Residential Care Specialist - Boys Home - Sagamore
Company: Southeastern Integrated Care LLC
Location: Pembroke
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
Summary: The Residential Care Specialist at Sagamore Services a
division of Southeastern Integrated Care, provides direct care to
the children in the residential treatment program by providing a
safe therapeutic home-like setting in a positive, consistent, and
structured environment. This includes mental health support and
documentation based on service goals and plans for each client.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Child Treatment &
Development:
- Must adhere to the Agency philosophy and mission
statement.
- Administers therapeutic treatment to the clients.
- Plans, provides, and supervises the daily activities to build
self-esteem and appropriate peer interaction for each client.
- Significant events and behavior shall be documented and
communicated in process notes each shift.
- Responsible for the direct supervision of clients.
- Exhibits a positive upbeat attitude to encourage client
interaction.
- Responsible for medication administration, after successful
completion of probation, supervisor's recommendation and passing
medication administration training and testing which includes
direct observation by an assigned staff.
- Responsible for planning and documenting visits and/or
telephone calls (under guidance by Supervisors and the Program
Manager) and following each client's visitation/telephone
schedule.
- Builds a safe and positive relationship with each client using
basic principles of reality therapy without punitive approaches
while providing engaging, nurturing structure.
- Understands the cultural diversity of clients and team members
to better serve our clients.
- Develops mutually respectful relationships with our clients and
their families.
- Appropriately intervenes to meet the needs of clients to gain
skills and confidence to address issues or problems as they take
place.
- Works as a partner with other team members.
- Teaches and models healthy and safe relationships.
- May be responsible for the direct supervision of clients with
sexualized behaviors.
- For Paraprofessionals, under the supervision of a Qualified or
Associate Professional, the Paraprofessional will administer
therapeutic treatment to the clients.
- Ensures client's needs for special services are addressed with
program leadership Administrative & Training
- Attends and completes Sagamore's extensive training program
designed to teach crisis prevention, intervention, and safety.
- Attends other in-service training as required.
- Must have the ability to read and interpret documents and write
routine reports and correspondence.
- Adheres to all Anderson Health Services policies and
procedures. Daily Living: --- Responsible for the daily living
requirements for each client.--- Must actively participate in the
daily milieu.--- Teaches and models independent living skills as it
relates to the client population.--- Assists/teaches clients how to
complete their laundry.--- Maintains clothing requirements for
clients and documents specific clothing needs.--- Monitors,
teaches, and assists the clients with their daily chores.---
Responsible for preparing all meals in the cottage or
teaching/assisting the clients with this.--- Submits maintenance
requests as needed.--- Maintains the grocery requirements for the
cottage in conjunction with program guidelines.--- Ensure that all
areas of the cottage are adequately cleaned.--- Staff must always
remain awake during their shift. Other Duties:
- Performs other related duties as required and assigned by
supervisor.
- Flexibility in job schedule to accommodate needs of the
cottage.
- Transport clients in Agency vehicles off-campus to assist with
emergency transportation needs, medical appointments, and routine
off campus outings.
- Facilitates activities that are developmentally appropriate,
and trauma informed.
- Oversee cleanliness and order of campus and buildings.
- Reports and responds to incidents as required by policy,
procedure and circumstances.
- Supports the implementation of effective crisis co-regulation
strategies that minimize the usage of physical restraints.
Qualifications:Education/Experience
- This entry-level position requires a high school diploma, GED,
or associate degree with preferably a minimum of two years of
population specific experience working with children ages 12-17
with emotional difficulties.
- Four-year degree in Human Service or related field
preferred.
- Must have a valid driver's license with a good driving record.
Must have the ability to respond effectively within and cope with
an environment that can be extremely stressful on the mind and
body. Position requires driving agency vehicles as well as
transporting clients. A valid NC driver's license, at least three
years of driving with a driver's license and clean driving record
are required.
- All potential job candidates must pass a drug screening test
and an extensive background check. Physical Requirements: Will
frequently perform a wide variety of physical tasks such as
standing, walking, running, stooping, bending, climbing stairs, and
lifting of individuals, which requires strength, coordination,
endurance, and agility. In addition, there may be occasional
contact with hostile individuals, and incumbents may be subjected
to physical and verbal abuse while restraining children and
adolescents. The employee must maintain sufficient physical agility
and stamina to intervene with violent, unruly, or uncooperative
children and adolescents and must be able to exert the minimum
necessary strength to restrain and subdue the youth. The employee
must be agile enough to control and rapidly extricate him/herself
and children and adolescents from buildings in case of an
emergency. The employee must be capable of running a distance as
required in the prevention of a client absconding. Persons with any
medical problems such as joint problems, obesity, arthritis, or
cardiopulmonary conditions, where it would be unwise or not
possible to engage in moderate physical exertion should not be
considered.
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Keywords: Southeastern Integrated Care LLC, Wilson , Residential Care Specialist - Boys Home - Sagamore, Other , Pembroke, North Carolina
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