Residential Treatment Specialist (Full-time, Backend)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About The Program", "Position Objective And Summary", "Essential Functions And Responsibilities" (which includes subheadings like Job Knowledge Demonstration, Dorm and Client Behavior Management, Maintaining Safety/Security, Developing Therapeutic Relationships, Communication/Documentation, Professionalism and Work Conduct), "Education/Job Experience/Certification", "Special Knowledge And Qualifications", "Summary" (benefits). Also there is a "Benefits You Can Choose From" and "Benefits Provided At No Cost To You". So we need sections: About the role? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should map headings accordingly. We have "About The Program" -> could be "About the role". "Position Objective And Summary" maybe part of responsibilities? Could be "Responsibilities". "Essential Functions And Responsibilities" is definitely responsibilities. Could break into sub-sections? But we should only include sections when there is real specific content. We can have a single Responsibilities section containing all essential functions. Could also have Requirements (Education/Job Experience/Certification + Special Knowledge And Qualifications). Benefits section from Summary. No Pay or Schedule info, so omit those sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like equal opportunity etc. Also remove "UCAN is an equal opportunity employer..." line. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the program description, position objective, essential functions (list items), education/experience/certification, special knowledge/qualifications, benefits. We must use

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    . We need to decide structure: maybe sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Inside Responsibilities we could have subheadings? The instruction says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid subheadings but likely they want only those top-level headings. Could we include subheadings as

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    list. Similarly for Requirements we can combine Education/Job Experience/Certification and Special Knowledge And Qualifications into a single Requirements section with list. Benefits: we have two lists: Benefits You Can Choose From and Benefits Provided At No Cost To You. Could combine into one benefits list with maybe two sub-lists? But we can just make one
    with all benefits items. We must not invent or summarize away detail. Must preserve all substantive info. So we need to include each benefit item exactly as listed. Let's extract content. About The Program paragraph: "Residential (RES): also known as the Diermeier Therapeutic Youth Home in North Lawndale. The facility can serve 70 youth, most of whom come through DCFS, group homes, foster care and psychiatric hospitals. The around-the-clock facility is staffed by more than 150 employees who provide services to decrease problematic behaviors. The program provides life skills, tutoring, therapy, educational opportunities, programmatic activities, sporting and recreational events, camping, part-time employment opportunities, and arts and crafts, among other offerings. The goal at discharge is to have successfully engaged youth so they can transition to foster care or transitional living services. The accredited program is considered high end because of services and supports provided to youth with the most difficult behaviors." We'll put that in a

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    . Position Objective And Summary: "The Residential Treatment Specialist provides direct service to children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disorders in a residential setting. The position requires general supervision of residents, teaching appropriate daily living and social skills, implementation of the daily schedule, behavior management, crisis intervention, group work, implementation of recreational activities, report writing and records management, and overseeing all aspects of daily living for the residents. The RTS is expected to role model how to work cooperatively with their co-workers. They are also expected to conduct themselves in a professional, ethical, and therapeutic manner at all times with residents, resident family members, co-workers and individuals from outside UCAN." We'll include that in Responsibilities section maybe as prose before list? But we need to use

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    for detailed responsibilities. Essential Functions And Responsibilities includes many bullet-like sentences. We'll extract each sentence as a list item. Let's list them: - Supervises and monitors the whereabouts and activities of all assigned residents during the scheduled shift of a 24-hour day. - Maintains current knowledge through participation in mandatory training. - Understands the treatment goals of the program and the RTS role in residential treatment. - Uses knowledge of child development and childhood disorders, when intervening with residents. - Follows all UCAN policies and procedures in the performance of duties. - Utilizes available programs, resources and materials to meet the needs of the residents. - Is knowledgeable of the UCAN Clinical Philosophy and the residential program clinical model. - Understands and appropriately utilizes the established UCAN treatment interventions - Manages the behavior of residents through use of approved behavioral management interventions and works with residents toward the accomplishment of treatment goals. - Fairly and consistently enforces rules and applies appropriate consequences as needed. - Implements individual behavior management plans for residents on the dorm through a teamwork approach and makes suggestions to the team based on observations and interactions with the residents. - Appropriately and consistently implements behavior management interventions. - Effectively manages the daily routine and follows dorm schedules. - Effectively leads dorm based groups per level responsibilities. - Develops and implements dorm based programs per level responsibilities. - Assists residents in identifying behavioral alternatives and selecting appropriate behaviors. - Supervises and monitors the residents self-administration of medication. - Will be trained in the monitoring of physical vital signs such as; blood pressure, respiration, temperature, and heart rate; Subsequently will be expected to periodically perform such monitoring on the residents as needed. - Will be trained in the use of an intoximeter. Subsequently will be expected to periodically perform such monitoring on the residents as needed. - Will be trained in the procedure for administering a urine toxicology screen; Subsequently will be expected to perform such screening on the residents as needed. - Demonstrates a positive therapeutic approach with residents and reinforces positive behaviors. - Effectively addresses and resolves conflict between residents. - Maintaining Safety/Security Actually that's a heading; but we can treat as list items under that heading. However we decided not to use subheadings. We'll just continue list items: - Manages daily routines and monitors the safety conditions and overall cleanliness of the residential program - Provides transportation for residents as needed and within program guidelines - Maintains clean and orderly surroundings to minimize the opportunity for unsafe behaviors - Follows all policies, procedure, protocol and safety directives in order to create and maintain a consistent, predictable and safe environment - Demonstrate proficient skills and uses them appropriately during physical intervention - Maintains alertness to potentially unsafe situations and responds to maintain a safe environment for all - Monitors resident behavior to ensure that they are not a danger to themselves, other residents, or to staff - Developing Therapeutic Relationships Continue list: - Provides a positive, stable role model and authority figure for residents - Establishes and maintains a caring and therapeutic relationship with residents in care - Individually works with assigned "primary" residents and reports on primary resident's progress in team meetings - Uses understanding of the mental health diagnoses of clients when intervening to meet client needs - Considers any cultural factors that may be impacting the client or his/her level of participation in services - Participates in team meetings, supervisory sessions and other program meetings, on a regular basis - Establishes positive working relationships with team members, other ucan staff, and outside contacts who are involved with the residents - Works effectively with all members of the team (RTS’s, Therapist, Caseworker, etc.) and assists others who request help - Communication/Documentation Continue list: - Maintains the program records and daily logs, as well as appropriate internal documentation and computer data entry, through the use of Profile - Correctly completes daily routine management (Service Plans, Medicaid logs, etc.) - Communicates all critical incidents to the team on a timely basis - Uses written documentation correctly and completes on time - Prepares reports for team meetings and staffing in a thorough and timely basis - Clearly communicates observations, ideas, and plans to others through writing - Cooperates in the creation of “Special Programs” for the clients - Completes written documentation with accuracy and sufficient attention to detail, spelling, and grammatical correctness - Professionalism and Work Conduct Continue list: - Behaves with integrity, demonstrates high ethical standards, and displays a positive image of UCAN. - Acts in a professional manner at all times and maintains appropriate boundaries with clients. - Demonstrates accountability for results and keeps commitments to others. - Reports to work, meetings, training, and job related activities prepared and as scheduled. - Demonstrates openness and respect for cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients and co-workers. - Understands and supports UCAN’s standard of cultural proficiency and strives to meet it. - Responds to clients and their families, UCAN staff, DCFS, service providers and other stakeholders in a timely manner and ensures follow up to adequately address their need. - Performs other related tasks as required or assigned. That's a lot but we need to preserve all. Education/Job Experience/Certification: "High School Diploma or equivalent and less than 5 years of field experience required.Meets the criteria for Medicaid RSA (Rehabilitative Services Associate).Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certified or obtains within 30 days of employment.Physical ability to use TCI restraint techniques as required.First Aid/CPR certified or obtains within 30 days of employment.Valid driver’s license with approval/authorization by DCFS to transport children preferred.At least 21 years of age." We'll make list items. Special Knowledge And Qualifications: list items: - Completes written documentation with accuracy and sufficient attention to detail, spelling, and grammatical correctness. - Has an understanding of trauma-informed practice. - Has an understanding of Positive Youth Development. - Meets qualifications for Medicaid RSA. - Willingness to learn the UCAN Clinical Philosophy and the residential clinical model. - Willingness to become familiar with computers and learn to use programs such as Microsoft Word. - Ability to effectively communicate with staff and clients. - Is open and respectful of cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients and is willing and competent to work with a diverse client population. - Experience or ability to use computers for data entry, communication and report writing. - Must be able to work as a team member. Note there is duplication: "Completes written documentation with accuracy and sufficient attention to detail, spelling, and grammatical correctness." appears also in Communication/Documentation list. We'll keep both as they appear; but we might deduplicate? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines: we should keep them if they appear in original; but we might consider them as duplicated lines that we should remove? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." It says remove duplicated lines. So we should remove duplicated lines. The duplicated line appears in both Communication/Documentation and Special Knowledge And Qualifications. We should keep only one occurrence. Which one? Probably keep it in Special Knowledge And Qualifications? But we need to decide. Since it's duplicated, we remove one copy. We'll keep it in Special Knowledge And Qualifications (makes sense as a qualification). We'll remove from Communication/Documentation list. Also there may be other duplicates: "