Relief Direct Care Counselor - Day Treatment & Residential

Overview

Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with youth that have severe emotional and behavioral issues as an on-call relief status for our Residential and Day Treatment Programs.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist other direct care counselors to support youth and ensure proper procedures and policies are followed.
• Communicate treatment information to residential and/or day treatment clinical staff as necessary.
• Transport children as arranged and assigned.
• Maintain clinical records as prescribed by the Agency.
• Demonstrate skills in non-violent crisis intervention and physical restraint as necessary.
• Complete daily progress notes, attendance, incident reports, behavioral logs, participation logs, and other clinical documentation
• Maintain high ethical standards regarding service and client confidentiality.
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships with all team members.
• Observe all agency policies and procedures.
• Participate in a meaningful fashion in assigned individual and group supervision, training, and all other assigned agency meetings.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or 3 years of combination of formal education and experience with children or young adults.
• On-call/relief staff must be willing to work at our residential program site in Medford and our day treatment program in Grants Pass
• Must be an excellent communicator with the skills to acknowledge the needs of others and recognize various points of view.
• Able to persuade others based on what is in the best interest of the client/resident.
• Have a valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• Must be able to clear a background check conducted through ODHS.

Wage:  $18.17 - $29.20 per hour DOE

Additional shift premium pay for evening/overnight shifts

Salary : $18 - $29