Teen Parent Specialist OVN Seton

Full‑time Description

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, young adults 18‑21 and their children ages 0‑5. The Teen Parent Specialist provides services in a residential setting, applies trauma‑informed practices, teaches life‑skills and parenting curriculum in a safe and caring environment.

• 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. Maintain and enforce agency policies and procedures to protect youth rights and apply appropriate discipline.
• Actively engage with participants with the goal of fostering positive and age‑appropriate development of each participant.
• Meet deadlines and complete documentation in accordance with state licensing, contractor and funder requirements.
• Represent Seton Home professionally to participants, staff, children, school staff and others.
• Maintain positive culturally competent relationships with residents and staff.
• Follow reporting and notification protocol for serious incidents.
• Adhere to safety training and protocols daily and take precautionary measures to ensure safety and well‑being of self and others.
• Provide input into development of 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 needs requests for clients, document in agency database.
• Prepare logs, needs requests, inventory, and resident binders.
• Process medications and complete daily med audit, email to appropriate personnel.
• Update medication binders as new intakes arrive.
• Process and distribute basic hygiene requests, toiletries, and document in 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 Human Services, Education, Psychology, etc. Minimum High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 6 months 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.
• 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.

20 % local travel; 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 to be performed when circumstances change.

$16.00 per hour

Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Visit our website onhomesa.org.