Milieu Counselor (Youth Care Worker) - LTGH
Description
Shifts: Full Time, Overnight shift.
- Overnight Shift : Sunday - Wednesday from 9:30pm-8am.
Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:
- Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
- Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
- Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
- Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
- Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
- Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
- Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves
- Equity - Assuring all can survive and thrive
About the Program: ORR Immigrant Youth Services - LTGH
Our Long-Term Home provides services to up to 20 adolescents at one time (ages 14-17 years old) in a co-ed residential facility setting. The youth, typically from Latin America and occasionally other countries live in our Long-Term Group Home, while they await family reunification or other placement options. They attend public school and other community activities.
Goal: Seeking candidate with childcare experience to support and supervise adolescents living in Morrison’s Long Term Group Home serving immigrant youth.
Job Summary:
The program works with adolescents in a residential facility. The Youth Care Worker/Milieu Counselor (MC) provides direct supervision of youth in care and maintains effective line-of-sight supervision at all times. MC assists with vocational and daily living skills and is involved in working one-on-one, in groups and school settings, provides transportation and guidance for safety during resident outings and participates in serving daily meals, depending on program requirements.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Provide effective supervision of milieu and youth activities according to the program’s daily schedule.
- Complete documentation of services in a timely manner, including internal incident reports and shift summaries.
- Transport and/or accompany youth to local appointments and other client outings.
- De-escalate youth using behavior management techniques and perform appropriate follow ups
- As a last resort, perform physical restraints of clients as needed following approved crisis intervention model methods.
- Administer medication to youth, including required documentation and disposal.
- Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
- Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to equity and inclusion in the workplace; model appropriate behaviors; develop, recommend, and implement improvements to business practices with awareness and understanding of the impact in a trauma-informed and culturally diverse organization.
Experience/Education Requirements:
- At least 21 years of age
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required (Diploma, GED or college transcripts required step of hiring process)
- Minimum of one year of employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual in Spanish and English, written, read and verbal strongly preferred.
Other Requirements:
- Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For further information review : https://www.opm.gov/suitability/suitability-and-credentialing-faqs/
- Proof of Vaccination (MMR, Varicella, DTap & Influenza annually)
- If bilingual in Spanish, must pass language proficiency testing
Physical Requirements:
- The person in this position needs to frequently move around the residential site including up stairs and on outings and possible travel
- Constantly positions self to maintain site, including under the desks and access supplies up high. and the ability to possibly perform physical restraints of clients.
- Position requires moving youth from different rooms in Milieu, checking on youth throughout Milieu, and transitioning activities with youth consistently.
- We serve youth that can become escalated in behavioral circumstances, and this position will be required to participate in and lead de-escalation frequently and physically de-escalate or restrain occasionally. Proper training on techniques that are safe for youth and staff is provided at time of hire.
- The person in this position frequently communicates with clients and staff with various inquiries. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations