What are the responsibilities and job description for the Crisis Support Specialist position at Rawhide Youth Services?
Job Purpose:
Supports the Rawhide Residential Youth Services by responding to, and effectively managing emergency safety interventions; verbally de-escalating youth; stabilizing emotionally dysregulated residents; initiating, facilitating, participating in incident reviews; developing emergency safety plans and interventions; promoting professional development of staff teams to create and sustain a therapeutic culture that recognizes and values progress toward treatment goals and strategies.
Essential Job Functions:
- Carries out residential emergency safety plans and works alongside direct care staff to build knowledge to effectively care for dysregulated youth.
- Initiate, facilitate, and participate in incident reviews.
- Responds to and effectively manages emergency safety interventions by verbally deescalating and physically stabilizing emotionally dysregulated residents.
- Adhere to interventions, strategies and programs to help youth self-regulate emotions/behavior.
- Collaborates with all teams involved in individual treatment plans and fosters professional development of colleagues
- Completes and ensures accurate documentation to remain in compliance with licensing requirements
Job Qualifications:
- Be at least 21 years old
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred
- 4 years relevant experience
- Valid driver’s license with insurable driving record
- Exercises critical thinking, judgment and discernment
- Ability to identify and respond to crisis situations
- Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand for long periods of time
- Physically able to meet the demands of the position, including providing therapeutic physical restraints
Benefit Overview:
- Competitive Pay
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Competitive 401k plan
- 10 paid Holidays
- PTO, VTO, Wellness Day, & Floating Holiday
- 5 Weeks Paid Sabbatical Leave
- Onsite Café (New London)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Nature Trails/Waterfront on 700 acres (New London)
- Onsite Fitness Center and Gymnasium
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Jury Duty Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- Paid Benefits for Birth or Adoption