YOUTH CARE WORKER
Company: BrightSpring Health Services
Location: Saint Albans
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
YOUTH CARE WORKER
Job Locations
US-WV-SAINT ALBANS
ID
2024-141982
Line of Business
StepStone Family & Youth Services
Position Type
Full-Time
Pay Min
USD $12.00/Hr.
Pay Max
USD $15.00/Hr.
Our Company
StepStone Family & Youth Services
Overview
The Youth Care Worker provides direct care to youth in a group home
setting. The Youth Care Worker functions as a caring, therapeutic
team member who serves as a positive role model, implementing
Trauma Informed Care and adherence of policies and procedures of
the youth program to ensure the safety and well-being of the youth
in our care.
Responsibilities
- Function always as a caring,
therapeutic team member. Youth Care Workers serve as a positive
role model in the implementation of Trauma Informed Care and
adherence of policies and procedures of the youth program. Deal
with youth challenges in a calm, patient and understanding manner,
seeking assistance when necessary. Ensure youth are made aware of
rules and outcomes around decision making, allowing youth the
opportunity to explain behavior before any consequences are
given.
- Youth Supervision: Milieu supervision of youth. Youth Care
Workers ensure safety and compliance with program expectations.
This includes ensuring chores, homework, daily hygiene, activities,
and outings are completed in a timely fashion and without adverse
incident.
- Acts as a positive role model to youths and other Youth Care
Workers. Provides consistent modeling to clients as an effort to
improve therapeutic milieu. Meet with youth regularly to establish
goals within milieu. Aids youths in learning behavioral
expectations of program and making positive choices in order to
earn privileges and be successful in the program. Communicate any
concerns regarding youth progress or safety to appropriate
supervisor/manager. Actively assists youth to reach their goals by
listening, teaching and counseling by following the StepStone and
BrightSpring curriculum paired with Trauma Informed Care
principles. Increase youth's overall independent living skills by
modeling daily or weekly household tasks via meal planning, grocery
shopping, preparing and serving food/meals (when appropriate for
youth), feeding, clean-up.
- Treatment Participation: Participate in treatment team and
programmatic team meetings and display an understanding of each
youth's challenges, goals and progress. Ensure information
regarding youth and family is kept confidential. Follows ALL
aspects of the Decision Tree, including after-hours crisis and
communicates any safety needs or concerns of clients to immediate
supervisor or appropriate reporting entity. Transport and accompany
youth to scheduled appointments and outings.
- Provide Behavioral Management: Including praise, natural
consequences, education, de-escalation within the Trauma Informed
Care lens and utilize Safe Crisis Management ONLY as necessary for
clients who pose of risk of harm to self, peer or staff.
- Facility: Maintain cleanliness, organization, and functioning
of home areas, office, and equipment. Perform home management
functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and
cleaning.
- Documentation: Complete all necessary daily, weekly, and
monthly documentation. Record significant events, behaviors
(positive and negative), activities and youth's movement in/out of
cottage (e.g., bed checks on evening shifts, whereabouts log, sign
out sheet, home visitation request, off campus work sheets).
- Medication Administration: Administer medication, complete
necessary documentation, and provide adequate education to clients
as required for medication management.
- Meetings & Training: Attend and provide input to team meetings,
and monthly trainings. Complete training annually and as required
by StepStone and state entities. Attends and participates in
administrative/staff/committee meetings/trainings as required and
assigned by agency.
- Trauma Informed Care: Engage and model in the teaching of TIC
model
Qualifications
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Exceptions to educational requirements must comply with state law
and regulations
- 21 years of age or older
- Experience providing services and support to youth
preferred
- Meet all agency requirements for pre- employment as required by
BrightSpring/StepStone and/or State regulations
- Maintain state regulatory certifications, as required by
state/program requirements
- Medication Administration as required by state/program
requirements
- Ability to work in a group home, home-like settings
- Ability to communicate (verbally and written) with all levels
of personnel, internal and external to the
- company
- Ability to use a computer utilizing company documentation
systems
- Capable of working responsibly with highly confidential
information
- Relentless pursuit of helping clients live their best lives
About our Line of Business
StepStone Family and Youth Services provides the full spectrum of
support to children in need of alternative, safer and more positive
living environments with residential and family services. StepStone
connects children and youth who need homes with foster families, as
well as foster care training, respite care and support services.
For young adults transitioning from foster care to independent
living, StepStone provides personalized guidance and training on
basic life skills, including money management, life skills and
education. For more information visit www.stepstoneyouth.com.
Salary Range
USD $12.00 - $15.00 / Hour
Keywords: BrightSpring Health Services, Charleston , YOUTH CARE WORKER, Other , Saint Albans, West Virginia
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