Shift Residential Specialist - 1st Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Daybreak, an emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth is looking for Residential Specialists. The Residential Specialist will respond to Miami Valley's only 24-hour crisis hotline and youth who walk into the emergency youth shelter. This unique youth shelter includes outreach, prevention, transitional housing, life-skills education, and other follow-up services for runaway, throwaway, and homeless youth. This position assumes an advocacy and leadership role which includes engaging the clients, providing daily face-to-face crisis intervention and stabilization services. This role will complete intake interviews and termination forms for youth entering and exiting the shelter during the shift. The Residential Specialist will provide guidance and coaching for youth as assigned including information, referral, outreach, advocacy, and linkage with educational, employment, financial, housing, counseling, medical and other social resources in the community. They will supervise, assist, and participate with residents in scheduled activities (i.e., groups, chores). Timely documentation is required of all paperwork for the client's record and agency productivity goals as established for the program according to agency protocols, standards, and expectations.

Supervises the general activities of residents within Daybreak. Maintains the cleanliness of the Daybreak shelter and provides support and guidance for Daybreak residents by performing the following duties :

Responds to youth who walk into the shelter and to youth and adults who call on the hotline telephone.

Engage clients, providing daily face-to-face crisis intervention and stabilization services, according to the agency's productivity standards. Document notes in CareLogic before the end of the shift.

Completes Intake Interview and termination forms for youth entering and exiting the shelter during shift. Document shift events in daily log, prepares and maintains accurate records, as needed, UR and other forms that may be required in CareLogic or for PQI as assigned and as required. Ensures proper communication between shifts, Shelter staff and on-call personnel by phone or email when necessary.

Provide timely documentation, of all paperwork for the client's record per OhioMHAS standards and meets productivity goals as established for the program an individually, according to agency protocols, standards, and expectations. Keep track of individual productivity for supervisory purposes.

Coordinates with the Shelter staff on all activities, such as contact with parents and other agencies.

Provides guidance and coaching for youth as assigned including information, referral, outreach, advocacy, and linkage with educational, employment, financial, housing, counseling, medical and other social resources in the community.

Performs CareLogic, HMIS and other data management systems support duties as needed and as assigned.

Maintains order and cleanliness of the house on a daily schedule and, if on night shift, ensures that house is secure and free of unauthorized persons.

Supervises, assists, and participates with residents in scheduled activities (i.e., groups, chores).

Apply CPI, TIC, CI and other trainings knowledge and techniques and maintains limits using natural and logical consequences as described in the Shelter Procedures Manual.

Utilizes the therapeutic milieu model to assist in managing the behaviors of self and youth.

Ensure that Crisis Intervention, Red Cross, CPI and CPR training are all up to date annually.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

High School diploma or general education degree (GED) plus 5 years' related experience or AA plus 2 years' related experience or BA.

It is the policy of Daybreak to ensure that the facility is in compliance with all license requirements and that all employees are fit for duty. Once a conditional offer of employment has been given, Daybreak requires that all prospective employees sign a background check release form and pass pre-employment testing before a start date may be given.

Background Check

Daybreak is required by State of Ohio law to perform a criminal background check, which includes fingerprinting, of eligible applicants. In addition to the fingerprints, Daybreak requires the following additional background checks.

• Federal Exclusion databases including :

National Sex Offender Registry

Pre-employment Testing

The following pre-employment tests will be conducted at Daybreak's expense. Tests include :

Should the pre-employment reviews indicate that the prospective employee does not meet the employment requirements, Daybreak has the option of either not hiring the person or postponing employment until the condition prohibiting employment has been removed.

If the background or pre-employment checks contain information that the applicant has committed, been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to any criminal offense, unless the charge was a minor misdemeanor not involving violence or a sexual offense at least 5 years old, or if the applicant refuses to submit fingerprints for a criminal background check, the conditional offer of employment will be withdrawn immediately.

Pursuant to SB 38 (child-serving agency), if it is determined that the applicant has committed one of the disqualifying events listed on the attached Ohio Revised Code Disqualifier sheet may prevent employment at Daybreak.

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