Who We Are:
We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and
young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through
quality comprehensive services and advocacy. We envision a world in which
children and young adults, families, and communities are able to heal, grow,
and thrive.
Job Type: Full-time, Non-exempt Opportunity
Starting Salary Range: $20.14 - $25.00 per hour(based on
bilingual status and/or experience)
What We Offer:
An outstanding benefits package and numerous opportunities
for career growth and advancement within our organization.
- Sign on Bonus of $2000! Bonus split and paid in increments at 1st month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months of active employment.
- Bilingual stipend of $2,000-$4,000 for application positions
- 13
Paid Holiday per year including Cesar Chavez & Juneteenth, earn up to
22 days of PTO
- Flexible
work schedule
- This
role is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Medical
insurance offering 3 HMO with Kaiser and Health Net, and also a PPO Plan
- Dental
insurance both HMO & PPO options, with 100% employer paid for HMO
employee only coverage plan
- Life
and AD&D insurance 100% employer paid up to two times the annual
salary
- Long
Term Disability
- Flexible
Spending Account for Medical and Dependent Care
- 401k
Plan: Hillsides offers a standard 401k plan with employer match with
bi-level matching up to 5%; eligibility for enrollment in this plan is
upon the date of hire.
- Employee
Assistance Program
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.
The essential functions include:
- Responsible
for the overall supervision, care and protection of clients and staff
while on duty
- Supporting client participation in the program
in accordance with their needs, interest, and abilities as well as assisting
clients in safely managing problems or conflicts in the milieu
- Triages
client crises.
- Liaises
with local law enforcement and first responders during calls for support
- Supports
the Campus Support Office with completing Missing Person reports as
needed.
- Responding
to acting out behaviors of resident clients with trauma-informed
interventions including runaways, substance use, and behavioral challenges
- Utilization
of behavioral management techniques (Pro-ACT) to ensure client and staff
safety
- Assist
with planning all Off-Campus Activities in manner that ensures adequate
client to staff rations are maintained, client behaviors concerns are
considered, and ensures that client participation id determined based on
approvals to participate in off-campus outings and client is safe enough
to participate.
- Support
the Campus Support Office in checking in client visitors, as needed.
- Stay apprised of all main campus procedure related to emergency response to coordinate disaster preparedness procedures in the event of natural disasters, medical emergencies, campus lockdowns, evacuations and fire.
- Assist
Unit Supervisor and designated program with necessary special incident
reporting submission.
- Assist
Unit Supervisor with training and orientation of new Child Care Counselor
staff
- Assist
Unit Supervisor with maintaining recreation and leisure time and
educational needs for each child in the assigned unit
- Assist
Supervisor with identifying staff to transport clients to off-campus
appointments.
- Assist
with identifying staff members to monitor required visitation and/or
assist with monitoring visits to ensure client safety.
- Assist
Unit Supervisor in monitoring, balancing, and managing individual client clothing and allowance accounts on a weekly basis to ensure accuracy and accountability.
- Assist with monitoring cottage staff schedules
and ensure all child care worker hours are covered daily and weekly for
respective cottage to ensure adequate client to staff ratios are maintained,
for respective cottage, while working with other supervisors and the campus
support office to allocate support when needed.
- Supervise
and protect children individually and in groups at all times
- Help children
acquire socially acceptable habits of behavior, appearance and develop
improved personal relationships
- Help each
child relate to the group and to handle individual problems
- Be
involved in the social skills training of each resident
- Use appropriate
authority and discipline as necessary to set limits for behavior and help
each child develop his own capacity for self-control
- Participate
as a unit team member in the development of individual child care plans directed
toward return of the child to his own home or other appropriate placement
and able to present client progress towards
goals and concerns in weekly team meetings
- Display
maturity, emotional security, and temperament to care for children and
adolescent residents and exhibit good judgment and ability to get along
with other staff members
- Be
able to give residents individual understanding and affection
- Be
able to organize and participate in group discussions, conversation during
meals, recreation and art and music appreciation
- Be
able to structure and assist in various daily living skills which foster
independent functioning, including but not limited to grooming, shopping,
cooking, etc. Able to participate in CFT's as
needed.
- Be
able to organize, facilitate and participate in various leisure time
activities through cultivation of personal interests and join with the
children and adolescents in normal leisure activities such as dancing,
recreation, camping, etc.
- Engage
in recreational and/or therapeutic sports activities with clients as
needed
- Be
able to organize and participate in various activities such as games,
sports and exercise
- Be
available for and be able to integrate training as provided on a regular
basis
- Able
to drive for prolonged periods, stretch, reach, push, pull, bend, carry,
lift, run, and walk
- Assist
with the collection, organization, and submission of case documentation
- Assist with client and family tours as called
upon.
- Assist with client admission process when called
upon to determine what support clients would need.
- Assist with client admission by engaging client
upon arrival and provide information to client about program structure and
expectations.
- Assist with completion of required intake
documents and procedures as needed.
- Assist with client discharge process which may
include but is not limited to: transporting clients for discharge; ensuring
required discharge documents and procedures are completed and submitted to
appropriate staff members as needed.
- Assist with ensuring that the cottage is in
compliance with all state, federal, accreditation, and other governing body
requirements.
- Other
Duties as required.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE
& CERTIFICATES
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Minimum 1 year experience working with children
in a child care agency preferred
- Demonstrated ability to
supervise staff & provide leadership
- Valid California driver's
license, driving record and personal vehicle insurance acceptable to
Hillsides' insurance carrier
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE (TIC)
Hillsides practices Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles
which recognizes the signs, symptoms, and widespread impact of trauma;
Employees are asked to comprehensively integrate knowledge of Trauma Informed
Care into policies, procedures, and practices with the goal to prevent
re-traumatization which promotes healing of families, youth, individuals, and
communities.
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