Youth Care Professional Full-time-Eastern Shore

About the role

The Youth Care Professional (YCP) provides 24/7 direct care and supervision to youth in a trauma-informed residential treatment setting. YCPs ensure safety, model healthy relationships, and support daily routines while fostering an environment of empathy, consistency, and respect, while adhering to professional boundaries. You will be trained in crisis prevention and intervention, and you will work side-by-side with clinical, education, and medical teams.

Essential Functions

• Approaches concerns, challenges, and opportunities with empathy, attention to detail, active listening, and curiosity.
• Consistently models EVERSTAND’s core values: Safety, Empathy, Relationships, and Impact.
• Honor differences, acknowledge uniqueness, and amplify all voices.
• Attend training and group experiences that strengthen Everstand’s commitment to staff wellness and belonging.
• Models the use of welcoming and respectful language.
• Consistently uses inclusive language in communication and documentation.
• Provide 24/7 line-of-sight/sound and/or enhanced supervision based on clinical guidance.
• Ensure a physically and emotionally safe environment in line with trauma-informed practices.
• Aid youth with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), including hygiene, grooming, and meals.
• Support and reinforce methods/techniques of clinical staff and participate in the treatment of residents in interaction, limit setting, therapeutic activities, and implementation of safety and treatment plans.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
• Respond to behavioral escalations using trained therapeutic crisis intervention (TCI) methods, when necessary.
• Participate in family engagement events held on-site, in the community, out of state, and/or at the family home, as applicable.
• Utilize program-approved and youth-guided techniques to build trusting, youth-guided relationships in alignment with Everstand’s Theory of Change.
• Support academic participation, extracurricular exploration, and the development of life skills.
• Maintain professional boundaries between self and residents to ensure the appropriateness of a therapeutic relationship.
• Document and communicate accurately and professionally with team members and supervisors.
• Administer and document medication following program guidelines (with certification).
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