Support Staff

POSITION:

Support Staff

Reports To:

Program Director

General Function:

Under the direction of the Managers and for all intents and purposes, support staff are functioning house staff with the intent of supporting and serving our regular staff. This can be during the time the house staff are included in ratio or when the support staff may become the primary responsible when the house staff are getting respite.

Minimum Requirements:

• Specific calling or motivation to serve difficult and high-risk youth
• Relational personality with the ability to engage and serve others
• Being able to walk out individual expectations while being a part of the team and exercising proper communication and documentation
• Being able to balance adherence to rules and relationship goals with the residents
• Home church with regular attendance and references
• Personal relationship with Jesus and an understanding of his role in your’s/others’ lives

Prefer: Bachelor’s in a social, psychological, or a medical field related to health and welfare, but not required

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop a relationship with residents in the safe house with the intent of meeting their individual needs and goals based on their services plan
• Adhere to the schedule assigned for each resident and use “down-time” to continue to engage and build relationship
• Assist the house staff in their tasks as well as finding effective ways to support them to the best of their ability
• Prepare meals for the residents and encourage them to assist
• Ensure that the girls remain in proper supervision parameters at all times
• Exercising proper trauma-informed care based on trainings provided by the state and organization
• Taking additional initiative to promote involvement and engagement in creative ways
• Maintain daily and weekly reports and file them electronically for each resident
• Complete digital reports as required
• Be able to navigate and operate computer programs effectively