Youth Independent Living Overnight Support Specialist, PT

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

Job summary

Intercept Youth Services seeks an Overnight Support Specialist for Youth Quest. You will act as a positive role model, assist with resident transition plans, life skills training, transportation, and daily administrative duties.

The position requires a human services degree or a high school diploma with relevant experience working with children and families. Equal opportunity employer with a drug-free workplace policy.

Qualifications

• Requires strong interpersonal communication to gain resident cooperation and support.
• Experience enabling life skills learning, supervision, and transportation.
• Demonstrated ability to document incidences and maintain accurate records in resident charts.

Responsibilities

• Use good interpersonal communication to gain resident cooperation and resolve conflicts.
• Provide transportation, accompany and supervise residents on outings and appointments.
• Guide residents in personal hygiene, housekeeping, and life skills activities; assist with meals and chores.
• Exercise fair, firm and consistent behavioral management.
• Supervise medication administration as appropriate.
• Document incidents in logs and resident charts with accuracy.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Transportation

Life skills coaching

Documentation

Education

Human services Bachelor's degree

High School diploma with 1 year experience

Job description

Overnight Support Specialist - Youth Quest

$17-$20/hour

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 Excellece - \"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 Overnight Support Specialist for Intercept Health's Youth Quest, you will serve as a positive role model for residents to observe and learn socially effective values, attitudes and behaviors. They 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 Required:

The selected candidate will 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 view a copy of the complete position description, and to learn 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.