Part Time Youth Development Professional: Euclid AOBH

Note: This is an afternoon to evening type schedule.

Position Statement:

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.