Youth Care Worker Part Time

Youth Care Worker Part Time

Youth Shelter - Reunion House - Tucson, AZ

Overview

Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time Job Shift: Any Education Level: High School Travel Percentage: None Category: Nonprofit - Social Services

Description

For over 65 years, Our Family has successfully worked the front lines to solve Tucson’s most important social issues. We offer safe and stable homes for over 450 youth, children and parents experiencing homelessness each night. We provide the only emergency youth shelter for teens 12 to 17 in Southern Arizona. Plus, our Center for Community Dialogue & Training has been helping Southern Arizonans talk about challenging issues in a skilled, civil, and respectful way for over 40 years.

• On Average this past year we housed 470 individuals each night.
• Over the past 3 years we have served nearly 20,000 individuals.
• 93% of the families we serve move on to safe and stable housing when exiting our programs.

We are recruiting for the open position of:

Title: Youth Care Worker

Dept/Program: Homeless Youth Services/Reunion House

Reports to: Assistant Manager, Reunion House

Status: Non-exempt

Hiring for part-time positions and PRN/Floater all shifts.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide program support to assist clients with their day-to-day needs within the structure of Our Family’s Reunion House shelter. The Homeless Youth Services programs provide emergency shelter, housing, case management, advocacy, housing, employment/educational assistance, counseling, and life skills to youth aged 12-23 experiencing homelessness or other unsafe living situations. It includes the Reunion House shelter, a 14-bed, DES-licensed facility that provides emergency shelter and support to youth aged 12-17 who have been removed from their family home or run away from an unsafe situation.

All agency positions are expected to meet the agency standards for attendance and punctuality, positive interactions with others, effective work habits, knowledge and skills, judgment and ethics. The specific expectations and essential duties of this position include:

• Enforces house rules for the safety of all clients
• Ensures security, safety, and cleanliness of the facility
• Maintains related documentation and records
• Attends and participates in weekly staff meetings
• Provides services in a client-centered and culturally appropriate manner
• Facilitates crisis intervention, conflict resolution and group problem-solving as needed
• Effectively links clients with appropriate community resources and advocate for client needs
• Is available to clients at all hours required by program or contracts, including on-call or after hours coverage as required
• Participates in actively soliciting feedback from program participants through distributing satisfaction surveys or other approved means
• Works cooperatively with members of a larger treatment or service coordination team, either internally within the agency or externally in the larger community
• Ensures aftercare planning is conducted with clients, whenever appropriate
• Responsible for tracking and monitoring child and adult care food program
• Other duties as assigned

Compensation: Salary for this position starts from a base of $15.00/hr. Individual salaries are based on the number of years of relevant education and experience a candidate has beyond the minimum required for the position. Additional compensation may also be offered based on relevant licensure or certification. All staff who successfully passes a language test showing substantial bilingual ability in Spanish will receive a differential equivalent to $.75/hr.

Our Family offers excellent benefits!

• 13 paid holidays a year
• Benefits start the first of the month following hire
• Affordable medical (30+ hour employees) and dental benefits with a choice of plan options
• Employer-paid life insurance (30+ hour employees) with the ability to buy up additional coverage
• Generous paid time off with the ability to use time as it accrues with no waiting period
• A 403(b) retirement plan with an agency match
• Educational reimbursement available
• An investment in staff development, including many quality agency-provided trainings
• Eligible 501(c) Agency for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program