Lead Direct Care Professional

Looking to make extra income on the weekends spending time mentoring and having fun with kids?
Then being a Respite Lead Direct Care Professional at Devereux is for YOU! You belong here.

Located in Tucson, AZ, our Respite Program provides temporary relief to primary caregivers while ensuring youth receive care in a safe, structured and nurturing environment. We provide services to individuals from birth to the age of 17, who are experiencing moderate emotional or behavioral difficulties. Services are offered every weekend (Friday-Sunday) and various school breaks throughout the year. Youth get to enjoy a wide variety of recreational and enrichment opportunities, including: arts and crafts, roller skating, gardening, movies, arcade, park visits, and community outings (museums, parades, festivals, sporting events)!

And, we operate out of residential houses, creating a fun and safe home‑like environment for those in our care.

The Lead Direct Care Professioanl (Lead DCP) protects the health and safety of individuals while assisting the Program Coordinators with the supervising, planning, and implementation of program activities while managing children’s behaviors. Lead DCP's provide direct supervision and assist with the day‑to‑day activity schedule that is setup for individuals in the program.

Duties include:

helping individuals with their mental health, managing behaviors and emotional needs, de‑escalating situations, treatment plan implementation, personal care (bathing, dressing), household cleaning (mopping, sweeping, dusting, laundry, trash, dishes) medication management, transport, and fostering social skills. Other duties include documenting progress for daily, weekly, and monthly logs, adhering to the activity schedule, and attending clinical supervision meetings. Lead staff assist with the planning and implementation of year‑round enrichment activities and community outings, as well as serving as a role model, mentor, leader, and trainer to the Direct Care Professional staff.

Pay Range: $18 - $19.80 / hr

Part Time Weekend

Schedule:

12-hour shifts; must be available every Saturday and a minimum of two (2) Sunday's per month

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work.

• Employee Referral Program with fast payout milestones
• eM Life for Mental Health, Work/Life Programs, and Employee Assistance Programs
• Free access to Payactiv
  , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods
• Service Awards – All employees celebrating a five‑year increment (5, 10, 15, etc.) anniversary receive taxable compensation in recognition of their long‑term commitment to Devereux

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• High School diploma or GED required;
  Bachelor's degree preferred
• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36‑month history check
• Two (2) years experience in behavioral health service delivery; or one (1) year Devereux experience (internal staff)
• Supervisory experience preferred

• Attend mandatory full time New Hire Orientation Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm for 8 days (paid)
• Pre‑employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions).
  Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six‑month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit
  
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Devereux has a zero‑tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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