What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Coordinator position at Sweetser?
Provides client support through milieu management including individual and group interventions, daily activity scheduling, outing support, and care coordination.
Improve the lives of children who have behavioral, mental, and emotional challenges! Enjoy full benefits, paid time off, tuition reimbursement (up to 60% for some degrees), and paid training, with opportunities for growth in the field! It is more than a job! Join our team of talented professionals! Ongoing individual supervision and support are provided by experienced supervisors, clinicians and program leadership. Extensive training is provided, including CARE (Children And Residential Experience), Safety Care, First Aid/CPR, and Medication Training.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Responsible for the daily groups on the unit and supporting YFC staff in running effective groups through mentoring and providing curriculum.
- In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, ensures that the clients have an activity and daily schedule that supports the entire milieu for the afternoon/evening and prepares the schedule for the entire week and weekend.
- Communicates directly with clients who are experiencing crisis to assess mental status, current level of functioning, and the person’s wishes and goals for crisis stabilization.
- Assists the team in developing a crisis stabilization plan with the client and family or guardian, based on a comprehensive assessment that includes mental status and risk assessments along with multidisciplinary team.
- Communicates with the family as needed on a weekly basis.
- Acts as the liaison with local police department, emergency departments, crisis teams, and inpatient units, school, supervisors and leadership.
- Collaborates with individual’s providers and natural supports.
- Transports clients as needed.
- Implement and demonstrate a SAMHSA trauma-informed and strengths-based approach in interventions.
- Follow proper behavioral interventions including Safety Care procedures, including preventative behavior supports and physical interventions.
- Meets recordkeeping requirements by the timely completion of safety plans, crisis stabilization assessments and by maintaining current progress notes, logs and other information as required in the client’s chart.
- Attends all treatment team and service planning meetings.
EDUCATION:
- Minimum Associate’s Degree. Bachelor’s Degree preferred
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
- BHP required within 6 months; MHRT-C or MHRT-CSP Eligible
- Maintain a valid state driver’s license.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of two years relevant experience required. Mobile crisis experience or in-patient experience preferred.
