Maternity Direct Care Provider – Weekend Shift

Place of Hope Inc; Lake Park (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Place of Hope Inc in Lake Park, Florida is seeking a dedicated professional responsible for providing direct care and supervision for clients. The role involves maintaining compliance with policies and procedures and ensuring comprehensive support for the clients' needs.

Applicants should possess a high school diploma with relevant experience, knowledge in child welfare, and proficiency in Word and Outlook.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and experience in a relevant program is required.
• General knowledge of child welfare and client care is necessary.
• Flexibility to handle various child welfare responsibilities is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and supervision for clients.
• Maintain compliance with policies and procedures.
• Coordinate day-to-day general business affairs.

Skills

General knowledge of child welfare and client care

Computer proficiency: Proficient in Word and Outlook

Flexibility to handle various child welfare and foster care client responsibilities

Education

High school diploma and one year relevant program experience

Job description

Responsible for providing direct care and supervision for clients

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma and one year relevant program experience
• General knowledge of child welfare and client care
• Flexibility to handle various child welfare and foster care client responsibilities
• Computer proficiency: Proficient in Word and Outlook

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

• Provide for the total care, teaching, nurturing, training, guiding, and supervision of a specific assigned group of clients.
• Maintain compliance with policies, procedures, rules, regulations, standards, and operating protocol at all times.
• Maintain all required trainings within required timeframes, including maternity trainings.
• Maintain home management, security, and required documentation.
• Complete all internal and DCF on-line incident reports as required.
• Responsible for meeting and ensuring all physical needs, medical needs, mental health needs, and any other areas of growth and concern of clients and their babies. This may include supporting children while on shift by taking them to the hospital when they are sick or in labor.
• Provide proper transportation for clients and babies.
• Provide crisis intervention services as needed.
• Participate in agency activities and development initiatives.
• Coordinate day to day general business affairs, to include but not be limited to coordination of the administrative offices, functions and other support employees, as well as interaction with vendors, suppliers, service providers, regulatory agencies, donors, and volunteers.
• Maintain accurate record keeping in charts, logbooks, records and licensing compliance to assure that best practices are in place and being utilized at all times.
• Provide and model proper upkeep and cleanliness of home, furnishings, and agency vehicles.
• Care for clients and/or babies that are homebound due to illness or school discipline.
• Provide on-going monitoring and supervision of all clients at all times.
• Support the social, educational, moral, emotional, spiritual, and cultural growth for all clients and act in the capacity of role model for these areas of development.
• Proactively compliment and encourage clients on doing something well in order to build self-confidence and respect. Describe appropriate skills and behaviors and practice same.
• Implement consequences or nonphysical discipline for appropriate or inappropriate behaviors in accordance with program.
• Teach clients appropriate social skills such as following instructions, giving and accepting feedback, greeting and conversational skills, helping others, and proper manners.
• Assist with providing moral and educational development for clients in their care.
• Attend or take clients to enriching services, extracurricular activities, meetings and events.
• Maintain records, case/progress notes and other required materials and generate reports. Complete all assignments accurately, completely, and on time.
• Instruct clients in independent living skills such as obtaining employment, comparative shopping, use of public transportation, and other necessary skills.
• Instruct clients in specific parenting techniques and ways to care for their babies such as feeding, bathing, dressing, etc.