- Ability to meet deadlines and documentation completely and accurately in accordance with state licensing, contractors, and various funders.
- Conduct yourself in a professional manner as a representative of Seton Home with participants, staff, children, school staff and anyone who comes in contact with your role.
- Maintain positive culturally competent relationships with residents and staff.
- Follow reporting and notification protocol for serious incidents.
- Apply de-escalation techniques and Emergency Behavior Intervention techniques as trained.
- As a Seton Home employee, attendance and successful completion of a 10-day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Help wake residents and engage them in their daily routine.
- Ensure participants are where they need to be on time.
- Supervise any residents unable to attend school, interact and engage in activities with residents and children.
- Supervise and assist residents with schoolwork while at school in the classroom with assigned schoolwork.
- Assist residents and engage in teaching of life skills and parenting skills in your day-to-day duties.
- Ensure basic needs of all participants and their children are met.
- Turn in daily progress notes and TPCN logs at the end of shift.
- Complete transition report with oncoming shift
- Complete safety checks with the goal to maintain a safe physical environment for all participants of the program.
- Complete facility observation checklist
- Prepare and set out breakfast for residents within one hour of preparation.
- Process hygiene, clothing and other needs requests for clients, document accordingly in agency database.
- Prepare logs, needs requests, inventory, and resident binders.
- Process medications.
- Complete daily med audit and email to appropriate personnel
- Update medication binders as new intakes arrive.
- Process and distribute basic hygiene requests, toiletries and document accordingly and timely in agency database.
- Clean and make ready vacant rooms.
- Education and Experience
- Associate's Degree Preferred in a Human Services Field, Education, and Psychology etc. Minimum High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum of 6-month experience in human services field or Child Welfare Field working with children and adolescents
- License and Credentials
- Reliable transportation
- Valid driver license
- Valid vehicle insurance
- Experience with computer software
- A solid grasp of Trauma Informed Care and Pregnant and Parenting Populations
- Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently and on a team.
- Must have good written and verbal skills.
- Must have good critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
teen parent specialist i - San Antonio, TX , USA, United States - Archdiocese of San Antonio
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Part-time
Description
Mission:
Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home, education, and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.
Workdays:
Saturday-Sunday
Works Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: 1115 Mission Rd., San Antonio, TX, 78210
Summary:
Responsible for the overall wellbeing, care and supervision of adolescent mothers' ages Young adults 18-21 years old and their children ages 0-5 years old.
The Specialist works providing services to clients in a residential setting and applies trauma informed practices to provide a safe and caring environment.
The Parenting Specialist is responsible for learning life skills and parenting curriculum and teach it to clients in their daily home like environment.
This role is authorized to take reasonable action necessary to carry out responsibilities assigned as long as such actions do not deviate from established organizational policies and are consistent with program guidelines and sound professional judgment.
Position Responsibilities:
* *Plan, lead and implement parenting, educational, independent living skills, and recreational activities during your shift as assigned.
* *Effectively manage the group of children assigned to you. Maintain and enforce agency policies and procedures to maintain youth rights and appropriate discipline.
* *Actively engage with participants with the goal of fostering positive and age-appropriate development of each participant.
Shift Specific Expectation & Responsibilities:
Morning Routine
Competencies:
Adaptability
Communication
Critical Thinking
De-escalation
Empathy
Resilience
Solution Oriented
Stress Management
Teamwork
Technology
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Knowledge and Skills:
Travel Requirements:
Travel requirements for the position includes 30% local and no overnight travel.
Disclaimer:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability.
Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To view this and other employment opportunities please visit our website at You must apply through our website and complete the application and upload your resume.
No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.Salary Description
$15.00