All Shifts--Direct Care-Independence

Job Details

Level: Entry

Job Location:

Independence Campus - Independence, IA 50644
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: High School Diploma or GED
Salary Range: $19.00 - $22.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage :
No Travel required

Job Shift: 2nd Shift
Job Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services
Coach. Mentor. Support. Repeat

• Provide consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior (MALES AGES 12-17 YEARS OLD), using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
• Utilize a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escalated.
• Strategically utilize identified behavior management techniques and other de‑escalation training to assist clients in developing appropriate behaviors.
• Assist clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self‑identify and self‑correct.
• Understand the impact of client’s behaviors on their own actions/reactions in the workplace and utilizes team feedback to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
• Know the population and is aware of individualized treatment plan.
• Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
• Evaluate the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life‑space interventions and provides direction/feedback.
• Assure consistent, ongoing, and timely provision for basic client needs.
• Safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources monitoring behaviors and following agency transportation protocols.
• Effectively participate in team to review case progress and provide best programming.
• Follows medication management guidelines.
• Maintain positive role modeling and performing, as an agent of change for the youth.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of Behavior Health Intervention Services (BHIS) and
• Complete documentation of services in a timely manner – including daily case notes, behavior management, visual checks, etc.

• Minimum age: 21 years.
• High School Diploma or GED required; a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services related field is preferred.
• Desire to help kids succeed.
• Prior experience working with children in a school or mental health setting preferred.
• Strong communication and problem solving abilities.
• Basic computer skills in a MS Office environment.