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2008 Newsletter
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Child Care Worker Work Shift: Flexible shifts
including 24 hour (with sleep time); 8 or 10 hour shifts (daylight;
afternoon; and awake-night); and combinations of both.
Supervisor: Brooke Place Site Director
A. The
Child Care Worker provides safety, security, nurturance,and supervision to
adolescent girls living in a residential facility by:
- Providing supervision
to residents in the group home and during off-site activities.
- Participating in
pre-intake assessments when requested.
- Observing residents in
the completion of their daily routines.
- Implementing group and
individual behavioral intervention strategies.
- Enforcing rules and
guidelines by setting clear, concise, and enforceable limits.
- Supervising and role
modeling basic living skill activities.
- Providing supportive
services to reduce stress and/or develop, restore, or maintain skills
and behaviors which result in an increased level of functioning.
- Assisting in carrying
out assigned activities related to assessments, service planning,
linkage and referral, monitoring, crisis assistance, and advocacy.
- Providing
transportation to and from appointments and other activities, as
necessary.
- Providing daily
monitoring of resident’s progress in achieving their goals.
- Promoting family
involvement in activities, visitation, and decisions.
- Providing educational
support by advocating for the student with school personnel, supervising
and assisting with study time, and monitoring student progress.
- Providing supportive
counseling as requested to individuals and groups.
- Assisting and
participating in Structured Educational Therapeutic (SET) Activities.
- Routinely inspecting
and maintaining the home and notifying the Director when repairs are
needed.
- Maintaining the
therapeutic milieu.
- Providing medication
management under the supervision of the R.N.
- De-escalating crisis
development.
- Providing emergency
medical care per First Aid/CPR training and certification.
B. The Child Care Worker develops a therapeutic relationship
with staff that will enhance teamwork and the quality of the work
environment by:
- Actively participating
in team meetings, treatment team meetings, and other meetings involved
in planning and management issues of the group home.
- Supporting and
encouraging teamwork by offering feedback and effective critique of team
members.
- Assisting in team
building through loyalty and support of the team process.
- Enhancing teamwork and
the quality of services through understanding, clarifying, and
demonstrating the role of the child care worker, the function and roles
of the other agency programs and services, and how they can best
interrelate.
C. The Child Care Worker assists in the implementation of the
organization’s mission, goals, and objectives by:
- Accurately documenting
necessary reports required by the organization, licensing and
accreditation standards, state and federal law.
- Maintaining furniture,
equipment and supplies in a cost-effective and cost-saving manner.
- Exercising
confidentiality in agency affairs, employee privacy, and privacy of
persons served according to agency guidelines, licensing, and other
regulations.
- Knowing state
licensing and accreditation requirements as they pertain to the overall
functions of the group home and the position.
- Exhibiting sensitivity
to and being aware of the various cultural and socio-economic
characteristics of the community and those served, and responding in an
appropriate manner.
- Utilizing the
organization’s mission as the guiding force in all decision making and
demonstrating the agency’s core and customer values in every interaction
with external and internal customers.
- Exhibiting a
professional attitude and commitment to the agency and its customers by
maintaining expected level of attendance and reporting to work and
meetings on time.
D. The Child
Care Worker enhances personal and professional potential by:
- Actively participating
in performance reviews by setting and actively working on goals and
objectives for professional improvement.
- Exhibiting personal
and professional ethics, attitudes and value systems which enhance
service delivery.
- Keeping self in good
emotional condition by possessing internal strengths to meet the
emotional demands of the job.
- Being responsible for
acquiring all training mandated for the position and required by the
agency through participation in agency-sponsored and agency-approved
training events and workshops.
- Remaining current with
the field of employment through reading publications, networking with
co-professionals and pursuit of other suitable endeavors.
Conditions of Employment:
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Full-time workweek consists of a rotating shift, all days of the week,
for forty hours per week. Overtime is by supervisory approval.
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Substitute position is part-time, covering for full-time staff on leave.
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Some
travel required.
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Work is
normally performed in a group home environment.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or
G.E.D. required; actively pursuing bachelor’s degree/or bachelor’s
degree in human services field preferred.
- Licensure as a WV
Social Worker helpful.
- Experience in a
residential child care setting desired.
- Valid driver’s license
with safe driving record.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of and/or
experience with developmental stages of children, adolescents, and
families.
- Displaying the level of emotional maturity
necessary to hold one’s self accountable for one’s own actions while
also holding other’s accountable for their actions.
- Ability to be a
positive leader and member of the residential childcare team.
- Ability to establish
confidence and trust among clientele and colleagues.
- Commitment to
family-focused theory and treatment approach.
Contact us at
admin@familyconnectionsinc.org. Three letters of professional reference
must accompany your letter of interest and resume. |
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