Job Description:

Overnight Residential Assistant - Youth Services

Agency Information Location: Youth Services Community Programs

Reports to: Program Assistant Compliance & Financial Management

Hours: Varies – Overnight & Some weekends (Overnight)

Wage: $12 - $15.45 per hour (based on experience)

Job Mission

This position contributes to the mission of Youth Oasis by supporting youth through data entry. overnight supervision, and through connecting. The Overnight Residential Assistant (ORA) focuses on getting youth’s private information into our database for reporting purposes.

Core Competencies

To perform job successfully, the individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Sensitivity: Communicates empathy and respect of individuals; ability to be appreciative of diversity.
• Conflict Management: Effectively manages disagreements.
• Change Agility: Able to embrace needed change; able to provide and implement feedback; effective in the face of ambiguity.
• Youth Orientation: Actively seeks feedback from youth; establishes effective relationships with youth; knowledgeable about issues facing homeless youth and an understanding of the experiences they are going through.
• Integrity: Must be honest and take responsibility for actions; ability to set healthy limits and maintain the helping role of practitioner.
• Positive Impact: Have a passion for Youth Oasis’ mission and vision; a belief in the capacity for a young person to change; display a positive attitude.
• Learning Agility: Seeks to improve knowledge, skills, and abilities in related service areas; implement core principles and evidence-based practices including, but not limited to: Positive Youth Development, Trauma Informed Care, Restorative practices, and Youth Mental Health First Aid.
• Creativity: Resourceful in finding ways to improve and advocate for change when necessary; fosters creativity in others.
• Active Listening: Ability to effectively work independently and in partnership with team members; ability to communicate effectively with youth, and others.

Key Responsibilities

Youth Engagement:

• Meeting youth and ensuring that the environment is safe, clean, and ready for the next shift.
• Monitor youth to ensure compliance with rules and regulations
• Administering Morning Medication
• Problem Solving and being a support to our youth

Team Collaboration:

• Attend weekly staff meetings
• Participate in weekly Care Team meetings
• Actively participate in group discussions and meetings
• Present ideas and problem solving skills

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. While performing these job duties, the employee is regularly required to listen to others and provide verbal feedback. The employee is required to frequently sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, climb, or balance.

Qualifications

Skills and Training:

• Must have at least intermediate computer skills
• Must have experience working with youth or families
• Must have experience working computers and tablets
• Must have experience using Zoom or similar software
• Must have experience using G-Suite
• Educational training or degree in psychology, social work, sociology, social services, or related field
• Previous training in Positive Youth Development, Domestic Violence, Youth Mental Health First Aid, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction or Trauma Informed Care.

Characteristics and Attributes:

• Must be a self-starter
• Must be a critical thinker
• Must be willing to have a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the youth and program to include evenings and weekends

Other Requirements:

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Must have an active driver’s license
• Must have dependable transportation
• Must be willing to travel at least 75% of the time
• Must be willing to meet clients in their homes and/or community
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Data Entry preferred but now required:
• Demonstrated experience working with young people;
• Demonstrated proficiency in working with technology ie Gmail, excel, word, erc.
• Demonstrated experience providing great customer/client service

Youth Oasis is an Equal Opportunity employer. Employment is based upon individual qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital stats, veteran stats, disabilities, political ideology, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected stats. Alumni or foster care and those who have experienced youth homelessness are encouraged to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $13.00 - $15.45 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Are you looking for part-time or full-time employment?

Experience:

• working with youth: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person