For children and adolescents in need of residential mental treatment, Childhelp is a non-profit organization that offers these options. Our peaceful 270-acre Village is able to treat traumatized children and adolescents, as well as those with psychiatric illnesses and neurodevelopmental abnormalities, to the fullest extent possible. If you're a talented individual who can help us grow and accomplish great things with us/collaborate with us, we'd like to hear from you!

Benefits:

Your Day to Day:

• Provides regular and consistent supervision of all children under their care by providing a creative environment using appropriate limit-setting and structuring techniques within the boundaries of residential standards.
• Implements and institute daily routines for the unit to include evaluating structure and effectiveness.
• Maintains a safe, positive living environment for children to include cleaning and other housekeeping skills.
• Develops and maintains a constructive relationship with each assigned child.
• Stays current in knowledge of each child’s case history and the existing treatment plan, provides input for the re-evaluation of each treatment plan on a quarterly basis, and logs observations essential for formulating that plan.
• Observes and records children’s progress on a daily basis and completes detailed, comprehensive and factual reports regarding behavior and incidents of the children pursuant to policies.
• Provides for the basic health needs of the children with the assistance of the Childhelp medical staff to include providing proper medical care, teaching personal hygiene habits, diet, and preventative medical care.
• Communicates measurable behavioral objectives and guides children toward mastery.
• Assists children in identifying barriers interfering with learning and assists them in ways to overcome barriers to success.
• Identifies children’s needs and development for implementation of interventions for meeting them encompasses areas such as:
• Education: communicating with school, instituting individual homework plan, teaching reading etc.
• Emotional growth: building self-esteem, role modeling and demonstrating effective coping and problem-solving skills and interpersonal skills to children to help them more effectively respond to personal issues they encounter such as peer pressure, adapting to their new surroundings, and appropriately responding to conflict.
• Social Skills: Manners, interactions with peers, and increasing community involvement.
• Attends and actively participates in training and development programs and opportunities, mandatory training, weekly unit meetings and supervisory sessions, and demonstrates learned concepts on the job.
• Oversee and/or participates in various recreational programs and activities with children to stimulate interest in and cooperation with various social and educational programs.
• Provides back-up weekend coverage on a rotating basis as assigned.
• Supervises the children to and from school.
• Supervises the children throughout the school day and provides classroom teachers with behavioral support.
• Adheres to attendance policies.
• Applies crisis intervention with children during school hours to include primary preventative measures before a child needs further disciplinary action, (i.e., supervision, change of placement).
• Communicates daily and as necessary with Teachers, Child Care Workers and all Supervisors.
• Provides behavioral support to children in residential placement who attend off-grounds school.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university in Human Services or related course of study; OR Associate’s degree (A.A.) from two-year college or technical school, AND three (3) months professional experience working with children; OR High School Diploma/GED AND six (6) months professional experience working with children.
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children served in a children’s residential setting.
• Possess a valid unrestricted driver license.