Spanish Bilingual Youth Care Worker

Deployed Services provides an integrated approach for service support to Government programs and other clients. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, ideas, and skills. At Deployed Services we operate from a place of integrity and hold ourselves accountable.

Summary:

The Spanish Bilingual Youth Care Worker is solely responsible for following and implementing leads direction. This position is responsible for ensuring all Unaccompanied Children’s (UC) safety in their care according to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) policy and always maintaining line-of-sight.

Essential Functions:

• Provide care and services to unaccompanied minors, ages 13-17
• Maintain line-of-sight supervision of assigned children
• Direct care and monitoring of Unaccompanied Children (UC)
• Support with the delivery of educational services based on age appropriateness
• Engage in recreational and leisure activities with Unaccompanied Children (UC)
• Collaborate with other providers on behavioral management policies and protocols
• Incorporate access to services related to culture, language, and religious observations
• Ensure the physical safety of the Unaccompanied Children (UC)
• Provide same gender supervision for any area where unaccompanied children regularly undress, including restrooms and showers in accordance with Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) guidelines

Knowledge and Skills:

• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to document processes and perform recordkeeping
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Patience, tolerance, and kindness

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of 1 year experience in the child welfare industry working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting
• Bi-lingual (Spanish/English), required
• Training will be provided to earn your CPR & First Aid certification if needed.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be able to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS).
• Must pass a drug test, motor vehicle record check, a background check, and provide proof of being fully vaccinated for Covid-19 after accepting a conditional offer of employment.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not have direct reports.

Work Environment

This position operates in a field work environment, seven days a week and holidays.

Physical Demands

The employee may be required to stand, walk, twist, turn, bend, climb, lift, or kneel. Occasional lifting to 40 Ibs may occur.

Travel

May require travel.

AAP/EEO Statement

Deployed Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $22.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

License/Certification:

• Do you live in North Carolina (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person