YSIC Direct Care Staff
YMCA of Greater Seattle
YSIC Direct Care Staff
YMCA of Greater Seattle
Seattle-area nonprofit for fitness, camps and child care
Our Commitment to Equity
The Y actively promotes a culture free from bias and injustice. We are dedicated to removing institutional and systemic barriers that result in oppression and racism. We will be accountable to marginalized communities for creating equitable and sustainable environments where social justice is woven into every facet of our programs, and by caring for our communities in a culturally versatile and respectful manner.
Job Summary
The Direct Care Staff position is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team providing 24-hour shift supervision for youth and young adults, ages 16-18, in an Adolescent Transitional Living Program. In partnership with DCYF, this exciting new program will serve up to 5 young people at any one time and will focus on providing daily supervision, individualized support, age-appropriate interventions, developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive independent living skills activities, and preparation for independent housing with a trauma informed and empowering approach. This position is on site at our Northgate housing location.
This position is at the Social Impact Center Y, the social services branch of YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS). The mission of the Social Impact Center Y is to accelerate young people’s ability to build safe, successful, and happy lives. Every year, we serve 5,000 children, youth, young adults, and families across King County with programs that aim to strengthen young people’s ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors; navigating systems towards successful life transition; ensuring stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center Y’s programs include housing, behavioral health, foster care licensing, violence prevention, education, and employment. Many of the young people we serve have had involvement in the foster care, criminal justice system, and/or homelessness systems.
What You Will Get From Working at The Y
* Some benefits only available to full-time staff
Hiring Range: $24.00 – $28.00/hour
1. Provides supervision that is trauma informed and relationship based for children, youth, and young adults placed in these programs. This includes safety checks completed at regular intervals throughout the entirety of the shift.
2. Coordinates with the director and case managers to support each resident’s individualized, developmentally appropriate, strengths-based service plans.
3. Completes critical organizational and administrative program tasks.
4. Participates in supportive group and individual supervision sessions with supervisor and team. Engages in teamwork regularly and works together with colleagues to ensure quality care of residents.
5. Maintains a safe, respectful and appropriate living environment for all residents.
6. Demonstrates de-escalation skills in stressful situations, using preventative behavior management skills whenever possible.
7. Builds therapeutic relationships with the residents, both as individuals as well as tending to the group milieu.
8. Promotes engagement in various domains of a resident’s life, including but not limited to their child welfare involvement, medical and mental health needs, education, community and cultural values, recreational opportunities, life skills, and family time.
9. Supports the day-to-day routines of the house such as meal preparation, supervising residents as they complete daily chores and activities of daily living, household laundry, medication management, and group activities.
10. Oversee the safety and cleanliness of the program. Perform regularly assigned cleaning tasks and submit maintenance requests as needed.
11. Accompanies residents to individual appointments and as a group for community outings.
12. Completes critical organizational and administrative program tasks.
13. Teams effectively and collaboratively with other staff and/or community partners to plan and facilitate activities.
14. Maintains clear, professional, timely shift logs, participant contact notes, incident reports and other documentation in designated databases.
15. Other duties as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.
POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days vary according to shifts.
Code of Conduct for Applicants
All employees and volunteers are responsible for adhering to abuse prevention policies, maintaining appropriate boundaries, completing required training, reporting suspicious or inappropriate behavior, and complying with mandated reporting requirements.
Responsible for ensuring staff are properly screened, trained, supervised and held accountable to the organization’s abuse risk management standards.
*indicates it must be completed within 30 days of being hired.
ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Authorized Driver Requirement
This role transports clients as an “authorized driver” for the YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS) using an employer-provided vehicle. Driving duties for this role areRequired.*Driving roles aresafety-sensitive. To become an authorized driver, you must be 21+, havepossesseda driver's license for at least 3 years, and pass a drug screen that will test for impairing substances (including marijuana) in addition to meeting the driving record standards below:
YGS Driving Record Standards
Within the last three (3) years: No more than two (2)vehicle relatedsuspension(s) and/or reinstatement(s). No more than two (2) moving violations and/or accidents. Moving violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
Within the last five (5) years: No Major Violations which include, but are not limited to, the following:
Driving records that result in Permanent disqualification from driving duties:
*Due to state-specific reporting requirements in our driver management system, we are not currently able to enroll California Driver's License holders as Authorized Drivers.
*The YMCA of Greater Seattle will conduct individualized assessments of applicant criminal histories
You'll be a great fit for the Seattle Y if you:
At the Seattle Y, we are an inclusive organization of people with a shared commitment to nurture the potential of youth, promote healthy living, and foster social responsibility. We also believe in supporting the wellbeing of our employees and offer a free Y membership as a benefit of employment.
Become a leader on our team at the YMCA of Greater Seattle where we promote a continuous learning environment and career opportunities.
YGS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and equitable work environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
We are a drug & alcohol-free workplace; all job offers are contingent on the results of a background check. We participate in the Federal E-Verify system.
If you need assistance of any kind with the application process, reach out to [email protected].
MISSION STATEMENT:
Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body.
OUR VALUES:
Seattle-area nonprofit for fitness, camps and child care
YMCA of Greater Seattle is a community nonprofit that runs fitness branches, child care and youth programs for families across King and south Snohomish counties. Its Social Impact Center operates shelter, housing and job training for young people facing homelessness or leaving foster care, plus counseling for all ages. Children attend its early education centers and before- and after-school programs, and in summer they go to day camps or overnight camps on the Key Peninsula and Orcas Island. Membership and program fees fund the branches and help pay for other programs, while donations and government grants cover much of its youth and social work and financial aid for families. Founded in 1876, it is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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