Job description

Join our team! We are growing and need dedicated staff to work directly with the youth we serve. **Hiring Bonus up to $750 for candidates who can start by 6/10/23**

Position Title: Youth Development Specialist - Direct Care

Reports to: Residential Supervisor

*Currently Seeking Full-time roles in our Des Plaines, Skokie and Elk Grove Locations*

Full Time: Monday-Friday: 3p-11p, 11p-7a

Part Time: Sat/Sun 7a-3p, 3p-11p, 11p-7a

Essential Functions:

1. Direct Care Youth Service: Provides supervision and support to residents in The Harbour's Transitional Living Programs.

Emergency Shelter Program or Transitional Living Programs of The Harbour. This includes:

a. Developing and maintaining positive relationships with youth in care.

b. Taking on the responsibility of being a Primary YDS for at least one youth in the house.

c. Teaching daily living skills.

d. Reviewing documentation regarding employment, school and savings.

e. Providing crisis intervention and milieu counseling.

f. Maintaining a physically and emotionally safe environment.

2. Documentation: Documents resident activities and behaviors in client files and communication logs per agency procedures.

This includes:

a. Medication records.

b. Critical incident reports.

c. Progress notes daily on each youth.

d. Maintaining the house calendar.

e. Completing clothing inventories twice per year with assigned youth.

3. Teamwork: Works collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement plans for both individual youth and the living group as a whole.

This includes:

a. Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all team members.

b. Communicating concerns across shifts.

c. Participating actively as a staff member in groups scheduled during working hours.

d. Maintain positive relationships with colleagues internally and externally, referral sources, client family members and the community.

4. Administration: Ensures that the site operates in physically safe and financially responsible manner

including:

a. Takes responsibility for daily and ongoing maintenance of the facility including management of petty cash.

b. Completes maintenance forms and follows through on repairs and other household maintenance issues.

c. Distributes petty cash and obtains necessary signatures from youth.

d. Maintains and turns in receipts for petty cash expenditures.

5. Professional Growth: Participates in supervision and staff development and displays the ability to utilize and integrate material presented in training and supervision.

This includes:

a. Completion of 80 hours of agency required training.

b. Obtains and maintains certification in First Aid and CPR

c. Participates in weekly supervision, brings issues into supervision, and demonstrates that material covered in supervision is utilized in job performance.

d. Attends at least 10 hours of in-service or external trainings annually and demonstrates that material presented is integrated into practice.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

1. BA, BS, or BSW in human service field or 5 years of experience and 60 credit hours.

2. Experience with adolescent/young adult population.

3. Valid Illinois driver's license and access to a car.

4. Meets DCFS requirements for transporting clients

5. Operate kitchen equipment: stove, coffee maker, microwave, deep-fryer.

6. Operate office equipment: fax machines, copier machine, phone, calculator, computer.

7. Walk up and down stairs at least 20 times in a shift.

8. Supervise residents via direct eye contact and observing behavior.

9. Lift bags of groceries and boxes of donated items up to 20 lbs.

10. Write reports and write in logs and client files.

11. Move household furniture of weight up to 25 lbs. and moving it a distance of at least 12 feet to arrange and re-arrange home.

12. Is computer proficient and can write reports and record in client files.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
PPE is provided to all staff and youth. Professional Disinfectant services, and cleaning routines.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Skokie, IL: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Are you multilingual?

Experience:

• Youth: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Driver's License & Insured Vehicle (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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