Residential Treatment Specialist - Overnight Shift

Position Summary :
The Residential Treatment Specialist provides direct service to children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disorders in a residential setting. The position requires general supervision of residents, teaching appropriate daily living and social skills, implementation of the daily schedule, behavior management, crisis intervention, group work, implementation of recreational activities, report writing and records management, and overseeing all other aspects of daily living for the residents. Residential treatment specialists are expected to work cooperatively with their co-workers in a team context. They are also expected to conduct themselves in a professional, ethical, and therapeutic manner at all times with residents, resident family members, co-workers, and individuals from outside Uhlich.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
·Provides a strong, stable role model and authority figure for residents, and strives to establish and maintain a caring and therapeutic relationship with residents in their care
·Supervises and monitors the whereabouts and activities of all assigned residents on a 24-hour basis
·Manages the behavior of residents through use of approved behavioral management interventions, and works with residents toward the accomplishment of treatment goals, including therapeutic crisis intervention techniques
·Fairly and consistently enforces rules and applies appropriate consequences as needed.
·Implements individual behavior management plans for residents on the dorm through a teamwork approach and makes suggestions to the team based on their observations and interactions with the residents
·Manages daily routines and monitors the safety conditions and overall cleanliness of the residential program
·Maintains the program records and daily logs, as well as appropriate internal documentation through the use of a child welfare computerized system in the residential program
·Works individually with assigned "primary" residents and reports on primary resident's progress in team meetings.·Participates in team meetings, supervisory sessions and other related program meetings, on a regular basis
·Maintains current knowledge through participation in mandatory training.
·Provides transportation for residents as needed
·Performs other related tasks as required or assigned
REQUIREMENTS
Education /Job Experience/Certification :
RTS I
·BA/BS/BSW or 3 years of related experience required (i.e. human services, child welfare or crisis intervention)
·Must be certified in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and First Aid/CPR within one month of employment
·21 years old, minimum
·Valid driver’s license per DCFS contract