Behavioral Health Group Leader

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you want a job of meaning and purpose? Do you want to know that you are making a difference in the world and in a child's life? If so, then Pathway Inc. is the place for you! We are a residential program for adjudicated youth, with the motto of helping today's youth find a new direction in life! We are seeking Group Leaders that will be working directly with preteen and teenage boys in a residential setting. Group Leaders are responsible for providing safe and effective direct client care services in accordance with individual client treatment plans and in conjunction with the structure of the treatment program to which they are assigned.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Provide direct supervision and management of client behavior in a consistent and equitable manner.

* Acknowledge and respect client rights.

* Provide clients with guidance and instruction in the performance of basic living skills.

* Accompany and direct clients to all components of their treatment program; remain with clients; adhere to the Weekly Planning Schedule.

* Accurately and thoroughly document all client activities per policy; documentation must be legible.

* Assure that hand-off to next shift is complete with entries in permanent written log and verbal communication regarding routine and unusual events.

* Supervise and monitor clients regarding client safety, following applicable client care policy.

* Ensure that clients are dressed appropriately for current weather conditions

* Follow proper reporting procedures for actual or potential accidents or incidents so follow-up and/or prevention can occur

* Communicate client medical/dental complaints and concerns to nursing staff in a timely manner.

Schedule:

12 hour shifts; 3 on and 3 off; days and nights; rotating

• 21+
• Graduation from high school or equivalent
• Moderate Computer and writing skills

Mission Statement

To provide the degree and quality of service in the least restrictive environment for our neighbors’ children that we would be compelled to provide for our own.

To provide the services wherever possible in a manner that reflects the best of traditional and contemporary values embraced by families.

Additionally, the program must strive to make itself accessible to families and agencies with varying abilities, mechanisms, and resources for funding services.

Vision Statement

To craft a developmentally dynamic array of residential services with an inherent capability to evolve and maintain its appropriateness in meeting client needs.