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 experience)

What We Offer:

An outstanding benefits package and numerous opportunities for career growth and advancement within our organization.

• 13 Paid Holidays per year including Cesar Chavez & Juneteenth
• Earn up to 22 days of PTO
• 401(k) with no wait period and no vesting schedule
• 401(k) matching up to 4%
• Medical insurance offering 3 HMO with Kaiser and Health Net, and also a PPO Plan
• The Difference Card- Employer-funded benefit that works alongside an employee's health insurance plan to help offset out-of-pocket costs like copays, deductibles, and coinsurance.
• Dental insurance both HMO & PPO options, with 100% employer paid for HMO employee only coverage plan
• Vision insurance offers 100% employer-paid vision plan through EyeMed for you and your entire family
• Life and AD&D insurance 100% employer-paid up to two times the annual salary
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and/or Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long Term Disability insurance 100% employer paid
• This role is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Supports the Campus Support Office Facility Manager with their duties during times of crisis or when additional support is 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 responses 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.
• 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
• 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.

Hillsides is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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