Youth Care Worker

Responsibilities

You will facilitate a positive living environment for our teenage residents by offering support, encouragement, and guidance. The ability to understand the perspective of others is critical, and staff must truly care about the success of youth. You will work alongside residents to support achievement of treatment goals through engagement in healthy and productive daily activities by doing the following:

• Leading daily programming activities and promoting positive participation
• Engage with residents through recreational activities, groups, meals, and other aspects of daily living
• Responding to critical resident needs as they arise
• Participating in developing and maintaining a therapeutic, safe, and supportive environment
• Actively participating in house and team meetings
• Attending initial and ongoing training sessions

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must hold a valid driver’s license
• Able to type and document daily activities
• Must be caring and resilient
• Current student or graduate with a degree in human services, behavioral counseling, criminal justice, or a related field preferred but not required
• Previous experience working with an adolescent population preferred but not required

Benefits

• Initial and continuous training
• Flexible scheduling
• $1 per hour weekend shift differential pay
• Double holiday pay
• Retirement match and planning
• No cost Employee assistance program
• Eligible for a performance-based pay increase at 6 months and 1 year during the first year of employment, and then annually thereafter

Pay

• Typical shifts include: Weekdays - 3pm to 10pm, Weekends - 9am to 3pm, 3pm to 11pm, and midnight to 6am, Holidays (rotation) - 9am to 3pm, 3pm to 11pm, and midnight to 6am

Schedule

• The minimum shift requirement is one weekday shift per week and two shifts every other weekend.