DIRECT CARE - Independence-PART TIME

Four Oaks Family & Children Services•Independence, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Youth Counselor, you will be responsible for providing direct care coverage by meeting program and client needs for MALE AGES 12-17 YEARS OLD. This includes ensuring safety and supervision, skill building, processing and support of clients, behavioral management, and communications within the team and supervisors. You will also provide supervision and treatment intervention, establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust and respect, and evaluate the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life-space interventions. Additionally, you will assure consistent, ongoing, and timely provision for basic client needs, safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources, and effectively participate in team meetings to review case progress and provide the best programming. You will also follow medication management guidelines, maintain positive role modeling, and develop and maintain a working knowledge of Behavior Health Intervention Services (BHIS).

Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age.
Possess a High School Diploma or GED.
Strong communication and problem solving abilities.
Basic computer skills in a MS Office environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services related field of study is preferred.
Prior experience working with children in a school or mental health setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior, using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
Utilize a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escalate.
Strategically utilize identified behavior management techniques and other de-escalation training to assist clients in developing appropriate behaviors.
Assist clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self-identify and self correct.
Understand the impact of client’s behaviors on their own actions/reactions in the workplace and utilizes team feedback to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
Know the population and is aware of individualized treatment plan.
Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
Evaluate the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life-space interventions and provides direction/feedback.
Assure consistent, ongoing, and timely provision for basic client needs.
Safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources monitoring behaviors and following agency transportation protocols.
Effectively participate in team to review case progress and provide best programming.
Follows medication management guidelines.
Maintain positive role modeling and performing, as an agent of change for the youth.
Develop and maintain a working knowledge of Behavior Health Intervention Services (BHIS).
Complete documentation of services in a timely manner – including daily case notes, behavior management, visual checks, etc.