Youth Care Worker

Ain Dah Yung Our Home Center•St.Paul, MN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Primary responsibilities include assisting team members with overall operations of shelter facility and responsible for the direct care, behavior management and supervision to shelter residents, ages 5-17. This includes monitoring personal hygiene, health, medication administration, client intakes and discharges, meal preparation, kitchen clean-up and maintenance, assistance with the planning and facilitation of daily cultural & physical activities to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our youth.

Requirements

AA degree in human services, child development, elementary/secondary education or related field is preferred.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with youth who exhibit varying degrees of difficult behavior in a residential, therapeutic, group or classroom setting preferred.
Candidates must be knowledgeable of the Native American Indian culture, values, and family systems.
Must have the ability to work constructively with children and youth who exhibit varying degrees of difficult behaviors.
Must demonstrate and promote a chemically healthy lifestyle.
Must be knowledgeable of traditional Indian child-rearing methods, culture, values and family systems.
Must be cognizant of and sensitive to the special needs/issues of American Indian children in out-of-home placement.
Must have sufficient physical strength and ability to independently and repeatedly lift, move, and carry objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds, such as a vacuum cleaner, mop bucket w/water, and industrial cooking pots and pans.
Must have the ability to stand/walk up three (3) flights of stairs repeatedly.
Must have the ability to bend/squat/twist/reach constantly when emptying trash, dusting, sweeping floors, mopping floors, vacuuming, and occasionally shoveling snow.
Must have a valid driver’s license and pass MN DHS background study.
Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.)
Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
Write simple correspondence.
Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees.
Add and subtract two digit numbers and multiply/divide with 10's and 100's.
Perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Frequent talking and listening.
Standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and bending.
Lifting up to 40 lbs.
Be able to climb several levels of stairs.
Frequent use of hands and fingers to operate computers, phones, and writing utensils.
Vision requirements as required by having possession of valid Minnesota Driver’s License.

Nice To Haves

AA degree in human services, child development, elementary/secondary education or related field.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with youth who exhibit varying degrees of difficult behavior in a residential, therapeutic, group or classroom setting.

Responsibilities

Provide direct care, behavior management, and supervision of shelter residents to ensure health and safety of everyone.
Monitor personal hygiene, health, medication administration, behavioral/emotional status and providing conflict resolution/counseling between residents if needed.
Prepare healthy and nutritious meals and snacks for shelter residents in accordance with the shelter menu.
Maintain a sanitary environment by performing light maintenance duties, including kitchen clean-up after each meal.
Help facilitate daily engaging, interactive activities and groups of a recreational, cultural or educational nature in accordance with the weekly schedule.
Provide case management support as needed by providing transportation, documentation in appropriate logs and files, complete client Intakes and discharges.
Supervise parental visits.
Provide emotional support to shelter residents and provide resources as needed.
Work in conjunction with other Youth Care Workers by enforcing program policies and procedures, provide emotional support to shelter residents and their families and screen crisis referrals.
Provide transportation to shelter residents and ensure the driving log is complete after every ride.
Perform telephone coverage, screen referrals and provide information to residents and community.
Attend weekly shelter staff meetings.
Follow the on-call posted schedule and be available by phone and prepared to come to the Shelter in Emergency circumstances.