Bilingual Youth Care Worker OVN - Seton Home
Description
Mission: Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home, education, and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.
Summary:
All Youth Care Workers may be required to work different shifts in order to meet program needs. Below is a basic description of the general tasks required to be completed throughout the day. The below tasks are only a general outline and other job duties will be assigned in order to meet program needs.
Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.
Position Responsibilities:
Shift Specific Expectation & Responsibilities
Overnight Routine
- *Conduct hourly bed checks throughout the night to ensure safety of residents.
- *Providing care for infants when residents ask for assistance.
- *Complete daily medication audit and email to appropriate personnel.
- *Computer related tasks: Document daily logs and incident reports using the internal database, ensure important information is included.
- *Clean and make ready vacant rooms.
- *Prepare breakfast for residents on a daily basis.
- Completing shelter intake process with new arrivals as needed.
- Assisting with transporting residents to the hospital as needed.
- Ensuring that residents who are scheduled to discharge from the program are ready by the designated time.
- Check refrigerators/pantry for expired food items.
- Other duties as assigned.
Competencies:
Managing Change
Communication
De-escalation
Interpersonal Awareness
Teamwork