What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth & Family Support Specialist (PART-TIME) position at Pressley Ridge?
Youth & Family Support Specialist
Since 1832, Pressley Ridge has done whatever it takes to create success for children, adults and families. Pressley Ridge’s innovative programming helps to rebuild communities and families who are facing difficult challenges and complex situations. From behavioral health and foster care services to residential treatment facilities and education for children with special needs, including autism and deafness, Pressley Ridge empowers nearly 10,000 kids and families each year with the ability and confidence to succeed.
As one of the 2019 Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Top Work Places, we invite you to join our team. This position requires candidates to have and use their own vehicle.
Essential Duties of this Role
To assure the safety of children and youth , the YFS will:
- Be available at scheduled hours to assist with maintaining visual and auditory contact with youth during home visits, in-service, and community activities;
- Assist in identifying potential safety hazards to the youth and taking necessary steps to eliminate or minimize injury.
To assist in implementation of program activities the YFS, as needed, will:
- Transport youth to family visits, external appointments, and other activities when needed and as appropriate to the service being delivered;
- Monitor and/or supervise biological family contact as per court order;
- In TFC, assist youth with Independent Living Skills;
- Support and guide youth while participating in peer activities;
- Participate in program activities with the youth as needed;
- Communicate any/all information pertaining to a youth, including prescheduled appointments, to program staff;
- Deliver services as outlined in service plan/ISP;
- Support staff in job related functions and units of service.
To assist in arranging for goal driven activities "in and out" of the home, the YFS will:
- Be available to provide transportation as needed and as appropriate to the service being delivered;
- Be available to relieve staff or TFC parents , as the schedule requires
- Work alongside families, staff, and/or TFC parents, to support completion of goals and activities
To assure appropriate documentation of program activities, the YFS will:
- Document time spent with youth as required by program and regulation, which may include what activity was performed, time of activity, and participants;
- Complete written work that is legible, accurate and use professional language meet timelines for submitting paperwork established by the program and organization;
- Gather program data, as needed, and assist in preparation of data and/or summarizing information;
- Complete other required paperwork and documentation
To promote his/her professional growth and development, the YFS will:
- Attend appropriate in-service, staff training , SWAN trainings, or other required job related internal and external training; Participate in supervision .
Experience
Required- 1 year(s): Experience working with children and/or adults
Education
Required- High School or better
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
