Immediately Need Residential Counselor in Los Angeles, CA
Job title: Residential Counselor
Company: St. Annes
Job description: Job Details
Job Location: St Annes Main Campus - Los Angeles, CA
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $20.00 - $21.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage: Up to 10%
Description
Responsible for monitoring, supervising, and guiding the residents in their daily routine. Provides a healthy, therapeutic and safe environment for residents and their children in their direct care.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: * Provide supervision, protection, and care of residents individually and in groups at all time.
- Provide assistance to each resident in working with a group and in handling individual problems.
- Administer discipline and setting of limits for behavior.
- Document residents' progress; identify possible need for professional services; communicate such findings to professional staff.
- Ensure safety of residents while transporting to and from appointments as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality as required by St. Anne's, licensing, HIPAA, and other regulatory agencies.
- Maintain regular, consistent, and timely attendance.
- Participate in the Performance and Quality Improvement (PQI) of the agency.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related degree
- Have obtained a valid Child Development Teaching Permit.
- Have completed 12 semester units of Early Childhood Education, Adolescent Development, Foster and Kinship Care Education, or Psychology and have completed at least 100 hours of on-the-job experience working with youth.
- Have a valid certificate as an Alcohol Counselor, Drug Counselor or Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and have completed at least 100 hours of on-the-job experience working with youth.
- Have a valid vocational training certificate, credential, or documentation demonstrating that the individual is a trade journeyperson who instructs children in vocational skills and have at least 100 hours of experience working with youth as a mentor, athletic coach, teacher, vocational coach, tutor, counselor, or other relevant experience as determined by the department.
- Previously been employed as a full-time staff or served as a volunteer at a group home, short-term residential therapeutic program, or substance abuse treatment program for at least one year.
- Have relevant life experience in the child welfare, mental health or juvenile justice systems as a consumer, mentor, or caregiver, or life experience with children who
- have experienced high levels of trauma, or other relevant experience as determined by the department.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Must possess and maintain a valid California Driver's License and a driving record acceptable to the agency's insurance carrier.
- Physical ability to perform Pro-ACT, administer first aid/CPR and operate an agency motor vehicle.
- Ability to independently use a computer and the ability to learn necessary computer programs.
- Ability to receive and implement constructive feedback.
- St. Anne's values the dignity and worth of every person we serve. Employees are expected to support children's emotional and social development by encouraging understanding of others and promoting positive self-concepts. All employees must have the ability to treat those served by our agency in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences and cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.
- As providers of social services, St. Anne's employees work with clients dealing with complex emotional and mental health issues, many of whom are facing significant personal crises on a daily basis. Employees must remain aware of any personal emotions, transference, and/or countertransference that may hinder the ability to remain professional. As such, employees are expected to maintain composure during all interactions and crisis situations, implement a self-care plan, and utilize crisis communication to deescalate client crisis and prevent any serious bodily injury or harm.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Employee may occasionally be required to drive a motor vehicle.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.