Youth Independent Living Evening Support Specialist, PT

Intercept Youth Services, Inc; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $2,000

Work at Lakeside & Central locations

Job summary

Intercept Health is seeking an Evening Support Specialist for YouthQuest in Virginia. The role involves guiding residents in daily living skills, supervising activities, and assisting with transportation and life-skills learning, with a schedule that predominantly covers evenings and weekends.

You will support residents in meals, hygiene, housekeeping, and charting progress, while maintaining professional boundaries and safety.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal communication to gain resident cooperation.
• Ability to supervise residents on outings and activities.
• Experience guiding personal hygiene, housekeeping, and meals.

Responsibilities

• Use interpersonal skills to gain cooperation and resolve conflicts with residents.
• Provide transportation and accompany residents to outings and appointments.
• Supervise medications and document incidents in logs.
• Monitor curfew and report to Life Skills Coach or Supervisor.
• Record accurate resident behavior data in charts.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Transportation

Life skills coaching

Education

Human services bachelor’s degree OR high school diploma with 1 year experience

Job description

Evening Support Specialist - Youth Quest

Now offering a $2000 sign on bonus!

$17-$20/hour

The schedule for this position is primarily late evenings & weekends.

This position will be expected to work out of both Lakeside and Central locations.

Intercept Health is a family-owned agency serving various mental and behavioral health, substance use, and foster care needs in Virginia. In 1996, what started as a single group home for boys has evolved year after year to fill gaps and meet the service needs of families and communities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"We help people grow and live their healthiest lives."

Our team members exhibit our VALUES - STOP & ASK:

• Service Excellence - "WOW" clients, customers, and coworkers.
• Team Loyalty - help others succeed.
• Ownership - "see it, own it, solve it, do it."
• Passion - inspire with positive energy and effort.
• Authenticity - be genuine and trustworthy.
• Solution Focused - overcome challenges with creativity.
• Kindness - smile, encourage, and respect everyone.

As Evening Support Specialist for Intercept Health's YouthQuest, you will serve as a positive role model for residents to observe and learn socially effective values, attitudes and behaviors. You will contribute to the formulation and implementation of the resident transitional living plan and assist with life skills learning, transportation, and administrative duties.

Responsibilities

• Use good interpersonal communication skills to gain resident cooperation and resolve resident conflicts. Interact with all residents while maintaining appropriate relationships which do not allow self-disclosure of personal or social information to residents.
• Provide transportation, accompany, and directly supervise residents on outings, activities and appointments in the community.
• Guide residents in personal hygiene techniques and the proper care of their condominiums. Assist residents in meal preparation steps. Guide and instruct residents in proper housekeeping and laundry procedures; review completion of weekly chores.
• Exercise fair, firm and consistent use of behavioral system.
• Supervise the administration of medications as appropriate.
• Check each condominium to ensure residents are in by curfew, working, or on an approved pass. Document all incidences in communication log and contact the Life Skills Coach or Program Supervisor. Record accurate and complete information in the resident chart pertaining to: resident behavior, critical incidents, AWOLs, restrictions, unusual sleep patterns, etc.

Education And Experience

• The Evening Support Specialist shall have a human services Bachelors degree (Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Special Education, etc) OR a High School diploma with at least one year of experience working with children and/or families.

To learn more about the Youth Independent Living Program, check out the following video.

To review the full job description and to more about Intercept Health, please visit: www.intercepthealth.com

Intercept Health is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in the workplace. We are also committed to providing a drug-free, safe workplace for our employees and the clients we serve. For more information about Intercept Health, please visit our website www.intercepthealth.com.

Salary: $17 - $20 per hour