YOUTH CARE WORKER

About the role

Nestled in the Sierra foothills of California, Yosemite Treatment Center located on the Sierra Ridge Campus is a licensed Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program that offers individual, group, and family therapy, as well as evidence-based skill and rehabilitation groups. Yosemite Treatment Center embraces a strengths-based approach within a least restrictive program model and normalized high school environment. Here youth become part of a cohesive, supportive, dynamic community of peers and highly qualified staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety and around-the-clock supervision for the youth in our program and provide an atmosphere that is supportive of the needs of the students
• Monitor and document student behaviors and activities
• Participate and assist with educational, social, athletic, and recreational activities
• Work in collaboration with other professional staff to establish and/or meet the goals of each student’s treatment plan

Requirements

• Be empathetic, patient, and treat others with respect
• Have a desire to work with troubled teens
• Be at least 21 years of age
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent and one (1) year of previous experience employed as a full-time staff at an adolescent group home, short-term residential therapeutic program, or substance abuse treatment program
• Have a bachelor’s degree or Valid Child Development Teaching Permit or 12 Semester Units of Early Childhood Education, Adolescent Development, or Psychology
• Be able to pass a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and TB test

Qualifications

• Be able to pass a search of the child abuse central registry

Skills

• Empathy
• Patience
• Treatment planning skills
• Therapeutic communication skills

Benefits & Perks

• $1,500.00 Sign on Bonus
• (Essential Skills Training $1,000.00 at 3 months, & $500.00 at 6 months)
• Medical insurance on the first of the month following 60 days of full-time employment
• The rest of the Rite of Passage Benefits Package immediately after 90 days of full-time employment
• 403b match of up to 6% after 1 year of employment
• Paid Time Off that can be used as soon as it accrues

Pay

Starting at $19.00 per hour

Schedule

• 3.5 days per week: A Shift ~ Sunday/Monday/Tuesday ~ 12-hour shift with 2-hour break and Wednesday ~ 8-hour shift with 1 hour break
• B Shift ~ Thursday/Friday/Saturday ~ 12-hour shift with 2-hour break and Wednesday ~ 8-hour shift with 1 hour break.