Shelter Youth Care Worker (Monday-Friday) AM

Position Summary Primary responsibilities include assisting team members with overall operations of shelter facility and responsible for the direct care, behavior management and supervision to shelter residents, ages 5-17. This includes monitoring personal hygiene, health, medication administration, client intakes and discharges, meal preparation, kitchen clean-up and maintenance, assistance with the planning and facilitation of daily cultural & physical activities to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our youth. 

SALARY: DOE. HOURS: M-F 7am -3PM. May be asked to occasionally work other shifts. Flexibility required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Directly responsible to the Shelter Manager and the Housing and Stabilization Director

· Provide direct care, behavior management, and supervision of shelter residents to ensure health and safety of everyone. This includes monitoring personal hygiene, health, medication administration, behavioral/emotional status and providing conflict resolution/counseling between residents if needed.

· Personal Hygiene includes brushing teeth, daily bathing/showering, brushing hair, ensure the residents are wearing clean clothes.

· Laundry needs to be done on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This includes youth clothing and bedding. Bedding must be changed every 3 days. 

· Prepare healthy and nutritious meals and snacks for shelter residents in accordance with the shelter menu. 

Must maintain a sanitary environment by performing light maintenance duties Ensure that the kitchen is cleaned after each meal including wiping down the kitchen and dining table, storing and labeling leftovers, washing and sanitizing the dishes, and vacuuming/sweeping after meal service. 

· Help facilitate daily engaging, interactive activities and groups of a recreational, cultural or educational nature in accordance with the weekly schedule. This may include house meetings, youth enrichment activities, outdoor activities outside of the shelter and support groups. 

· Provide case management support as needed by providing transportation, documentation in appropriate logs and files, complete client Intakes and discharges. This includes cleaning the resident’s room, obtaining resident’s evaluation, labeling and storing belongings.

· Supervise parental visits.

· Provide emotional support to shelter residents and provide resources as needed.

· Must work in conjunction with other Youth Care Workers by enforcing program policies and procedures, provide emotional support to shelter residents and their families and screen crisis referrals.

· Provide transportation to shelter residents. Staff must ensure the driving log is complete after every ride. After each ride, staff must check the van for debris and ensure resident belongings are removed.

Shelter Van must be thoroughly cleaned 1x a week. This includes disinfecting the van, vacuum, and car wash. 

· Perform telephone coverage, screen referrals and provide information to residents and community.

· Attending weekly shelter staff meeting

· Follow the on-call posted schedule. On-Call staff need to be available by phone and prepared to come to the Shelter in Emergency circumstances.

· Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience:

· AA degree in human services, child development, elementary/secondary education or related field is preferred.

· A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with youth who exhibit varying degrees of difficult behavior in a residential, therapeutic, group or classroom setting preferred. Candidates must be knowledgeable of the Native American Indian culture, values, and family systems.

· Must have the ability to work constructively with children and youth who exhibit varying degrees of difficult behaviors.

· Must demonstrate and promote a chemically healthy lifestyle.

· Must be knowledgeable of traditional Indian child-rearing methods, culture, values and family systems.

· Must be cognizant of and sensitive to the special needs/issues of American Indian children in out-of-home placement.

· Must have sufficient physical strength and ability to independently and repeatedly lift, move, and carry objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds, such as a vacuum cleaner, mop bucket w/water, and industrial cooking pots and pans.

· Must have the ability to stand/walk up three (3) flights of stairs repeatedly.

· Must have the ability to bend/squat/twist/reach constantly when emptying trash, dusting, sweeping floors, mopping floors, vacuuming, and occasionally shoveling snow.

· Must have a valid driver’s license and pass MN DHS background study.