PRN Youth Caregiver

job summary

youth caregiver to assists in providing for the daily care, safety and welfare for a cottage program of up to 12 youth. Provides trauma informed care to youth ensuring the safety, and security of youth in the residential program. The position will involve transportation of children in an approved agency vehicle. Provides and documents behavioral health overlay services to children with direction from the individual/ family /therapist.

Participates in organization’s performance and quality improvement efforts, positive behavioral interventions and support (pbis), educational services, and enrichment activities.

· works within the framework of the philosophy, function and personnel practices of the children's home network.

· works collaboratively with the treatment team to facilitate therapeutic relationships for the children in group and individual settings. Serves as the caregiver/ advocate for the kids residing in the cottage program.

· provides milieu services to teach youth, goal setting, problem resolution, educational activities, social skills development, employability skills, anger management, crisis management, group, and independent living skills as applicable.

· works collaboratively with the cottage staff, youth and family in the milieu, assisting in mentoring and working with families that are in transition to adaptive, foster and/ or reunification placements.

· assist the educational manager and or liaison and/or the system navigator in the implementation of an educational plan for assigned youth, to promote academic enrichment and educational skill development. Assist youth with home work, school projects, monitor point sheets and overall academic progress of youth to report to the ecc

· assist the activities coordinator in the implementation of youth art, dance, physical and or non-physical enrichment activities

· responsible for working within the established cottage program, inclusive of routines and adhering to learning daily life skills and or job placement opportunities

· role model expectations by assisting youth with performing daily routines/ chores and thorough up keep of living quarters (rooms) and the milieu.

· model and prompt the youth through the steps of the routines for each day time activity including by not limited to meal time, activities, transitions, morning routines, and bed time routines.

· follow pbis guidelines for rewarding youth with pbis dollars for behavior in line with chn values and target behaviors.

· follow pbis guidelines for consequences for youth.

· provides interactive supervision and monitoring of youth at all times to insure the best care, welfare, safety, health, and security. Establish a positive and productive relationship role with residents.

· perform and document required youth accountability rounds every 15 minutes during sleeping hours or more frequently as needed; inclusive of all youth, to include common areas, hallways and bedrooms in order to provide accountability and safety for youth.

· report and document all abnormal or suspicious situations via the information report, email or verbally to sod/aoc.

· maintains documentation within guidelines for information reports, critical incidents reports, and daily shift accountability, medical administration records, log books, event logs, census, after shift reports, and communication/pass-on, meal count sheets, medicaid, pqi, bhos, coa, nappi, eckerd and dcf.

· responsible for meeting the physical and emotional needs of youth, fostering healthy hygiene, life skills and good living habits within the cottage. Responsible for ensuring that youth are adequately dressed for the environmental conditions, school or any other outing.

· schedule and encourage opportunities for staff and youth to engage in family style dining, mentoring around table etiquette and appropriate skill development. Perform the required documentation via the meal count accountability in myevolve.

· follow agency policy guidelines for financial transactions of allowances, clothing and supply purchases as assigned.

· attends and actively participates in treatment plan reviews with treatment team.…