PT Youth Residential Direct Care Specialist-Weekends

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with youth in a group home setting, providing guidance, supervision, and positive role modeling during weekend hours.
• Build life skills, manage behaviors, and help youth reach personal goals.
• 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.
• Teach and reinforce life skills (communication, hygiene, responsibility).
• 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.
• Manage living, dining, educational, recreational areas to provide a clean, organized environment for students.
• 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.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Childcare experience in a residential setting with similar population of children preferred.
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, with the ability to learn new software applications.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Vision and Dental Insurance available.
• Generous time off including up to 15 days per year for new full-time employees, plus 11 holidays, and 5 sick days.
• Extensive training to new staff.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $3,000 per fiscal year.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match.
• Employer paid Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, plus Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
• And more!

Schedule

Weekends part-time 8-4 or 2- midnight schedules available.

Pay

Competitive salaries offered.