Supervising Children's Residential Care Counselor

Supervising Children's Residential Care Counselor

Advance your career while supporting the health and wellbeing of our community's youth. Become a Supervising Children's Residential Care Counselor!

Starting salary up to $ 61.34 /hour ($ 128,023 /year) plus a competitive total compensation package!

The Supervising Children's Residential Care Counselor (SCRCC) serves as an integral member of the Valley of the Moon Children's Center's (VMCC) interdisciplinary team and is responsible for promoting and modeling the VMCCs mission, vision, and values while providing direction, leadership, and supervision to residential staff. They will also provide training, coaching, and oversight to Children's Residential Care Counselors (CRCC) who oversee the provision of daily needs for youth and implement trauma-informed care practices and policies.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Supervising and managing line staff who provide for the needs of children who may be dependent, complexly traumatized, aggressive, abused, or neglected
• Evaluating the performance of subordinate staff and providing feedback, training, and performance management
• Supporting youth in understanding and implementing natural and logical consequences, setting limits for behavior, and developing new, healthier coping mechanisms
• Overseeing and providing support for positive youth development, including improving social skills and self-care practices, maintaining proper living standards, and caring for personal hygiene
• Passing medication to individual youth according to written instructions from the prescribing medical professional
• Overseeing staff who plan and implement small and large group activities, including life and coping skill development, recreational activities, play, study activities, and field trips
• Supervising and engaging children with care, curiosity, and compassion
• Observing the emotional and physiological conditions of youth, assisting in the development of resources, and making referrals to the appropriate community agencies
• Reviewing and updating client data in various databases systems
• Restraining youth, when appropriate, for the safety and protection of themselves and others, using established protocols
• Ensuring that safety plans and the Individual Crisis Management Plan (ICMP) are developed, updated, understood by staff, and in practice
• Participating in crisis de-escalation and containment, and mediating disputes among youth
• Documenting ongoing service delivery in accordance with program requirements, including quality youth progress, youth activity, and shift notes

The ideal candidate will possess many of the following:

• Multiple years of experience working in a residential program or other environment that required highly organized client supervision
• A degree in child development, child psychology, behavioral and social psychology, sociology, social casework, social welfare, or counseling and guidance
• Experience leading staff in a fast-paced and ever-changing work environment
• The proven ability to monitor and intervene in high-risk behaviors and handle crisis
• Experience in supervising staff, and coaching and implementing trauma informed practices with youth in the workplace
• An understanding of the impact trauma has on a child's mental health as well as the physiology of the brain and development
• The ability to document incidents and staff issues clearly and concisely
• Experience working with youth who have sustained significant trauma
• An understanding of cultural competence and diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Experience, education, and knowledge with Trauma Informed Care Practice and secondary trauma in the workplace
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Basic computer skills including Outlook, Word, and Excel

Please Note:

VMCC operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, therefore the ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays is required. Applicants must be willing to undergo a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, fingerprinting, criminal history, and a medical and physical abilities examination prior to employment.

About Valley of the Moon Children's Center (VMCC)

The Valley of the Moon Children's Center is a resource hub for caregivers of foster youth and houses two residential programs; a 24-hour emergency shelter and a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP). The STRTP is an intensive, residential therapeutic treatment services program designed to meet the behavioral and mental health needs of foster youth. The…