Teen Parent Specialist OVN Seton

Workdays:
Vary – need to cover overlapping days.

Work Hours:

10:30 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.

Location:

1115 Mission Rd., San Antonio, TX. 78210

Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home, education, and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.

Responsible for the overall wellbeing, care and supervision of adolescent mothers ages 12‑18 and young adults 18‑21 and their children ages 0‑5. The Teen Parent Specialist works in providing services to clients in a residential setting and applies trauma‑informed practices to provide a safe and caring environment.

The specialist is responsible for learning life skills and parenting curriculum and teaching it to clients in their daily home‑like environment. This role is authorized to take reasonable action necessary to carry out responsibilities assigned as long as such actions do not deviate from established organizational policies and are consistent with program guidelines and sound professional judgment.

• Plan, lead and implement parenting, educational, independent living skills, and recreational activities during your shift as assigned.
• Build a positive relationship with each program participant and foster positive connections with mothers and their children.
• Effectively manage the group of children assigned to you, maintaining and enforcing agency policies and procedures to uphold youth rights and appropriate discipline.
• Actively engage with participants to foster age‑appropriate development.
• Meet deadlines and maintain accurate documentation in accordance with state licensing, contractors, and various funders.
• Conduct yourself professionally as a representative of Seton Home with participants, staff, children, school staff and anyone who comes in contact.
• Maintain positive culturally competent relationships with residents and staff.
• Follow reporting and notification protocol for serious incidents.
• Adhere to safety training and protocols, taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well‑being of self and others.
• Provide input into treatment plans during IDT meetings and clinical rounds.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Complete safety checks to maintain a safe physical environment for all participants.
• Complete facility observation checklist.
• Prepare and set out breakfast for residents within one hour of preparation.
• Process hygiene, clothing and other need requests, documenting in the agency database.
• Prepare logs, needs requests, inventory, and resident binders.
• Process medications and complete daily med audit, emailing to appropriate personnel.
• Update medication binders with new intakes.
• Process and distribute basic hygiene items, documenting timely in the agency database.
• Clean and make ready vacant rooms.

• Adaptability
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• De‑escalation
• Empathy
• Resilience
• Solution Oriented
• Stress Management
• Teamwork
• Technology

• Education:
  • Associate’s Degree Preferred in a Human Services Field, Education, Psychology, etc.; minimum High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience:
  • Minimum 6 months experience in human services or child welfare field working with children and adolescents.
• License and Credentials:
  • Reliable transportation.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Valid vehicle insurance.
• Turn in daily progress notes and TPCN logs at the end of shift.
• Complete transition report with oncoming shift.

• Experience with computer software.
• A solid grasp of Trauma‑Informed Care and pregnant and parenting populations.
• Detail‑oriented, organized, self‑motivated, works well independently and on a team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.

Travel requirements include 20% local travel and no overnight travel.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or require other or different tasks when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.).

This is a grant‑funded position; salary is dependent on funding availability. The position can be eliminated at any time due to lack of funding.

Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer.