The Home for Little Wanderers • Keene, NH 03435
Job #2692546220
Description
Bonus eligible up to $3,000!
When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids.
For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future. To learn more about the incredible impact our employees have on the lives of children and families, click here: ~~~
Position Description
Primarily responsible for supervising Residential Counselors, coordinating work assignments, ensuring safety of the clients, and providing direct child care.
Essential Functions
Work closely with Milieu/Program Director to ensure appropriate staffing coverage. Hire, train, supervise, performance manage and evaluate direct care staff. Mediate staff issues and employee conflicts. Host team meetings for staff and provide training and weekly supervision.
Plan and schedule therapeutic groups designed to enhance children's growth and development and creatively plan social activities and special events
Coordinate and manage all activities of daily shift including, but not limited to, medical appointments, recreational activities, transportation to work and home visits, homework completion, behavior support system and chore and room completion
Provide, model and supervise group and individual behavior support and intervention in keeping with TCI principles including appropriate physical restraints as necessary
Ensure completion of all necessary shift paperwork including communication log, daily log, incident reporting, mentor sheets and behavior support monitoring
Provide work coverage of shifts as needed
Manage medical and emergency situations
Provide crisis intervention, which may include the use of restraints
Oversee the timely submission of records and documentation and ensure that staff are aware of activities that may have emerged on prior shift
Manage client belongings account sheets
Attend weekly meetings
May be required to carry a mobile device
Perform other duties as assigned
Driving Requirements
May be required to operate a vehicle
May be required to have a valid driver's license and a "satisfactory" driving record
May be required to have access to a personal vehicle for use during work hours
May be required to use personal vehicle to transport clients on occasion if/when needed
If required to transport clients, must maintain the minimum amounts of liability insurance as required by The Home and/or other regulatory requirements and vehicle registration must be current
Education and Experience:
Equivalent to two years of college and/or two years child care experience in a residential setting with similar population of children
Supervisory experience helpful
Computer literate including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer with the ability to learn new software applications
Physical Requirements:
Continuous walking, standing, climbing, lifting of objects for 6 - 7 hour shifts. Ability to effectively restrain using proper behavior support and techniques when needed. Ability to read and write. Must be flexible, may have to work extended shifts. Exposure to behaviorally difficult children/adolescents.
What The Home Can Offer You
In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of countless youth, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:
Extensive training to new staff
Generous time off
Tuition reimbursement
Health and Dental Insurance available upon hire
403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match
Long-term Disability and Short-term Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
And more!
Valuing Diversity
We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.
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)
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