Full-time

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Youth Care Worker is responsible for implementing daily therapeutic programming for youth under the direction of their assigned supervisor. The Youth Care Worker engages youth in therapeutic interactions and skill-building activities and documents those interactions and activities in a timely manner legally consistent with Medicaid Rule 140. The Youth Care Worker employs their training in Hoyleton’s CARE practice model and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) to create developmental relationships with youth and maintain a safe, positive, therapeutic environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Engages youth in daily therapeutic activities that help youth develop social, emotional and other life skills including the ability to have fun and play, consistent with each youth’s individualized treatment goals as well as the CARE principles.
- Ensures the safety of youth, themselves and co-workers by:
- Developing positive relationships with youth, co-workers and supervisors,




- Knowing and understanding youths’ trauma history and triggers,
- Anticipating crises and using TCI crisis de-escalation techniques,
- Implementing TCI compliant manual restraint according to agency policy when youth and staff are in immediate and reliable risk of physical harm, and working to restore relationships as crises resolve by conducting TCI Life Space Interviews with youth.
- Requires the successful completion of CARE training and certification and annual recertification in TCI.
- Completes daily hours of care required by documenting Medicaid compliant therapeutic interventions.
- Participates with their supervisor and youth in planning schedules of activities for each shift.
- Engages in reflective practice by participating in weekly individual and/or group supervision with their supervisor.
- Participates in clinical staffing's, cottage and other agency meetings as required and meets all initial and ongoing agency training requirem

📌 Youth Care Worker (Salem)
🏢 Hoyleton Youth & Family Services
📍 Salem