Youth Direct Care Specialist Supervisor - Weekend/Third Shift

Gracehaven Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Gracehaven Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, seeks a Direct Care Specialist to provide trauma-informed, youth-focused care in a Gracehaven group home. You will build trust, establish safety, and support youth through individualized attention.

In this role you will document behaviors, follow policies, supervise outings, and collaborate with custodial agencies, families, and county workers. A strong commitment to respectful, faith-informed care is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience applying trauma-informed care principles.
• Ability to build rapport and maintain professional boundaries.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain trauma-informed environment and stay compliant with relevant regulations.
• Establish safety and rapport with youth through individualized attention.
• Document client behaviors and keep records up to date.
• Share information about resident care for continuity between shifts.
• Coordinate community outings and supervise staff to uphold a safe environment.
• Support staff supervision and ensure policies and guidelines are followed.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Interpersonal communication

Documentation

Team supervision

Job description

GOAL: To provide high quality, trauma-informed, direct care to youth living in the Gracehaven group home and to facilitate positive interactions with all individuals related to a youth’s placement.

KEY OBJECTIVES

• Responsible for Building Trust
• Responsible to Establish Safety
• Responsible to Love Unconditionally
• Responsible to Offer Life-giving Hope
• Responsible to Empower Youth Direct Care Specialists
• Embrace and fulfill COYFC spiritual responsibilities

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To, The Following

Responsible for Building Trust

• Maintain Trauma-informed environment by staying ODJFS compliant
• Establish good rapport with youth through client focused individualized attention
• Build trust by maintaining a posture of learning from the youth

Responsible to Establish Safety

• Observing and documenting client behaviors, ensuring client records and shift notes are up to date and according to standard
• Uphold all OAC policies and Youth Handbook procedures
• Share information about resident care with oncoming shift for continuity of care
• Ensure a safe and stable environment of trauma-informed care

Responsible to Love Unconditionally

• Love unconditionally by showing Gracehaven youth healthy relational attention and demonstrating to them they are worthy of adults who care for them
• Participate in and supervise community outings and events for youth
• Maintain professionalism with custodial agencies, families and county workers

Responsible to Offer Life-Giving Hope

• Encourage the girls towards their goals
• Implement Individual Service Plan
• Attend Staff meetings and trainings as required.

Responsible to Empower Youth Direct Care Specialists

• Hold bi-weekly one-on-one supervision with full-time staff
• Make sure Staff are maintaining a trauma-informed ethos
• Ensure Staff are keeping policies and ODJFS compliant
• Interview referrals and establish intake process for residential staff
• Maintain ongoing trauma informed training hours, in compliance with ODJFS
• On-call one week a month, responsible for sending all CIRS that week.

Spiritual Responsibilities

Because the overriding religious purpose and mission of Youth for Christ, USA, including Gracehaven, is to communicate and introduce the Gospel of Jesus Christ to young people and their families, and in that regard to make, educate and encourage lifelong disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is very important that you as an employee in the movement of Youth for Christ be recognized as an associate minister of the Gospel.

As an employee of Youth for Christ and a minister of the Gospel, COYFC/Gracehaven expects all employees to:

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within Gracehaven.
• Regularly share the gospel message with students who come into contact with COYFC ministries
• Regularly pray for and with other group home staff as a part of your ongoing supervision and coaching