Overnight Youth Caregiver

Children's Home Network•Tampa, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position assists in providing for the daily care, safety, and welfare of up to 17 youth in a cottage program. The role involves working within the framework of The Children’s Home Network's philosophy and personnel practices, ensuring services are sensitive to the individual needs of each child. The Youth Caregiver plans and implements recreational activities, teaches life skills, and collaborates with the treatment team to facilitate therapeutic relationships. This role serves as a caregiver and advocate for the children, adhering to PBIS guidelines and providing trauma-informed care. Responsibilities include maintaining cottage routines, ensuring youth safety and security through interactive supervision, and documenting environmental rounds and other required reports. The caregiver also assists with mentoring youth and families during transitions to adaptive, foster, or reunification placements, and ensures the cleanliness and safety standards of the cottage are met.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED
Minimum of 6 months experience working with children
At least 23 years of age
First Aid and CPR Certified or ability to obtain within 30 days of new hire date
Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license with no record of criminal driving offense of license suspension.
Must be insurable under CHN’s current auto insurance policy.
Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Must successfully complete and maintain FDLE clearance, Federal background and state criminal background check and sexual predator screening.

Nice To Haves

Associates Degree in Human Services related field
One (1) year experience in residential setting
An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-specific competencies listed in job duties.

Responsibilities

Works within the framework of the philosophy, function and personnel practices of The Children’s Home Network.
Provides or arranges program required services in a manner that is sensitive to age, culture, religion, dietary needs, native language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other important individual needs of each child/youth.
Plans and implements recreational activities on a daily basis that are developmentally and culturally appropriate for children up to 17 years of age.
Provides milieu services to teach youth life skills, to include but not limited to: goal setting, problem resolution, educational activities, daily routines, social skills development, employability skills, anger management, crisis management, hygiene skills, cleanliness, housekeeping, cooking, meal routines, and bedtime routines.
Works collaboratively with the treatment team to facilitate therapeutic relationships for the children in group and individual settings. In collaboration with therapist, documents Behavioral Health Overlay Services.
Serves as the caregiver/ advocate for the kids residing in the cottage program.
Follows PBIS guidelines for setting expectations, rewards and consequences. Operates within in line with CHN PBIS values and cottage PBIS guidelines.
Provides Trauma informed care and utilizes CPI and TOOLs techniques when working with youth in order to prevent potential problem behavior, promote positive behavior and de-escalate incidents.
Responsible for working within the established cottage program, inclusive of routines and adhering to a consistent Daily Living Program. Role model expectations by assisting youth with performing daily routines and chore.
Provides interactive supervision and monitoring of youth at all times to ensure the best care, welfare, safety, health, and security for youth.
Works collaboratively with the campus team, youth and family, assisting in mentoring and working with families that are in transition to adaptive, foster and/ or reunification placements.
Perform and document environmental rounds at least every 15 minutes or more frequently as needed. Report and document all abnormal or suspicious situations via the information report. Maintains documentation within guidelines for MyEvolve reports, shift accountability, medical administration records, log books, BHOS, and other documentation as applicable.
Attends and actively participates in treatment plan reviews as needed. Assist in guiding youth in having success with their cottage goals and related plans.
Follows CHN and professional standards regarding mandated reporting laws. Follows CHN policy and procedures for reporting critical incidents and runaways.
Actively participate in the planning and implementation of therapeutic, community based, recreational, social, spiritual and education activity opportunities as provided to assigned (i.e., sports runs, cottage activities). Work collaboratively with therapist in assessing youth eligibility for community based activity involvement.
Adheres to all daily cottage cleanliness programs and ensure that agency health and safety standards are consistently meet, including but not limited to, nightly cleaning/ sanitation of common area floors, cleaning/organizing the closets, kitchen, and cottage janitorial supplies cabinet.
Assist in the coordination and completion of transportation for youth, to and from activities.
Dispense and document all medications given to youth, and medication deficiencies in accord with established agency procedures. Coordinate with medical personnel to ensure the physical/ health needs of the child.
Attends and participates in weekly cottage team meetings.
Foster and maintain a positive and productive relationship with all youth and the cottage team. Maintains an effective working relationship with team members, school personnel and clinicians. Acts as liaison between program and sponsor/auxiliary/volunteer groups as assigned. Works collaboratively with school personnel, sponsor groups and volunteers.
Adhere to agency policy and procedures around confidentiality and use of office space and equipment; adhere to strategic cottage plan for maintaining security and confidentiality of all office space, equipment and documentation.
Provides transportation in agency vehicles in accordance with agency policy and procedure. Abides by all Florida state highway and local traffic laws. Demonstrate consistency and proficiency in the regular utilization of agency vehicle log as required by policy and procedures.
Attend specialized training (40 hours annually) and staff/treatment team meetings as scheduled.
As directed may respond to campus or other designation for emergencies up to including natural disasters.