Pth Youth And Family Assistant

Clark County Family Services (CCFS) is seeking qualified applicants to apply for the Part‑Time Youth and Family Assistant position. The Part‑Time Youth and Family Assistant performs a variety of duties including managing the safety and security of children for the cottages, daily supervision of abused, neglected, abandoned and medically fragile children, housekeeping and custodial duties in the cottages, transporting and accompanying children/families to appointments for CCFS.

Some positions will be assigned to primarily conduct transportation of youth assigned to the Child Haven campus. The position will also perform office duties such as faxing documents, making copies, maintain and scanning files, which may require a knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. If selected for this position, the candidate must possess a valid County Health Card at time of appointment.

Clark County Family Services is the local public agency whose role is to help keep children safe. The agency was formed in July 2002 in response to the merger of state and county child welfare services.

Protecting children from abuse and neglect by partnering with our community to build safe, nurturing and stable families, to support family preservation when possible, to provide permanent families for those children who cannot safely return home and to ensure the well‑being of children in our care.

Please Note: Part‑time employment will not lead to permanent employment. Part‑time hourly employees are used to fill positions normally less than twenty (20) hours per week. Part‑time employees do not receive benefits.

Equivalent to graduation from high school. All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write see attached resume on your application. All details must be written in your own words and cannot be copied from job descriptions or other external sources.

Must be at least twenty‑one (21) years of age at time of appointment. As indicated in NRS 432A.1773, any person hired to work in a licensed childcare facility, who is responsible for the daily operations, administration or management of the childcare facility must be at least 21 years of age.

Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at the time of appointment.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted. In order to work at Clark County Family Services, employees must not have any qualifying offense that violates the standards required by NRS 432B.198 and/or NRS 432B.199.

Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre‑employment drug examination.

Work shifts may include day, swing shift, and weekends (including holidays).

• Responsibilities include supervision of daily living activities, ensuring the safety and security of the children and the cottages, providing physical care and emotional nurturing to the children and performing light housekeeping duties.
• Provides on‑going physical care, emotional nurturing and daily supervision of abused, neglected, abandoned and medically fragile children, ages three days to eighteen years.
• Performs various functions relating to the admission and/or discharge of children.
• Awakens children at appropriate times for bathroom use and school, ensuring appropriate hygiene, attire and nutrition. Feeds, bathes, dresses and comforts children.
• Conducts and records bed checks, which include observing and touching children to ensure they are breathing.
• Ensures the safety and security of the children and cottages; responds to emergency calls from other cottages.
• Intervenes when children are out of control, using authorized strategies and restraint techniques. Provides infant care including medically fragile children.
• Performs a variety of housekeeping and custodial duties in the cottage, such as…