Youth Care Specialist - Night Shift

Job Title:        Youth Care Specialist-Night Shift

Department:        Residential 

Employment Status:     Full-time/Regular/Non-Exempt

Qualifications:        Must be a Christian with strong convictions who is also in agreement with Josiah White’s mission statement, Statement of Faith, and Code of Conduct. A person must have a high school diploma (or equivalent) and be at least 21 years of age.  This person must be stable, firm, assertive, committed, flexible, and capable in pressure situations.

Reports to:        Night Shift Supervisor

Job Summary:        The night shift personnel are to provide supervision to students in the cottage through documented 15-minute room checks (unless specified differently), manage any potential problems that are minor in nature, contact campus supervisor with problems of a more major nature.  Must demonstrate sensitivity to our service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics and needs.        

Basic Responsibilities

• Provide alert and attentive supervision. 

• Conduct and document 15-minute room checks from the time the night shift cottage staff member comes on duty at 10:00 pm until the youth wake up or until the end of the night shift staff member’s shift.    

• Participate in mandatory training (on going in service training program).

• Replace other night shift as needed and work in the cottage as assigned each night.

• Actively intervene in crisis situations using MindSet (MS) techniques (verbal and/or physical interventions).

• Complete other duties as required by the Supervisor.

• Complete any specified tasks that are prearranged by Family Teachers (such as setting out cleaning supplies), and give a full report of the night’s activities to the Family Teachers at the conclusion of their shift.

• Allocate meds appropriately and follow med distribution procedures. 

• Audit med carts nightly.

• Audit non prescription med cart monthly

• Promote a Christ-Centered environment within the cottage and campus setting facilitating and/or supporting Family Teacher facilitation of devotions in the cottage setting; support Josiah White’s Chaplain and/or Spiritual Life Director in campus Spiritual Life programming.

• Document and review incidences as needed in client database.

Skills, Supervision, Knowledge and Abilities

• Be self-directed and exercise good judgment.

• Support, encourage, and assist their coworkers as equal team members.

• Possess a valid driver's license.

• Be teachable and follow directions as given by the Supervisor.

• Demonstrate effective communication skills, self-control in crisis situations, relationship building with resistive children, and assertiveness.

• Basic writing and effective communication skills are required, especially relative to shift notes and communication with other staff.    

• Must be able to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.

• Must be committed to the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Josiah White’s.

Physical Demands of Position

• Must be able to complete First Aid/CPR expectations per the Red Cross. Specifically, must be able to get down to the floor and stand back up to perform chest compressions to the depth of at least two inches and give rescue breaths which includes getting on knee(s) and leaning forward without putting pressure on victim’s head.

• Must be able to complete the MindSet physical restraint techniques for residents who are in crisis (expected to meet the requirements of MindSet physical restraints) in order to become certified. This may include the following:

  • Vertical Containment-Approach from behind the aggressor with arms raised. Initiate contact with your forearms to the aggressor’s triceps and push the arms forward. Lead with the foot and place the side of your head directly below the aggressor’s shoulder while making chest to back contact. Your shoulders should be at a 45 degree angle. Find your hands and grasp your wrist while pointing your elbows to the ground. Maintain chest to back contact while alternating and widening your stance.

  • Object Containment and Release- Assist a partner who has applied the embrace on an individual using an object aggressively. Establish a position on the side of the aggressor closest to the object. Secure the wrist. Using both hands, slide the thumb to a parallel position with the fingers. Release the object by pulling up or pushing down. Throw the object a safe distance away. Communicate with your partner and the aggressor to determine direction.

  • Leveraged Embrace- Approach from behind the aggressor with arms raised. Initiate contact with your forearms to the aggressor’s triceps and push the arms forward. Step in and place the side of your head directly below the aggressor’s shoulder while making chest to back contact. Your shoulders should be at a 45 degree angle. Find your hands first then slide to the aggressor’s wrist. Grasp each of the aggressor’s wrists and slide your elbow to the crest of the hip. (Same side of the aggressor's body as your head). Leverage the hip forward with your elbow while alternating and widening your stance.

  • Assisted Relocation- From the leveraged embrace, go to the side opposite your partner’s head. Take the grasp of the wrist opposite from you. Place your free hand on the shoulder nearest to you. Stay close and communicate.

  • Single Staff Follow Down- From the leveraged embrace, follow the downward movement by going to the knee opposite your head while leaning into the aggressor. Use the momentum to rotate the aggressor to his/her side while positioning your body perpendicular from the chest-to-back contact. Spread your legs for stability. The individual’s shoulders should be perpendicular to the floor. Maintain chest-to-back contact and elbow leverage.

  • Duel Staff Bring Down- From the leveraged embrace, ask for assistance to take the aggressor to the floor. Approach on the head side of your partner and secure the legs by dropping to a knee and grasping the ankles in front. (Left to left, right to right).Plant the feet to the floor and communicate with your partner. Go down on the knee opposite your head and use the momentum to rotate the aggressor to his/her side. The shoulders should be perpendicular to the floor. Stack the legs, make chest contact with the back of the knees, and forearm contact with the thighs and shins. Lay flat with your legs spread for stability.

• Must be able to be on feet for extended periods of time, do significant walking, and actively supervise cottage recreation. 

• Must have energy and stamina to work from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on a regular basis.  

• Able to climb stairs in student dwellings with more than one level

• Able to lift heavy objects up to 50lbs. 

Working Conditions

• Night shift workers must be able to work with residents who have medical problems.  Also, workers may be exposed to bodily fluids.

• Night shift care workers must attend work regularly and be on time.

• Must stay awake and alert for duration of shift. 

• Will work holidays as scheduled.