Teen Parent Specialist II

Description Summary

Responsible for the overall wellbeing, care and supervision of adolescent mothers' ages 12-18. Young adults 18-21 years old and their children ages 0-5 years old. The Teen Parent Specialist works in providing services to clients in a residential setting and applies trauma informed practices to provide a safe and caring environment.

Position Responsibilities

• Plan, lead and implement parenting, educational, independent living skills, and recreational activities during your shift as assigned.
• Build a positive relationship with each program participant and foster positive connections with mothers and their children.
• Effectively manage the group of children assigned to you. Maintain and enforce agency policies and procedures to maintain youth rights and appropriate discipline.
• Actively engage with participants with the goal of fostering positive and age appropriate development of each participant.
• Meet deadlines and document completely and accurately in accordance with state licensing, contractors, and various funders.
• Engage in professional conduct as a representative of Seton Home with participants, staff, children, school staff, and anyone else who comes in contact with your role.
• Maintain positive culturally competent relationships with residents and staff.
• Document client progress and interactions via online database(s).
• Conduct yourself in a professional manner as a representative of Seton Home with participants, staff, children, school staff and anyone who comes in contact with your role.
• Follow reporting and notification protocol for serious incidents.
• Administer medication, as needed, to residents and their children.
• Provide input into development of resident treatment and service plans as appropriate to your supervisor.
• Learn and practice DFPS Client Youth Rights, Minimum Standards, contractor and funder requirements.
• Assume responsibility for transportation when needed to airport, court, activities, hospital emergencies, and other appointments as needed and when transporter is not available.
• Take care of tender age children 0-5 in the event that the mother refuses to parent child.
• Maintain and uphold agency policies regarding professional boundaries with clients.
• Apply de-escalation techniques and Emergency Behavior Intervention techniques as trained.
• Gain a working knowledge of policies.
• Possess maturity, sense of confidence and emotional stability.
• Complete all required professional development assigned in a timely manner.
• Be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Adhere to safety training and protocols on a daily basis, and take precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of self, and others.
• Protect the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service with the organization to include but not limited to client names and information, services rendered to clients, donors names and gifts, internal and external investigations or results of any investigations, and financial information.
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Moral is mandatory.
• Take a solution-oriented approach in their interactions and undertakings, as well as being a team member that promotes collaboration and commitment to the Mission and Vision of the organization.
• Attend and successfully complete New Employee Orientation and Training as mandated for the position.

Qualifications

• Must complete all required professional development assigned in a timely manner.
• Must be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Must adhere to safety training and protocols on a daily basis, and take precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of self, and others.
• Must protect the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service with the organization to include but not limited to client names and information, services rendered to clients, donors names and gifts, internal and external investigations or results of any investigations, and financial information.
• Must adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Moral is mandatory.