Youth Care Specialist, part-time, weekend morning shifts

## Description

**Youth Care Specialist, part-time, weekend morning shifts.**

At Every Child’s Hope (ECH), we partner with the community to support children, youth, and families in their pursuit of health and wholeness through quality, professional, and faithful services. Rooted in a trauma-informed approach, our mission is to provide hope for every child and healing for every family—every day. As a Youth Care Specialist, you will play a vital role in fostering a safe, structured, and nurturing environment for youth in our residential treatment program. This position is central to promoting healing, building resilience, and supporting youth in overcoming adversity and reaching their full potential.

**Key Responsibilities:**

***Supervision & Safety***

• Provide attuned, trauma-sensitive supervision to ensure youth safety and accountability at all times.
• Maintain secure and sanitary living areas free from contraband and hazards, while respecting youth dignity and autonomy.

***Treatment Support***

• Participate actively in treatment team meetings, contributing insights that reflect youth strengths and needs.
• Apply Safe Crisis Management techniques and Trauma-Informed Care principles to de-escalate situations and promote emotional regulation.
• Administer medications per agency policy and respond to crises with calm, compassionate intervention.

***Daily Living & Life Skills***

• Facilitate daily routines that promote predictability and emotional safety.
• Provide hands-on instruction in life skills such as hygiene, cooking, cleaning, and fitness, emphasizing empowerment and self-efficacy.

***Communication & Documentation***

• Complete progress notes and treatment documentation accurately and on time, using strength-based language.
• Reporting Conduct maintenance and safety needs, modeling shared responsibility and pride in space.

***Professionalism & Community Engagement***

• Foster trusting, respectful relationships with youth, staff, and community partners.
• Uphold ethical standards and maintain confidentiality, especially regarding trauma histories.
• Participate in required training and promote a positive, inclusive youth culture that reflects ECH’s values.
• Maintain open, respectful communication with staff via logs, email, and meetings to ensure collaborative care.

• **Job Type:** Part-time, weekends, morning shifts, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, day shifts 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm
• **Pay:** From $17.50 per hour
• **Workdays:**

• Part-time, Weekends, morning shifts, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, day shifts 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm
• Opportunity to pick up open shifts.

## Qualifications
**Required Key Skills and Qualifications:**

• A commitment to trauma-informed principles, including safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment.
• Experience identifying and implementing solutions that ensure inclusive participation and opportunity.
• A proven ability to leverage relevant qualifications to inform healing-centered strategies.
• Strong communication skills to distribute clear, compassionate, and culturally responsive information.
• Dedication to continuous learning, including trauma-informed awareness through new hire and annual training.

**Essential Functions and Physical Demands**

• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Regularly required to sit and stand
• Requires the use of Safe Crisis Management (SCM) techniques, which include occasional physical interventions and will require assisting individuals to the floor, bending, kneeling, and lifting.
• Required to pass physical examination.
• Required to obtain and maintain training and certification as mandated by Licensing Regulations

**Additional Requirements**

• High School Diploma.
• Preferred experience 1 year in direct youth care