Job Summary: The lead youth counselor supports youth experiencing a mental health crisis in our children’s crisis settings. This service is designed to support youth in the community instead of them living in a hospital, hotel or detention center. In this role, you will provide support to youth by implementing interventions identified in their therapeutic support plan and engaging in all daily activities with clients. This includes supporting them with hygiene and daily tasks, cooking, maintaining their schedule, taking them into the community and managing behaviors when necessary. As a lead youth counselor, you are the lead on shift that ensures the schedule is followed and all necessary policies and procedures are adhered to on shift by coworkers. In this role, you will offer mentorship to coworkers and model trauma-informed care interventions. Each lead counselor will have one additional area of responsibility for the home, such as development of the activity calendar, ordering supplies, etc.
Mount Olivet Rolling Acres - MORA – is a diverse and inclusive nonprofit has supported adults, seniors and children with developmental disabilities, behavioral health needs as well as age-related and chronic medical conditions for over 50 years in the Twin Cities metro.
MORA provides an array of services: Adult Day Services, Contracted Case Management, Community Supports, over 30 Residential Homes, Respite, Therapeutic Recreation, Training for Guardians & Families, and a Discover Summer Daytime Programming for Youth with Disabilities. Our Metro Crisis Coordination Program (MCCP) offers a safety net of crucial and cost-effective services for adults and children.
Schedule:
40 hours per pay period- anticipated schedule includes a combination of day hours-7am-3pm and evening hours 2pm-10pm with every other weekend; Saturday and Sunday.
Willingness to work a combination of these hours is required.
Hourly Base Rate:
$28.00 per hour
Weekend differential +$2.00 hour for hours between Fri 10pm and Sun 10pm
Overnight differential +$1.00 hour for hours between 10pm and 6am
($12.41 per hour sleep hours only when assigned)
$1,500 retention bonus for full-time paid out over 1 year.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Engage with client daily activities and manage behavior according to client’s individual plan and needs
Approach all client and coworker interactions from a trauma informed care perspective
Maintain open communication with your coworkers and coach and mentor other staff on shift
Attend team and client meetings
Demonstrate an acceptance and respectfulness towards all people of any gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability and gender identity.
Ensure client safety by implementing necessary behavior interventions as described in their therapeutic support plan.
Actively take clients into the community and demonstrating safe and appropriate social skills
Maintain appropriate boundaries with clients at all time
Ensure a clean, safe home by following all policies and procedures on shift.
Work effectively with the clients identified supports (family, guardians, workers) to encourage communication and healthy relationships
Support the client in identifying their triggers and implementing coping strategies that allow them to stabilize and transition to a long-term living option.
Lead and teach DBT groups on shift to youth
Participate in recreation activities, games, all events at the home
Complete documentation as required on shift
Assists with daily housekeeping and household maintenance
Demonstrates an understanding of the person as a unique individual and how to implement programs in accordance with the Coordinated Service and Support Plan (CSSP), Coordinated Service and Support Plan Addendum (CSSP-A), and Individual Abuse Prevention Plan
Provides person-centered services demonstrated through practice, action, and language
Maintains and performs proper administration and documentation of all prescribed medication,…