Longview - Green Direct Care Staff

About Fosterful: Fosterful is dedicated to meeting the immediate and long-term needs of foster families in Southwest Washington through practical support and caring connections. Join our fast-growing team transforming support for youth and families in Clark and Cowlitz County!

About the Role: Direct Care Staff provide 24-hour, hands-on care and supervision to children ages 0 through 18 at Fosterful's Group Receiving Care (GRC) Home, a short-term, trauma-informed residential placement operated in partnership with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) under WAC 110-145 and Fosterful's GRC contract. This is an active, physically engaged role: the home is a multi-level residence (basement plus three floors) with no elevator and is not ADA accessible, so Direct Care Staff must be able to move quickly and safely between floors throughout every shift.

The role also demands careful, accurate documentation — case notes, incident reports, and shift records are core to keeping every child safe and every placement compliant.

Direct Care Staff are the constant, physical presence that makes Fosterful's promise of safety real for every child who walks through the door of the GRC Home — at 2:00 AM as much as at 2:00 PM. Reporting to the Program Manager, this role carries out the day-to-day work of trauma-informed care: showing up on every floor of a home that requires real physical readiness, and writing the case notes that keep each child's story accurate and each placement compliant.

Success in this role is measured by children who feel safe, seen, and cared for during one of the hardest moments of their lives; by documentation that is accurate, timely, and trustworthy; and by a home that runs safely and smoothly across every shift, every floor, and every emergency drill.

The pay range for this role begins at $22/hour for daytime shifts, and up to $25/hour for overnight and on-call shifts.

• Provide continuous, hands-on supervision and care for all children on shift, maintaining required staffing ratios (one staff to three children during day and evening shifts; a minimum of two awake staff during overnight shifts, 10:00 PM–8:00 AM).
• Implement each child's individualized Child-Specific Plan, Supervision Plan, and Cultural Plan — including diapering/toileting, meal routines, hygiene, and sleep — in a way that honors the child's cultural background, SOGIE identity, and trauma history.
• Deliver the Program Welcome and Tour within 12 hours of a child's admission and the Program Orientation within 24 hours, introducing routines, safety information, and house expectations with warmth and patience appropriate to the child's age and developmental stage.
• Model prosocial behavior and use positive behavior support and de-escalation techniques as the first response to distress; apply physical restraint only if trained and certified in Fosterful's LD-approved Right Response behavior management program, and only as an absolute last resort when a child is at imminent risk of harm.
• Conduct ongoing, developmentally appropriate supervision checks; remain within sight or hearing distance of children under age 6; never leave a child under 6 unattended in the bathtub or shower; remain awake and alert at all times while on supervision duty.

• Navigate the home's stairs — the only means of movement between the basement and three floors — multiple times per shift, including while carrying supplies, laundry, or a child.
• Respond quickly to a child in distress or a safety concern on any floor, moving between levels promptly while maintaining supervision of any other children in your care.
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