Bilingual Youth Care Worker St. PJ's Children's Home

Overview

Bilingual Youth Care Worker (10:00 P.M.

- 6:00 A.M.) - St. PJ's Children's Home

Location:

919 Mission Road, San Antonio, TX 78210

Workdays:
Sunday - Thursday

Work Hours:

10:00 P.M.

- 6:00 A.M.

Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.

Under the general direction of the Lead, Evening and Weekend Supervisors, the Youth Care Worker is responsible for the daily care and supervision of UAC ensuring their health, safety and well-being is protected at all times. The Youth Care Worker is responsible for the implementation of direct care services in a manner that promotes best practices and facilitates the optimum delivery of quality trauma informed care to UAC.

The Youth Care Worker ensures that each UAC's physical, social, emotional, educational, and recreational needs are met in accordance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy.

• Maintaining positive, supportive and professional relationships with UAC and program staff
• Elevating concerns or issues related to UAC, program staff, work and living environment, etc. within required time frames
• Completing all required documentation for UAC accurately and within required time frames
• Assisting with the facilitation of educational, recreational and spiritual activities
• Utilizing positive behavior management techniques including verbal redirection, prompting, reminders, de-escalation and emergency behavior intervention
• Participating in daily community meetings to teach, support and guide UAC
• Teaching practical problem-solving, time and money management, and life skills
• Adherence to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Morals Policy
• Promoting a solution‑oriented, collaborative team approach aligned with the Mission and Vision
• Attendance and successful completion of a 10‑day New Employee Orientation (failure to meet this requirement may end employment)
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Director

• Adaptability
• Advocacy
• Teamwork
• Communication
• De-escalation

• Bachelor's degree in the behavioral sciences, human services or social service fields; or
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent plus one year of employment experience working in the child welfare field with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.

• Experience working with children in a residential setting is preferred.

• Reliable transportation
• Valid driver's license
• Valid vehicle insurance

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children. Varicella: two doses or other qualified immunity; MMR: two doses or immunity; DTaP/DTap as appropriate;
Influenza: one dose annually.

• Bilingual:
  Fluent in English/Spanish
• Ability to read and interpret policy documents and program standards
• Ability to write routine reports and communicate effectively
• Ability to multitask, organize, prioritize and work independently or on a team
• Strong assessment skills and ability to stay calm in crisis situations
• Detail oriented, self-motivated and good critical thinking

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require other tasks when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload).

This is a grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.

St. PJ’s Children’s Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit The Archdiocese of San Antonio website jhome.org. You must apply through the website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.

Salary

Description:

$18.66