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The Behavioral Support Specialist (BSS) primary responsibilities include all aspects of care for WellHouse Child residents, meeting basic and short-term needs, organization, and supporting each residents’ personal goals to succeed.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1. Strong judgment and critical thinking skills.
2. Ability to maintain professional boundaries with rescues, residents, volunteers, stakeholders, donors, guests, and other WellHouse staff.
3. Must possess effective reading comprehension skills.
4. Must possess strong customer service skills (courteous, friendly, etc.). Requires the ability to identify and solve problems in a calm, logical manner. Problem solving will include cooperative efforts with the rescues, residents, volunteers, stakeholders, donors, guests, and other WellHouse Child staff.
5. Demonstrated organizational skills, with the ability to manage crisis, deescalate individuals, foster teamwork; multi-task; adapt quickly to change; and the ability to integrate the organization’s mission with required tasks, residents and rescues.
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to write and speak clearly and effectively, and to listen attentively.
7. Highly motivated, organized, and display mature judgement.
8. Demonstrated ability to comply with policies and procedures; uses proven sound judgement and discretion with sensitive information.
9. Ability to work independently.
10. Must be ethical (honest, responsible, accountable, demonstrates integrity).
11. Ability to work respectfully, non-judgmentally, and professionally with diverse groups of people and various populations in a culturally competent manner. This includes internal and external interactions.
12. Must be adaptable (open to feedback, change, new ideas) and be flexible in job tasks within a team format.
13. Ability to be flexible in working hours to address emergency situations, shift coverage, meetings, and various organizational priorities.
14. Must maintain eligibility requirements for The WellHouse vehicle insurance coverage. Requires a current and valid unencumbered driver’s license.
15. Must respect and advance The WellHouse mission.
Requirements :
1. Bachelor’s Degree in the field of social work, psychology, administration, or a related field from a college or university accredited by one of the six regional accrediting associations of the United States preferred. Will consider if graduating within six months of application.
2. Human Services field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience is required.
3. Applicants with at least 2 years of specialized experience in trauma informed services are preferred.
4. Detailed and organized with strong documentation skills.
5. Able to safely monitor residents and perform physical management techniques and crisis intervention (training available upon hire)
6. Experience in a residential mental/behavioral health setting strongly preferred.
7. Successfully pass background screen (includes criminal history, Child Abuse and Neglect Registry, and ABI/FVI fingerprint check) and drug testing.
8. Required - training or experience in child development issues
9. Required - physical health adequate to participate, when appropriate, in the activities of children, as documented by the required medical examination.
10. Required - minimum age of 19 years old.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to travel independently and to talk or hear and to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The company will comply with all requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
DISCLAIMER
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Management reserves the right to revise the position or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs requiring non-regular work hours or technological developments).
Job Type: Part-time
Benefits:
Work setting:
Work Location: In person
Part Time
$55k-69k (estimate)
05/09/2024
06/10/2024
the-wellhouse.org
Birmingham, OH
50 - 100
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