Therapeutic Child Care Provider (Mother's Making A Change Program)

Highland Rivers Health in; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Benefits

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Public Student Loan Forgiveness

NHSC loan forgiveness

Clinical supervision for licensure

Job summary

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is seeking a Therapeutic Child Care Provider for the Mother's Making A Change Program (Finance). The role involves direct care and supervision of infants, toddlers, and young children within a 24/7 residential gender-specific facility, supporting mothers in treatment and ensuring children's safety.

This position focuses on promoting development through structured activities, parenting education, and collaboration with treatment teams while upholding

Responsibilities

• Provides therapeutic supervision of infants, toddlers, and children in a 24/7 residential gender-specific facility.
• Organizes, prepares, and leads activities promoting physical, mental and social development.
• Adapts teaching methods and materials to meet children's varying needs and interests.
• Facilitates parenting education groups for parents on reinforcement, bonding, development, and prevention.
• Models nurturing guidance to parents while upholding therapeutic boundaries.
• Observes and evaluates children's progress in behavior, social development, and health.
• Prepares and maintains records of children's progress and services delivered; reports changes to parents and supervisor.
• Participates in weekly treatment team meetings as directed by supervisor.
• Performs housekeeping duties and maintains facility environment of care.
• Ensures high quality, compassionate, and ethical delivery of services; assists with compliance.
• Intervenes in acute crises as needed; assists in training co-staff as needed.
• Maintains confidentiality per agency policies and HIPAA.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Therapeutic Child Care Provider (Mother's Making A Change Program) (Finance)

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities. This is a gender specific program; only female candidates will be considered.

Job Summary:

The Therapeutic Child Care Provider performs direct care services to promote, encourage, and ensure efficient operation of the women's program, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of program participants' children, including infants, toddlers, and school age children. Seeking to contribute to the success of the women's program, as well as the agency as a whole, the Therapeutic Child Care Provider successfully carries out daily tasks including assisting with daily living activities, monitoring of participants' children's progress, and facilitation of life skills groups, through acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Are you ready to make a Difference?

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides therapeutic supervision of infants, toddlers, and children with emotional and/ or behavioral challenges, residing in a 24/7 residential gender-specific, trauma-responsive substance abuse treatment facility with their parents.
• Organizes, prepares, and leads activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as creative play, interactive games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and community activities.
• Adapts teaching methods and instructional materials to meet children's varying needs and interests.
• Facilitates parenting education groups with parents, including but not limited to education on positive reinforcement, bonding, developmental stages, and drug and alcohol prevention.
• Models strong interactive skills and provides nurturing guidance to parents to enhance their parenting skills, with respect to appropriate therapeutic boundaries.
• Observes and evaluates children's progress in terms of behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Prepares and maintains records of children's progress and services delivered, reporting changes in condition to parents and manager/supervisor.
• Participates in weekly treatment team meetings as directed by direct supervisor.
• Performs housekeeping duties, such as cleaning, washing clothes, dishes, running errands, and inspection of facilities in accordance with environment of care.
• Ensures and provides high quality, compassionate, and ethical delivery of services to improve program and organizational performance.
• Assists with service-related compliance.
• Intervenes, stabilizes and manages acute crisis situations as needed.
• Assists in training co-staff in areas relating to service specialties as needed.
• Maintains confidentiality for all indirect/direct service in accordance with agency policies and HIPPA policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day
• Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
• Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.