FT Youth Residential Direct Care Specialist

About the role

Make a real impact every single day. Join our team and help create a safe, supportive, and structured environment where youth can grow, heal, and succeed. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing prior experience, we provide the training and support you need to thrive. As a Youth Residential Direct Care Specialist, you’ll work directly with youth in a group home setting, providing guidance, supervision, and positive role modeling during weekend hours. You’ll play a key role in helping youth build life skills, manage behaviors, and reach personal goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily supervision and ensure a safe, structured environment
• Build supportive, professional relationships with youth
• Assist with routines, meals, activities, and transitions
• Support behavioral and emotional needs using trauma‑informed approaches
• Teach and reinforce life skills (communication, hygiene, responsibility)
• Supervise and coordinate activities of daily living for students, including hygiene, clothing, chores, and other activities
• Assist children with the transition from each scheduled activity
• Provide First Aid appropriately as needed
• May plan and participate in activities with clients/students on an individual and small group (less than 6) level in accordance with treatment plans and goals
• Teach age‑appropriate life skills and social skills through modeling, counseling, and other techniques
• Participate in groups and activities designed to enhance growth and development
• Participate in off‑campus recreational/educational activities
• Manage living, dining, educational, recreational areas to provide a clean, organized environment for students
• Ensure adequate supervision of students through coordination of care with other staff
• Provide group and individual behavior support and intervention as trained, including the use of TCI appropriate physical restraint as necessary
• Coordinate medical and emergency situations with the supervisor
• Communicate through written and verbal means with other program staff on positive skills and accomplishments as well as difficult or challenging client issues
• Complete all assigned paperwork including time sheet, level card, goal/level tracking, incident reporting, and 51A’s in a thorough and timely manner
• Attend trainings
• Participate in supervision meetings with supervisor
• May be asked to prepare weekend meals
• If required to transport clients, maintain the minimum liability insurance as required by The Home and/or other regulatory requirements and keep vehicle registration current
• Being physically active for an 8‑10 hour shift
• Participating in verbal de‑escalation and physical intervention with youth
• Multi‑tasking in a changing and fast‑paced treatment environment
• Receiving and implementing feedback in the moment and through a structured supervision process