Location:
Cleveland, OH
Wellbeing and Benefits:
Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.
- Choice of medical and dental plans
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending account for health and dependent care
- Vision
- Support for continuing education and residential renewal
- Life insurance
- Retirement saving (401k) with a company contribution
- Mental health support
- Employee assistance program
- Calm subscription
- Short- and long-term disability
Job Summary:
The Residential Treatment Specialize is responsible for providing safe and nurturing environment, for children and youth between the ages of 12-18. The position will provide one-on-one as well as group support for all guests in addition to daily scheduled activities.
Job Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED, and three years or childcare experience working with children or youth in a residential environment (RTS I); or
- Bachelor’s degree and two years of childcare experience working with or youth in a residential environment (RTS I)
- An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Salary:
Ranges between $19.23 – $25.71 per hour. Rates are dependent on experience and education
Essential Job Duties and Requirements:
- Welcome children entering the facility upon entry and admission
- Provides care, support, attention, and a positive, therapeutic atmosphere to all children in the department to which assigned
- Maintain consistent, firm, and fair relationships with all children
- Serves as an appropriate, positive role-model
- Provides physical and emotional security for the children through interventions, corrections, and redirection of negative behavior when:
- Behavior is damaging to self
- Behavior is damaging to others
- Behavior may result in damage to property
- Assists with managing the physical needs of children including health, hygiene, and physical comfort (food/clothing/shelter)
- Always maintain an active interest in and an awareness of the whereabouts and activities of each assigned child while on duty
- Assists with maintaining an approach/program that follows the individual care plan
- Assists with maintaining agency philosophy, policies
- Serves as an integral member of the treatment team
- Provides formal and informal reports on behavior, attitude, and general disposition of assigned children, including
- Incident reports, restrain remediation sheets, time-out reports
- Department logs
- Behavior rating scales
- Primary sheets
- Attends conferences and meetings
- participates in the planning, supervision, and provision of therapeutic and recreational activities
- Transports children as necessary including, but not limited to medical appointments, activities, and school
- Assists with maintaining current inventory and/or awareness of all supplies, equipment, and furnishings
- Reports repairs as necessary
- Assists with household duties
- Attend training to meet licensing requirements
- Understand that the agency reserves the right to mandate overtime as needed to ensure the safety, supervision, and care of the residents in treatment
Core Competencies:
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance empathy forward response with clients throughout the organization
- Communication: Expresses thoughts clearly, concisely, and effectively both verbally and in writing
- Decision Quality: Possess a high degree of initiative, tact, and good judgement
- Functional/Technical Skills: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
- Adaptability: Adapts quickly to change and easily consider new approaches
- Independence: Takes responsibility for own time and effectiveness. Alert to opportunities to contribute appropriately without being told
