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Do you want to be a part of the solution for someone who is really struggling? Do you want to start your professional mission in a company that is truly dedicated to your growth and success as well as the growth and success of our residents? Do you want to be an essential part of team that includes nurses, therapists, psychiatrists, educators, and other specialists? Do you want to learn ground-breaking innovative approaches to helping kids?
If so, this is the most rewarding job you could imagine.
If you want to punch a clock, be a cog in the machine, or just follow the herd – please don’t apply, because you probably won’t be up for the challenge. This is, after all, a mission.
The Lead Residential Instructor is perhaps the most important individual in the lives of our residents. You are there to mentor them, teach them, engage them and keep them safe. You are the trusted adult who can weather their storms, show them things that they didn’t think were possible, and walk them through the day, and through their course of treatment. You will be a part of what we call a “transdisciplinary team” – everyone’s voice is equally important as we work with the child and their family in order to build plans that we give them their lives back.
To families in crisis, you will be a life saver. Listen to this...
To the kids, you will be the best coach.
To your team members, you will be an invaluable colleague.
But also, take a look at this.
Be aware, that if you come to work at Grafton you will be doing the type of work that will change you as a person. It really is so much more than a job. It’s a personal mission.
Yes, you will write shift notes… but you will be able to do it in a state of the art electronic health record. Yes, you will deal with challenging behavior… but you will do it using Ukeru™, a national best-practice that provides you with a trauma informed foundation that helps you diffuse the drama before it gets out of hand. Yes, you will have to be keeping kids engaged… you will do it on a campus with greenhouses, playgrounds, basketball courts, tennis courts, music rooms, and activity rooms. And you’ll do all of this with the guidance of people who have been doing it for a long time. They know stuff that you will find invaluable. And you’ll start at $19.10 plus shift differentials that really boost the pay rate well over $20/hour for most of the hours you work.
For formality’s sake, here is is our dry as a bone job description:
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
Under general supervision, models and supervises the day-to-day functions in the assigned group home. May participate in the on-call/on-duty rotation as needed. Provides training and feedback, and assists in supervising the employees during implementation of treatment plans and daily assignments within the group home. Completes auditing tasks and household paperwork as assigned by the Residential Manager. Collaborates and communicates effectively with team members and families. Under supervision, plans, implements, and supervises instructional, therapeutic, and behavioral activities for the assigned group home. Provides instruction designed to improve skills to decrease/alleviate symptoms of concern, improve psychological well-being, increase independence and improve overall quality of life for the clients in the home. Utilizes the clients’ treatment plan effectively and appropriately to assist the client in building skills necessary for success in the following domains: self-care, household, leisure/recreational, community participation, safety, communication, physical abilities, and social-emotional. Provides on-going assessment of skills (data collection and analysis) and modifies teaching techniques to assist the client in reaching established goals. Assists in developing goals and objectives related to clients’ needs and ensures data are collected as required to monitor progress. Reports to the Residential Manager.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Required:
*Per the VA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, child care staff with a high school diploma or G.E.D. with no experience working with children may not work alone, but may be employed as long as they are working directly with a qualified staff with one or more years of professional experience working with children. This option is currently only offered at our Berryville & Winchester campuses.
** Experience may include supervised internships, practicums, field experience, and other volunteer or related experiences as evaluated by Grafton prior to hire. Examples of unpaid experience may include, but are not be limited to: camp counselor; after school care; caring for a child or children with special needs regardless of their relation to the candidate; babysitting or providing daycare for a child or children regardless of their relationship to the candidate; foster parenting of a child or children under the age of 18; volunteer coaching for a sports team; leading community programs, such as Girls Scouts & Boy Scouts.
Preferred:
REQUIRED TRAINING AT GRAFTON
Please refer to Grafton’s “New Employee Initial Training as Required by Job Title” chart and Grafton’s “Company Level Planned Training Calendar” for the current year. All initial required training (classroom and online) is assigned to the employee through Grafton’s Learning Management System (GLMS).
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
COMPENSATION
Grafton is an equal employment opportunity employer and tobacco-free workplace.
#DSPShenandoah
Full Time
Specialty Trade in Construction
$70k-95k (estimate)
10/06/2023
06/27/2024
grafton.london
LONDON
<25
2013
MARK ECCLES
<$5M
Specialty Trade in Construction