Observe and adhere to client confidentiality standards.
• Maintain thorough and accurate records, files, correspondence and statistics; Complete necessary documentation in a timely, accurate, complete and legible manner.
• Respond appropriately to emergencies including contacting appropriate staff and supervisors, interacting with police, fire, and medical personnel as needed.
• Generate and submit all incident reports including detailed information of the incident and names of first responders.
• Maintain and promote the cooperative, harmonious, teamwork environment DBH/CFSA strives to promote within the workplace.
• Ensure effective communication of priority information to all necessary staff and shifts.
• Answer residential site telephone in a professional and courteous manner; relay timely and accurate messages.
• Participate in staff and shift change meetings as required.
• Perform daily maintenance; prepare living units for incoming participants.
• Assist with preparing resident meals as needed.
• Complete designated shift-specific tasks.
• Reasonable hours of overtime may be required from time to time.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including market salaries.
• PTO.
• Employee perks.
• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 401K Plan.
• 401K Matching.
• Employee Referral Benefits.
• Short-term/Long-term disability.
• Growth Opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees