Residential Coordinator

SUMMARY:

The Gladney Center for Adoption offers a supportive and structured environment for teenage girls who have endured significant trauma and come from challenging backgrounds. As a Residential Coordinator, you will play a vital role in fostering a sense of safety, stability, and growth. This position is ideal for someone passionate about making a meaningful impact—working closely with these young women to guide them through their daily routines while helping to build a foundation of trust, resilience, and personal development.

JOB DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide a safe and nurturing learning environment for teenage girls.
• Assist youth with treatment goals, homework, self-regulation, and hygiene plans.
• Facilitate daily schedules, ensure timely follow-through, and support completion of daily tasks.
• Support creation of nutritious menus, assist with grocery shopping, and supervise meal and snack preparation under direction of program coordinator.
• Model and teach healthy connections, self-management, coping skills, and safety through consistency and appropriate decision-making.
• Facilitate engaging interactions, recreational activities, outings, and social engagement opportunities.
• Transport youth to and from school, appointments, extracurricular activities, and outings
• Adhere to 24-hour awake supervision requirements.
• Dispense medication and maintain accurate medication logs.
• Maintain living environment by ensuring cleanliness and reporting maintenance needs.
• Document shift experience thoroughly and communicate youth needs with supervisor and other shifts in accordance with licensing standards and Gladney policies.
• Apply a trauma-informed lens to all aspects of work with youth.
• Maintain regulated and appropriate communication and interaction with youth at all times.
• Perform other duties and special projects assigned to support organizational objectives and enhance operational efficiency.