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Lead Youth Counselor -Crisis Programs

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Job Description - Lead Youth Counselor -Crisis Programs

Job Summary: The lead youth counselor supports youth experiencing a mental health crisis in our children’s crisis settings. This service is designed to support youth in the community instead of them living in a hospital, hotel or detention center. In this role, you will provide support to youth by implementing interventions identified in their therapeutic support plan and engaging in all daily activities with clients. This includes supporting them with hygiene and daily tasks, cooking, maintaining their schedule, taking them into the community and managing behaviors when necessary. As a lead youth counselor, you are the lead on shift that ensures the schedule is followed and all necessary policies and procedures are adhered to on shift by coworkers.  In this role, you will offer mentorship to coworkers and model trauma-informed care interventions. Each lead counselor will have one additional area of responsibility for the home, such as development of the activity calendar, ordering supplies, etc.

Mount Olivet Rolling Acres - MORA – is a diverse and inclusive nonprofit has supported adults, seniors and children with developmental disabilities, behavioral health needs as well as age-related and chronic medical conditions for over 50 years in the Twin Cities metro.

MORA provides an array of services: Adult Day Services, Contracted Case Management, Community Supports, over 30 Residential Homes, Respite, Therapeutic Recreation, Training for Guardians & Families, and a
Discover Summer Daytime Programming for Youth with Disabilities. Our Metro Crisis Coordination Program (MCCP) offers a safety net of crucial and cost-effective services for adults and children.

Schedule: Week 1
Sun 7am-3pm, Tues 7am-3pm, Wed 7am-3pm, Thurs 7am-3pm, Fri 7am-3pm
Week 2
Tues 2pm-10pm, Wed 2pm-10pm, Thurs 2pm-10pm, Fri  2pm-10pm, Sat 7am-3pm



Hourly Base Rate:
$28.00 
 per hour        
Weekend differential +$2.00 hour for hours between Fri 10pm and Sun 10pm
Overnight differential +$1.00 hour for hours between 10pm and 6am

($12.41 per hour sleep hours only when assigned)    
 

$1,500 retention bonus for full-time paid out over 1 year.
 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Engage with client daily activities and manage behavior according to client’s individual plan and needs
  • Approach all client and coworker interactions from a trauma informed care perspective
  • Maintain open communication with your coworkers and coach and mentor other staff on shift
  • Attend team and client meetings
  • Demonstrate an acceptance and respectfulness towards all people of any gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability and gender identity.
  • Ensure client safety by implementing necessary behavior interventions as described in their therapeutic support plan.
  • Actively taking clients into the community and demonstrating safe and appropriate social skills
  • Maintaining appropriate boundaries with clients at all time
  • Ensure a clean, safe home by following all policies and procedures on shift.
  • Work effectively with the clients identified supports (family, guardians, workers) to encourage communication and healthy relationships
  • Support the client in identifying their triggers and implementing coping strategies that allow them to stabilize and transition to a long-term living option.
  • Lead and teach DBT groups on shift to youth
  • Participate in recreation activities, games, all events at the home
  • Documentation as required on shift

Required Qualifications:

  • 21 years or older
  • Bachelor’s Degree OR 3 years of experience with youth in a residential, shelter or crisis programs
  • Must pass Department of Human Services background check and maintain “qualified” status.
  • must be able to successfully complete company’s physical job demands document
  • If using your own vehicle for company business, you must have a current valid driver’s license and must have insurance as required by state law.
  • Demonstrates mastery of basic computer skills.

Benefits: Full-time employees receive a comprehensive and competitive benefit package, including:
  • Medical insurance with company sponsored health reimbursement account and health savings account
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance; employee, spouse and children’s coverage options
  • Long-term disability and short-term disability
  • Flexible spending; medical and dependent care
  • 403B retirement plans that match after 1 year of employment
  • Paid time off up to three weeks annually which increases after the first year of employment
  • Opportunity for usage of our private vacation property west of Duluth (McGregor, MN)
  • Awards for outstanding employee performance and promotion opportunities
  • Generous tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities!
  • Many opportunities for advancement. Mount Olivet Rolling Acres promotes from within
Cherishing the big-hearted heritage of our beginnings, we actively advocate for equity and inclusion for the individuals we serve and for our employees.  Healthy. Happy. Human. Join us.

MORAcares.org/careers/

Mount Olivet Rolling Acres is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Mount Olivet Rolling Acres



7200 Rolling Acres Road

Victoria, MN 55386



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www.moracares.org



952-474-5974



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