SUMMARY:
The Youth Worker will be responsible for ensuring client safety, providing direct care services, and maintaining building safety during all shift hours at our 24-hour youth services, transitional residence program.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Engage and counsel clients staying in the Transitional Living Program.
- Make security rounds of building and document all findings.
- Provide client intervention and stabilization services.
- Determine any immediate need and link clients to appropriate services.
- Meal preparation/oversee kitchen use and supervise snack and meal periods/ supervise client clean up.
- Assist clients in developing independent living skills through one-on-one and weekly independent living group sessions.
- Make regular entries in staff communication log according to policy/procedure.
- Ensure proper charting of all client information on a timely basis.
- Participate in weekly supervision and all team meetings.
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED, some college preferred.
- Fire Guard and/or Fire Safety Coordinator certification is required within three months of hire.
- Experience working with homeless youth, MICA, and/or substance abuse populations needed. Ability to establish workload priorities and balance diverse projects needed.
- Must have exceptional communication skills both orally and in writing regarding complex and sensitive issues or regulations.
