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Safe House Youth Care Provider

Performs activities such as interacting with adolescents, cleaning, cooking, and participating in recreational activities with youth at the Safe House. The Safe House is a group home for adolescents funded through State and County contracts, grants and private donations.

Essential duties and responsibilities include supervising youth, cooking meals, assisting with homework, transporting youth to appointments, cleaning the Safe House, maintaining communication with youth, preparing and maintaining accurate logs, case notes, and incident reports, responding to questions and comments, performing time management and scheduling functions, communicating and coordinating with co-workers, attending staff meetings and training sessions, adhering to guidelines of Code of Ethics for Youth Advocates, maintaining strict confidentiality, and assisting other department and County employees as needed.

Qualifications include knowledge of child protection, trauma informed care, substance abuse and addictions and mental health, department policies and procedures, interpersonal relations and communication, conflict mediation, negotiation, and incident de-escalation and resolution methods and techniques, operation of a personal computer and job-related software applications, operation of standard office equipment, English grammar, spelling, punctuation, and composition, County policies regarding safe work practices, and skill and ability to work effectively with young people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientation, and belief systems, assist youth with prescribed medications, apply de-escalation techniques when needed, administer CPR/First Aid when needed, prepare and maintain accurate, timely and complete logs, case notes, and incident reports, meet all state licensing requirements for position, speak clearly and communicate accurate information to others, use English to communicate effectively with others, proficiently operate computers, software programs, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar office software to create documents and other materials, maintain information, and generate reports, listen carefully to, understand, and effectively communicate through oral, written, and interpersonal communication channels, follow verbal and written instructions, work independently and exercise initiative, with general guidance and supervision, use good judgment to make sound and reasonable decisions and problem-solving skills to respond to youth service needs in accordance with laws, ordinances, regulations and established policies, maintain professional boundaries and demeanor at all times, perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines, demonstrate integrity and ingenuity in the performance of assigned tasks and solving problems, perform all duties in accordance with County policies and procedures with regard for personal safety and that of other employees and the public, and maintain confidentiality.

Acceptable experience and training includes a high school diploma or GED is required and an Associate's Degree is preferred in Social Work, Juvenile Justice or related field, experience working with young people, meet Idaho licensing requirements for Youth Advocate, be at least 21 years old, valid Idaho driver's license, an equivalent combination of education and experience working with young people that provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities to successfully perform the essential functions of the position may be considered, and must successfully pass background investigation relevant to the position, including fingerprints and remain in good standing for the duration of employment with the County.

Physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, using hands to keyboard or type, handling materials, manipulating tools, lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds and, infrequently, up to 50 pounds, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus, and safely operate a motor vehicle. Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing abilities includes those which permit the employee to discern verbal instructions and communicate effectively in person and by telephone.