Residential Youth Counselor
Company: Cocoon House
Location: Monroe
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
Description:
At Cocoon House we empower young people, families, and communities
in Snohomish County to break the cycle of homelessness through
outreach, housing, and prevention. Currently, our Youth Housing
program is looking for people to fill the important role of the
Residential Youth Counselors who work directly with youth residing
in our licensed emergency short-term facility in Monroe . The
ultimate purpose of this position is to provide a safe and
supportive environment for teens in the care of Cocoon House,
promoting positive interaction, providing life skills, social
skills, and other enrichment activities. Our Residential Youth
Counselors...
- Relate with youth and staff with a positive and collaborative
approach
- Maintain healthy and safe boundaries with youth
- Accept a variety of lifestyles, behaviors, and cultural and
spiritual practices
- Assess emergency situations, gather pertinent information, and
provide proper support
- Follow mandating reporting and licensing policies and
procedures
- De-escalate youth in crises and utilize anti-racist, inclusive,
equity-based, and trauma-informed care in all of their work What
does a shift look like? Days Part-time - Swing Full-time: 8 hrs, 5
days/week - Overnight Part-time
- Process intakes and exits for youth, provide orientation to
incoming youth to the program, and enter required data for proper
recordkeeping
- Partner with case managers to support youth case plans and
interact with you in alignment with their established plans. This
includes communicating with fellow staff regarding the plan and
maintaining appropriate logs and forms with updated
information.
- Supervise youth in the program and ensure safety while holding
youth accountable to policies, guidelines, and rules by assigning
appropriate consequences in collaboration with fellow staff
- Assisting, demonstrating, and teaching youth household
tasks
- Maintain cleanliness of facilities
- Arrange appointments, fill prescriptions, and dispense
medication for youth
- Communicate with other providers to assure youth are following
through with their commitments
- Respond to community calls, drop-ins, and referrals with
appropriate information and directions
- Participate in enrichment activities programming and planning
with fellow staff
- Provide information and directions for off-site services to
youth Benefits: (may vary depending on part-time vs full-time
status)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision health options with employer
contribution
- 403(b) retirement plan
- 21 days of PTO accrued in first year
- 10 agency-recognized holidays
- Paid training & testing: CPR/first aid, food handler's permit,
blood borne pathogens, abuse awareness, TB testing, and additional
in-depth practical trainings Pay Scale: Day & Swing: $19-20/hr
Overnight: $22-23/hr Cocoon House will provide reasonable
accommodation to qualified persons with disabilities upon request.
Candidates with lived experience, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ are strongly
encouraged to apply!Requirements:
General:
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- High school diploma or GED
- 1 year minimum of experience working with youth
- DSHS background clearance
- Acceptable driver's abstract with no more than 2 violations
within last 3 years
- Possess a valid driver's license, insurance, and reliable
transportation
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination(s) Physical:
- Both orally and in writing, communicate effectively with youth,
staff, other programs, vendors and the public.
- Be able to hear voices and alarms.
- Possess close vision, far vision, side vision, depth
perception, and visual ability to read a variety of materials.
- Have dexterity of hands and fingers to reach, handle and
operate telephone, computer keyboard, and record information in
appropriate youth files and logs.
- Ability to perform range of physical motions, exerting up to 50
pounds
- Lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds
- Standing, walking, sitting for long periods of time, kneeling,
squatting, and stooping
- Running for brief periods of time
- Go up and down stairs PI186582428
Keywords: Cocoon House, Monroe , Residential Youth Counselor, Other , Monroe, Louisiana
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