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Form of workHours
Graveyard shifts and one night shift. Thursday, Friday, Saturday 12pm - 8am and flexible for which other nights. Usually also a singular 4pm-12pm shift to be a part of certain meetings and to interact with other staff.
Job Purpose
Supervise clients and implement therapeutic community guidelines and boundaries. Serve as a positive role model. Participate in activities and group sessions. Conduct therapeutic community groups. Participate in off and on-campus recreational activities. Attend professional staffing, trainings, and meetings.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the management of clients' environment. Supervise clients primarily during waking hours. Assuring apartment conditions are consistent with licensing standards.
- Supervise, monitor, and participate in programmatic activities to ensure consistent therapeutic effect. Understand and employ level system, rules, terminology, and group dynamics.
- Understand and consistently employ behavioral management techniques. Apply techniques for the prevention of therapeutic holding procedures, monitoring for sharps and contraband during room searches to ensure safe environment.
- Transport clients to and/or from apartments, appointments, recreational activities, etc.
- Assist and encourage clients in the completion of homework assignments.
- Participate in professional staffing and meetings in order to communicate the progress of individual clients.
- Carry out various responsibilities related to the recreational and activities of clients when assigned by the Program Manager.
- Ensure unit cleanliness and positive hygiene practices through use of programmatic tools and monitors. Can operate and train others in use of unit cleaning equipment.
- Carry out other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the program.
- Under the supervision of a physician or nurse, administer medication to clients.
- Assist clients in the shopping, recreation planning, and preparation process.
- Keep track of clients' day-to-day progress within the facility to report to clinical staff within daily shift notes.
- Assists clients in learning life skills.
- Ensuring clients safety and wellbeing through room and phone checks.
Qualifications
Education:
Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent.
Training and experience:
One year of experience in working with young adult treatment and/or care giving settings preferred. Must possess a current certificate for CPR and first aid or willing to receive this training.
Knowledge Required:
Must demonstrate understanding of and ability to apply behavioral/psychological theory and principles, as well as treatment approaches for young adult psychopathology. Knowledge and experience in outdoor education/recreation desired.
Working Conditions
The primary work environment is the facility itself. Other environments include, but are not limited to: apartment buildings, gym, swimming pool, field of outdoor activities, etc.
Physical Requirements
Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and grasp. Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks and visually observe clients on the unit and in therapeutic activities.
