Therapeutic Skills Coach

REDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC • Eureka, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Therapeutic Skills Coach provides direct oversight, supervision, and care for individual children in both residential and field settings, under the supervision of a Program Supervisor or Program Director. The role involves providing cross-setting care and interventions to youth, aiming to stabilize their behaviors and teach functional skills. The ultimate goal is to enable youth to mitigate behaviors that led to residential treatment placement, facilitating their quick return to and successful living in a community and family setting. Night-time childcare workers are required to remain awake throughout their shifts and perform bed checks every 5-15 minutes as mandated by licensing, in addition to other duties.

Requirements

• TSC I: Less than two (2) years of FTE experience in mental health related field providing direct mental health services.
• TSC II: At least two (2) years but less than four years of FTE experience in a mental health related field providing direct mental health services.
• TSC III: At least four (4) years of full-time/equivalent (FTE) experience in a mental health related field proving direct mental health services. Up to two (2) years of the four (4) years of experience can be substituted by years of education in a mental health-related field or by completion of the County Core Skills Training. A minimum of two (2) years of actual work experience is required. The education requirement must be a minimum of two (2) years of education (60 semester or 90 quarter units) with a minimum of 12 semesters (18 quarter) units in mental health-related subject areas such as child development, social work, human behavior, rehabilitation, psychology, or alcohol and drug counseling.
• TSC IV, V, VI: Associate’s degree +6 years experience; Bachelor’s degree +4 years experience, or Master’s degree + 2 years experience in a mental health related field and/or working with at-risk youth in a residential or mental health setting.
• Must be 21 years of age.
• Must possess a valid CA Driver’s License, current auto insurance, and a clean DMV printout (no more than 3 points).
• Must pass a clear background check with DOJ, CACI, FBI, CCL.
• CPR and First Aid Certified.
• TB Exam and Physical at the time of employment.
• Employees must use a personal vehicle that meets all agency requirements, including maintaining liability insurance that meets or exceeds state requirements.
• Employees are responsible for ensuring the timely renewal of their vehicle insurance policies and providing updated documentation to the agency to remain in good standing and compliant with position requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the implementation of plans for the supervision, care and treatment of children and youth to meet the programmatic and treatment objectives both in residential treatment and the community.
• Implements care and supervision interventions that cross treatment settings (this includes supervision and care in-home and, in the community, while the child is practicing skills and behaviors required for her/him to live outside the residential facility) later successfully.
• Assists youth and families with activities including but not limited to community linkage, transportation, visitation, activities of daily living, education, and life skills acquisition.
• Monitors interaction and behaviors to provide daily structure, natural and logical consequences, and appropriate nurturing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package available.
• Pay Differentials Offered (must qualify through testing or verification): Language Translation - Bi-cultural Spanish: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Bilingualism - ASL Sign Language: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Multilingualism - ASL Sign Language: $2.00 per hour
• Overnight/Graveyard - Stay Awake Shifts: $1.00 per hour

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees