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ELMCREST CHILDRENS CENTER INC

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Part Time Youth Development Professional

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The Youth Development Professional (YDP) plays an essential role in caring for children placed in care at Elmcrest. Having the most significant contact with residents, the YDP utilizes a child-centered approach and makes every effort to work in the children's best interest while facilitating the individual and environmental conditions necessary to create change. The YDP is charged with providing a safe, secure, and nurturing environment while continuously using natural, everyday opportunities to teach, guide, and support residents with their treatment, goals, and challenges. The YDP is scheduled in a manner that best accommodates the staff ratio and program coverage requirements. A regular, set schedule can be expected. There may be times, however, when any combination of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts and/or overtime may be necessary.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and support an environment by which each resident can be successful in making his/her own unique behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental gains by:

  • Teaching and fostering a resident’s skill development relative to his/her individual needs.

  • Interacting and intervening with residents following their treatment plans and Individualized Crisis Support Plan.

  • Maintain a physically and emotionally safe & supportive environment by:

  • Developing and providing a safe and secure physical environment for each resident.

  • Providing continuous supervision of residents.

  • Using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques (proximity, time and space, caring gestures, etc.)

  • Develop and maintain appropriate and positive relationships with residents by:

  • Demonstrating appropriate social boundaries.

  • Having a non-threatening and supportive demeanor.

  • Actively involving residents in all facets of programming.

  • Transporting and accompanying residents to school, off-ground activities, appointments in the community, and home visits.

  • Perform other essential functions of the job, including:

  • Complete all assigned paperwork (case documentation, reports, shift logs, etc) accurately and on time.

  • Attend staff meetings.

  • Provide regular, documented night checks when working the awake overnight shift.

  • Report incidents of child maltreatment, neglect, and/or abuse.

  • Assist in maintaining a program that is clean, organized, hazard-free, and complies with regulatory standards (e.g. Department of Health, OCFS Fire/Safety, etc).

  • Follow all agency and department policies & procedures.

  • Other Duties as Assigned: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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