Youth Care Counselor (Overnight)

Job DetailsJob Location

• OYHFS Youth
• Learning
• Center (Highland
• Park) -
• Los
• Angeles,
• CA 90042Salary
• Range: $21.50 - $21.50
• HourlyPosition
• Summary: The TLS Youth Care Counselor (YCC) (Night Shift) provide for the supervision, care and protection of all residents during night hours. The YCC helps develop an atmosphere within the TLS Program where residents can learn to live more independently and establish themselves as a young adult. A large part of the YCC’s role is to provide support and supervision to assist residents with career, education, and permanent housing goals; assist with meeting physical and emotional needs; managing social demands; training and guiding young adults in the TLS program as needed, within the night shift role. Essential

Duties and Responsibilities

Include: Provide nightly oversight, protection and care of residents. Implements limits within the living setting by enforcing housing guidelines on a consistent level. Provide role modeling, understanding, and guidance in order to promote self-awareness within the resident, while promoting independent living skills. Provided for the residents' emotional and physical well-being. Familiarizes self with the principles of trauma informed care and harm reduction, to assist residents in addressing their needs and functioning effectively with a shared living setting. Document nightly log notations with regular status updates and maintain communications with Emergency Response Command Post social workers, to assess possible emergency placements. Attends and participates in mandatory trainings, staff meeting and in-services, as required. Maintains resident records, incident logs and nightly log entries. Report and document all special incidents, per protocol. Ability to verbally communicate well with others. Other duties as assigned. Required Education, Training, Experience and/or Certification: B.A./B.S. degree required and/or equivalent related experience. Personal characteristics to be able to work effectively with the residential setting, as well as adequate knowledge, skills and experience. Ability to be comfortable with the adolescents and be responsive to their needs. Possesses the moral integrity, sense of values and a social commitment of the highest standards as required of all staff dealing with adolescents and young adults. Able to handle crises. Must be able to work four (4) 10-hour shifts each week, weeknights and/or weekends (8:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.) CPR/First Aid certification (or ability to obtain). All employees, regardless of position, serve as role models for children and adolescents who are served by our Agency. Therefore, each employee must at all times be emotionally stable and able to function effectively with children, adolescents and adults who may have mental or behavioral health problems. The employee must be able to demonstrate appropriate daily behavior, appropriate expression of emotions, as well as appropriate role modeling. Valid California driver’s license, current automobile insurance; have and maintain a clean driving record acceptable to the organization’s insurance company. Must be able to pass a fingerprint background investigation. Must be able to pass a TB test, physical exam, and drug screening. Physical Demands: The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential competencies and job duties of this position. The Human Resources Department will explore reasonable accommodations that could enable an employee who has a disability to perform the essential competencies of the position. Stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, utilize fingers, hands and arms up to 2/3 of the day. Lift items and assist clients with lifting items up to 25 pounds 1/3 of the day. Clear close and distance vision and be able to adjust the focus. Ability to operate a vehicle and recognize all street signs. Ability to transport youth safely. Ability to respond appropriately during crisis situations consistent with training and agency policy. Ability to communicate effectively across community and residential settings. Speak and listen to others in person and over the phone and video conferencing. Use keyboard and read from computer screen. Environmental Conditions: Ability to adjust to climate, outdoor and indoor conditions such as extreme heat, humidity and cold weather Occupational Safety & Health Standards: Every employee must comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders pursuant to Division 5 of the California Labor Code which are applicable to his or her own actions and conduct. Optimist Policies and Procedures: Every employee must comply with all organizational wide policies and procedures and those department specific policies and procedures that apply to this position. All agency employees must maintain confidentiality of client and case information and may not access information unless directly related to their job responsibilities and duties. All information in case records shall be confidential and shall be available only to the placement agency staff and personnel who need access for the performance of their duties, otherwise special consent is required. Qualifications