Pay rate - $19.00

Sign on bonus $1000

Description:

To provide a safe, secure, therapeutic environment for children residing in HGS programs. Direct Care Workers are under the direct supervision of the Program Supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Minimum High School Diploma or equivalency diploma required;some higher education preferred.
• Experience working with juvenile justice involved youth highly desirable; sufficient maturity to work and relate to youth required.

Responsibilities:

• Commitment to following and embracing the Seven Commitments of our Sanctuary Model.
• Ability to form positive relationships with children.
• Ability to understand and respond to children's basic developmental needs.
• Ability to understand and follow agency policy and Trauma Informed Care orientation.
• Understanding of basic needs and developmental issues of children in a way that promotes growth and respects individuality.
• Asks age and developmentally appropriate questions and actively listens to children's responses.
• Develops a warm, positive, nurturing relationship with each child.
• Follows mandated reporting requirements regarding child abuse and neglect.
• Practices infection control including hand washing procedures.
• Uses knowledge of developmental milestones,assists children in participating at their individual level of interest and ability.
• Interacts with children during meal and snack times promoting appropriate social behavior.
• Applies knowledge of child development to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities and environments.
• Adapts activities and environments to meet the special needs and situations of individual children.
• Identifies developmentally appropriate behavior and reasonable expectations for children's behavior.
• Uses observation as a way to get to know children their interests and developmental levels.
• Ability to role model and teach appropriate behavior to children.
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism at all times.