Youth Worker

SHIFT: Monday through Friday 4pm-12am

SUMMARY:
The Youth Worker will be responsible for ensuring client safety, providing direct care services, and maintaining building safety during all shift hours at our 24-hour youth services, transitional residence program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engage and counsel clients staying in the Transitional Living Program.
• Make security rounds of the building, and document all findings.
• Provide client intervention and stabilization services.
• Determine any immediate need and link clients to appropriate services.
• Meal preparation/oversee kitchen use and supervise snack and meal periods/ supervise client clean up.
• Assist clients in developing independent living skills through one-on-one and weekly independent living group sessions.
• Make regular entries in the staff communication log according to policy/procedure.
• Ensure proper charting of all client information on a timely basis.
• Participate in weekly supervision and all team meetings.