What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trauma Specialist position at Woods Services?
Overview
We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods organization is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Paid time off/sick time
- On-site FREE medical center
- 403b retirement plan
- Continuing education programs
- Tuition assisted program
- Career growth opportunities
Salary: $14 - $21 / hour
Job Summary
The Trauma Specialist is responsible for actively engaging and supervision of emotionally disturbed adolescents or individuals that engage in challenging behaviors, with a history of trauma, in a residential setting.
Responsibilities
- Actively participates in and contributes to the therapeutic environment to ensure the safety and well-being of all clients.
- Assist in creating and organizing an optimal residential environment including setting up schedules, routines, and work spaces.
- Attends and completes all training, including specific trauma training.
- Assists in the development of individual treatment goals and strategies; communicates ideas/progress to team.
- Participates in departmental staff meetings and individual supervision.
- Oversee the effective operation of milieu-related activities ensuring client safety and participation, as well as supporting clients in adhering to the program and housing guidelines and expectations.
- Model appropriate interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation and boundaries
- Utilize de-escalating techniques, active listening skills, and provide a high frequency and variety of positive reinforcements
- Complete reports that clearly and concisely summarize client’s well-being.
- Relates to clients and family members in a manner that reflects an awareness of respect for individual variances including cognitive and developmental functioning, as well as social behavior, familial, religious, cultural, and ethnic differences.
- Maintains the confidentiality of clients and their families/guardians.
- Participates as a member of the program’s interdisciplinary treatment team, contributes information regarding client progress in relation to the individual’s well being
- May be requested to drive a program vehicle. If driving, must show proof of valid driver’s license and successfully complete Woods Services driver training program.
- Provides supervision of client’s organization and care of clothing and personal belongings; conducts inventory procedures.
- Supervises meal serving; facilitates appropriate mealtime social interactions. Supervises post-meal clean up and hygienic food storage.
- Administers emergency first aid treatment (including CPR) and implements fire safety procedures in accordance with Woods’ policies and procedures.
- Receives/provides relevant information (written and oral) regarding clients, milieu status and programming to/from successive shift staff.
- Write reports and notes as assigned; Inputs and accesses information via Carelogic.
- Participates in all program projects and activities.
Qualifications
- Must be 21 years or older.
- Twelve or more college credits in psychology, social work, nursing, education, counseling, theology or a related field.
- 1 year of experience in children’s behavioral health; preferred experience in a trauma informed environment.
- Ability to implement program guidelines, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
About Woods Services
Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non-profit population health network and advocacy organization that along with its six affiliate organizations provides life-long innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs.
Our Langhorne campus is home to 550 residents, and provides outpatient and day programs.
Salary : $14 - $21
