Employment Opportunities
It is the policy of Family Connections to grant equal employment
opportunity to all qualified persons
without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, or age. It is the
intent of Family Connections that equal employment opportunity will be
provided in hire, tenure, terms, conditions, and privileges of
employment and any other matter directly or indirectly related to
employment.
Position: Child Care Worker (Full-time and Part-time)
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:
- Full-time workweek consists of a rotating shift, all days of the week,
for forty hours per week. Overtime is by supervisory approval.
- Substitute position is part-time, covering for full-time staff
on leave.
- Some travel required.
- 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.
