Campus Intervention - Lead

Join Us at Epworth:
Empowering Futures, One Life at a Time!

At Epworth, we're more than just a multiservice agency; we are a beacon of hope and resilience for youth who have faced trauma. Established in 1864, our mission is to empower young individuals to uncover and embrace their unique potential by providing essential support, fostering resilience, and nurturing a sense of community. With a comprehensive range of services—from therapeutic foster care and intensive treatment to life skills training and crisis support—we are dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the lives of thousands of youth and families each year.

Headquartered in the heart of Webster Groves, Missouri, with additional locations in Normandy and South St. Louis City, Epworth is committed to creating a world where every youth experiences life in all its fullness. If you're passionate about making a difference and ready to be part of a dynamic team committed to transforming lives, we invite you to explore our opportunities and join us in our mission to build a brighter, more hopeful future for those we serve.

Salary: $18 per hour

Classification:
Part
- Time

Shift: Friday - Sunday, 3p
-11p

Summary

This employee is responsible for the safety and security of agency personnel, children, guests, and property; for providing crisis prevention and intervention management; for assisting other agency personnel in carrying out their duties;
And for enforcing agency policies and procedures.

This position demonstrates a commitment to the mission, vision, and values of the agency by engaging in respectful, cooperative relationships with customers (i.e., clients, employees, and external stakeholders); accountable for providing services and ensuring safety to clients while empowering clients in achieving the agency’s mission.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide quarterly training to the campus intervention team members.
• Insure CIT are well informed of all agency safety and security related issues concerning team members, clients, guests, and volunteers.
• Oversees security and safety for agency personnel, children, guests, and property by maintaining constant vigilance of all agency activities and conditions.
• Responds to and interacts with residents and situations on campus where residents are in a crisis, such as runaways, aggressive, suicidal, or any other safety related incident.
• Ensure appropriate communication of all crisis incidents that occur with parents, guardians or others within and outside the agency.
• Contacts law enforcement when needed to ensure the safety and security of residents, staff, and visitors.
• Manage implementation of all emergency and safety policies and procedures to ensure the safety of residents and staff including ensuring that staff and resident departures and returns to and from campus and dorms (i.e. staff breaks, van check-ins and out, key management, resident passes) comply with policy/ procedure and consideration of weather conditions.
• Review, organize, and generate the relevant documentation of all related crisis activities and conditions within and outside of the agency.
• Provide physical supervision in living units, as well as all areas where children are located.
• Monitor building and surrounding grounds for safe and sanitary living conditions, coordinate needed repair and maintenance to meet licensing and accreditation standards including but not limited to safety drills.
• Communicate and document resident’s behaviors, issues and needs inside and outside the agency as necessary.
• Manage daily schedule changes to ensure staffing ratios meet requirements.
• Employ, manage, role model, and supervise the development of therapeutic rapport, strength based interactions, and crisis prevention and intervention skills for staff and residents.
• Ensure all privileges and consequences given to residents or strength based and follow policy and procedure.
• Monitor and model agency rules, policies and procedures including attendance, program/department specific procedures, workplace safety, code of conduct, social media, training requirements, and confidentiality.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma required and…