Youth Care Worker

Hearts with Hope Foundation; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

A community service organization in Texas is seeking a Direct Care Counselor to provide a safe and supportive environment for children and adolescents. The role involves supervising youth, maintaining documentation, and fostering positive relationships. Candidates should possess skills in mentorship and life skills education. This position includes various responsibilities aimed at promoting emotional stability and self-esteem in clients, ensuring a loving, stable atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and adolescents in a supportive capacity.
• Strong interpersonal skills for mentoring and relationship building.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Supervise youth at all times.
• Maintain detailed, timely and accurate documentation.
• Interact directly with youth and build positive relationships.
• Assist in planning and executing group activities.
• Positively reinforce children’s efforts and accomplishments.
• Familiarize with each child's history and needs.
• Complete maintenance request forms as needed.
• Ensure safekeeping of belongings.
• Serve meals according to menu or special needs.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Provide life skills education according to curriculum.
• Inform youth about transitional support services.
• Complete inventory of resident’s items.
• Meet all Safety Standards.
• Provide transportation for clients as needed.
• Complete 50 hours of annual training.
• Communicate effectively with incoming staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervising youth

Building positive relationships

Providing life skills education

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Purpose

The Direct Care Counselor provides a safe, supportive, supervised and structured environment for children and adolescents which promotes fundamental life skills through spiritual enlightenment, emotional stability, physical well-being, self-esteem building and trauma informed care. Mentoring and building positive relationships with appropriate boundaries as the children and adolescents perform daily activities within the guidelines of the home is key. The Direct Care Counselor maintains structure and consistency within HWHF while operating a loving, caring, stable environment for clients.

Responsibilities

• Supervise youth at all times;
• Maintain detailed, timely and accurate documentation;
• Interact directly with youth and build positive relationships with appropriate boundaries;
• Assist in planning and executing group, program and recreational activities;
• Positively reinforce children’s efforts and accomplishments;
• Become familiar with child’s history which includes habits, interests, and special needs;
• Ensure maintenance request form is filled out on all needed repairs and property damage;
• Ensure the safeguard of moneys belonging to HWHF or its clients;
• Serve meals to each youth according to menu or special needs;
• Maintain work environment free of recognized hazards;
• Provide life skills education to youth according to the curriculum;
• Inform youth on their transitional support services;
• Keep facility clean and sanitized;
• Complete quarterly inventory of each resident’s items;
• Meet all Safety Standards
• Provide transportation for clients to and from appointments, school, visits and activities as needed;
• Complete a minimum of 50 hours of in-service training hours annually in child-care services;
• Ensure continuity of care for children through effective communication with incoming staff about each child’s activities and behavior during the previous shift and any verbal or written information or instructions given by other professionals; and
• Other duties as assigned.