Youth Care Specialist, part-time, weekend morning shifts

Location: Lee's Summit

# Youth Care Specialist, part-time, weekend morning shifts

St Louis, MO 63114## Description
** Youth Care Specialist, part-time, weekend morning shifts.
** At Every Child’s Hope (ECH), we partner with the community to support children, youth, and families in their pursuit of health and wholeness through quality, professional, and faithful services. Rooted in a trauma-informed approach, our mission is to provide hope for every child and healing for every family—every day. As a Youth Care Specialist, you will play a vital role in fostering a safe, structured, and nurturing environment for youth in our residential treatment program.

This position is central to promoting healing, building resilience, and supporting youth in overcoming adversity and reaching their full potential.
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* Key Responsibilities:

***** Supervision & Safety**
* · Provide attuned, trauma-sensitive supervision to ensure youth safety and accountability at all times.
· Maintain secure and sanitary living areas free from contraband and hazards, while respecting youth dignity and autonomy.
*** Treatment Support**
* · Participate actively in treatment team meetings, contributing insights that reflect youth strengths and needs.
· Apply Safe Crisis Management techniques and Trauma-Informed Care principles to de-escalate situations and promote emotional regulation.
· Administer medications per agency policy and respond to crises with calm, compassionate intervention.
*** Daily Living & Life Skills**
* · Facilitate daily routines that promote predictability and emotional safety.
· Provide hands-on instruction in life skills such as hygiene, cooking, cleaning, and fitness, emphasizing empowerment and self-efficacy.
*** Communication & Documentation**
* · Complete progress notes and treatment documentation accurately and on time, using strength-based language.
· Reporting Conduct maintenance and safety needs, modeling shared responsibility and pride in space.
*** Professionalism & Community Engagement**
* · Foster trusting, respectful relationships with youth, staff, and community partners.
· Uphold ethical standards and maintain confidentiality, especially regarding trauma histories.
· Participate in required training and promote a positive, inclusive youth culture that reflects ECH’s values.
· Maintain open, respectful communication with staff via logs, email, and meetings to ensure collaborative care.
** Job Type:
** Part-time, weekends, morning shifts, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
** Pay:
** From $17.50 per hour
** Workdays:
*** Part-time, Weekends, morning shifts, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
* Opportunity to pick up open shifts.## Qualifications
** Required Key Skills and

Qualifications:

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* · A commitment to trauma-informed principles, including safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment.
· Experience identifying and implementing solutions that ensure inclusive participation and opportunity.
· A proven ability to leverage relevant qualifications to inform healing-centered strategies.
· Strong communication skills to distribute clear, compassionate, and culturally responsive information.
· Dedication to continuous learning, including trauma-informed awareness through new hire and annual training.
** Essential Functions and Physical Demands*
* · Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
· Regularly required to sit and stand
· Requires the use of Safe Crisis Management (SCM) techniques, which include occasional physical interventions and will require assisting individuals to the floor, bending, kneeling, and lifting.
· Required to pass physical examination.
· Required to obtain and maintain training and certification as mandated by Licensing Regulations
** Additional Requirements*
* · High School Diploma.
· Preferred experience 1 year in direct youth care
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