Job Title: On-Site Educator

Department: Education

Reports To: Enrichment Coordinator

Summary:

Provides structure, guidance, assistance, and supervision for OneVoiceHome residents during their workshops, GED preparation, school attendance at the TTU K-12 online program, and more.

Self-Responsibility:

• Maintain self-care routines in alignment with self-care plans. Understands that before taking care of others, we must first take care of ourselves and prioritizes self-care routines.
• Ability to communicate personal needs as they arise. It is important to OVH that our staff is able to put their best foot forward on a daily basis.
• Engage and participate in all staff development and team building activities as directed by the Executive Director.
• Concentrate on continual self-improvement, on a weekly basis. As stated by Craig Groeschel, we believe that, “when the leader gets better, everyone gets better.”
• Abide by and implement the OVH core values, mission, and vision with a positive attitude.
• Provides crisis intervention, as needed, to prevent escalation of high-risk behavior, relapse, hospitalization, and other negative outcomes, while on-site.
• Engages in a trauma informed model of programming to provide physical and emotional safety for residents.
• Ensure and implement OVH Policies and Procedures at all times.
• Ensure and implement OVH Safety and Emergency Protocols at all times.
• Participate in a minimum of 14 hours of continual training annually.
• Attend all other training as required.
• Abide by and execute the OVH Self Care Policy.

All Direct Care Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to a program atmosphere that fosters a sense of belonging and connection for participants.
• Execute all job duties and responsibilities with a FUN, innovative, creative, and contagious attitude.
• Demonstrates responsibility, maturity, and role modeling in all interactions with the residents.
• Participates in an on-call rotation with other team members as indicated by the program.
• Maintain an outgoing, engaged and genuine countenance while consistently building relationships with participants.
• Ensure thorough implementation of individualized service or treatment plans on behalf of the participants.
• Ensure and implement OVH Policies and Procedures at all times.
• Ensure and implement OVH Safety and Emergency Protocols at all times.
• Assist with transportation of participants in personal vehicle, when necessary
• Uphold OVH’s policies and risk management program to minimize risk.
• Obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid certification.
• Engage in a trauma informed model of programming to provide physical and emotional safety for residents.
• Work with the Treatment Team to contribute and develop individualized services and/or treatment plans to articulate individual goals and objectives for meeting the needs of the participants in care in accordance with licensing and level of care standards.
• Execute all administrative responsibilities involved in this job sphere in a timely manner.
• Responsible for implementing, executing and following the OVH Fiscal Policy as directed by the Office Manager.
• Responsible for maintaining and implementing daily and monthly systems that provide grant and measurement data.
• Must maintain an attitude of gratitude and not have a negative attitude or complaining spirit.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides a structured setting for residents enrolled in online classes.
• Provides guidance and tutoring for residents who need assistance, within your scope of knowledge.
• Provides instructional leadership and guidance for testing and day-to-day curriculum.
• Assist or leads during times of crisis by intervening in the crisis or supervising other residents while a residential caregiver handles the crisis.
• Monitors the resident’s progress in their schoolwork.
• Keeps direct care staff informed of the progress and struggles of residents in school.
• Provides crisis intervention, as needed, to prevent escalation of high-risk behavior, relapse, placement disruption, and other negative outcomes.
• Documents observations in the data management system.
• Assists with management of behavior problems as they occur, using methods approved by OneVoiceHome and Texas DFPS.
• Creates, cultivates, and leads all workshop interaction.
• Creates a colorful and exciting learning environment.
• Goes above and beyond to make sure all learning styles are being met.
• Prepares and creates new workshop materials.
• Creates interactive and imaginative activities to coincide with existing curriculum.
• Instills, implements, and upholds all values of Trust Based Relational Intervention, TBRI.
• Participates in required trainings and continued education.
• Demonstrates responsibility, maturity, and role modeling in all interactions with residents.
• Engages in a trauma informed model of programming to provide physical and emotional safety for residents.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

The On-Site Educator will supervise any volunteer teachers and tutors to ensure OneVoiceHome policies, as well as RCCL Minimum Standards and RCC Contract Standards, are adhered to at all times.

Qualifications:

Ideally, this person possesses experience in working with children and adolescents in a school setting. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills for interacting with residents and writing skills for documentation. Also, must have basic knowledge of technology, the internet, and troubleshooting. Proficient knowledge of computer programs such as Word, Excel, etc.

Education:

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is encouraged.

Language Skills:

Ability to document daily notes and serious incident reports. Ability to communicate, verbally and in writing, in a clear, concise, and effective manner.

Reasoning Skills:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written or oral form.

Other Requirements:

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Physical demands may be required in this position.
• A valid Texas Driver’s License, appropriate insurance, and a reliable vehicle.
• Must submit and pass a pre-employment drug test, as well as agree to random drug tests during employment.
• Must successfully pass all background screens as required by the state.
• Have a record of a tuberculosis screening, showing the employee is free of contagious TB.
• Be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of performing assigned tasks and must have the skills necessary to perform assigned tasks.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance, when eligible
• Paid time off, when eligible
• Parental leave, when eligible

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend and evening responsibilities are possible
• Rotating on call schedule when needed

Organizational Information:

OneVoiceHome will be a faith-based, state-licensed, trauma informed, therapeutic home for survivors of sex trafficking. OneVoiceHome is infused TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention). OVH organized living environment will allow young women to experience a new beginning using an overall holistic approach designed to fit her specific needs. The young women at OneVoiceHome have the opportunity to choose to transform their lives and re-enter the community as a confident advocate for others who need to see that your past does not define you and there is hope after the pain.

Website:

• www.onevoicehome.org

Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/onevoicehome/

I HAVE READ THE ABOVE JOB DESCRIPTION AND UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS IN PLACE FOR MY EMPLOYMENT WITH ONEVOICEHOME.

Employee Name (print) Signature Date

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $14.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Serving survivors of Sex trafficking: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person