Primary responsibility: is to ensure that all children are safely cared for during Family Involvement Center sponsored programming and in-home and/or community activities. Essential Functions:
• Ensure children are safe and secure while receiving services.
• Oversight of individual and/or group activities related to child’s support plan and maintain safe environment and use de-escalation efforts when necessary.
• Ensure proper security procedures of receiving/releasing children to their designated parties.
• Provide strength-based communication with the youth and families.
• Record attendance and activities when providing respite and living skills.
• Accurately complete all necessary paperwork including notes, evaluation data, internal reports, as scheduled.
• Complete internal/external incident reports as required.
• Attend clinical supervision as required.
• Must work effectively in an atmosphere of dignity and respect for youth, families, caregivers and co-workers
• Participate in training programs and complete as required.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with people from diverse cultural, economic and ethnic backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing with factual, strength –based professional, empathetic and clinical manner.
• Assume responsibility for the medical record, ensuring completion of required documentation within acceptable standards as determined by Youth Development Support Services Program Manager and Director of Clinical Director.
• Responsible for meeting productivity, quality and supervision standards as determined by clinical leadership.
• Assist in the ongoing development and evaluation of the support plan.
• Ability to respect and set appropriate boundaries with youth, families, caregivers, professionals and co-workers.
• Establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with internal staff, community resources and stakeholders.
• Ability to perform services with dignity, respect and professional demeanor.
• Maintain confidential information.
• Model and support options that assure solutions are compatible with the Arizona Vision and 12 Principles.
• Responsible for understanding; adhering to all internal policies & procedures, training expectations and ADHS covered services guide.
