Foster Care Aide
2 months ago
Position Summary:
The Foster Care Aide is responsible for supporting and reinforcing the individual treatment and transition plans of youth in the Treatment Foster Family Home by providing guidance, assistance, and supervision of clients in their daily living activities.
Hourly Pay Rate: $18.00
***This position requires flexible scheduling, including days, evenings and weekends.***
Primary responsibilities:
Client Support & Mentorship
- Provides mentorship, role-modeling, and assistance to clients in developing daily living skills and activities that will help them obtain a healthy and age-appropriate sense of self.
- Assists in implementing the individualized/client specific treatment interventions that have been determined by the treatment team.
- Ensures that clients comply with completing required daily living activities surrounding personal hygiene and grooming, upkeep of living areas, laundry, other household items, etc.
- Serves as a mentor and role model by demonstrating compassion and understanding for feelings, opinions, and experiences of others, and communicating and interacting in a manner that is honest, positive, respectful, and professional; demonstrates ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Assists in providing educational assistance/guidance, social skills development, life planning skills development, and therapeutic recreational/leisure activities for the clients as needed.
Treatment Reinforcement
- Assists and supports the Treatment Foster Family Parent in establishing and enforcing the guidelines, procedures and house rules which are designed to ensure safety and structure within the home.
- Reinforces adherence to daily schedules and activities established for the treatment foster family home including attending school and school events, therapy sessions, doctor appointments, family visits, planned recreational activities and other external appointments, etc., and provide transportation and supervision as needed.
- Reinforces the structure of the home environment with focus on enabling clients in developing age-appropriate life skills in areas such as self-care, completion of household duties, meal preparation, recreation and leisure, money management, vocational readiness, and employment.
- Monitors the clients' medical needs and communicate medical concerns to appropriate staff; administer medications per established protocols and by document information as required.
Individual Treatment Planning
- Supports the foster parent by providing direct supervision of the client during daily living activities, during the implementation of individualized treatment plans and during other therapeutic events as needed.
- Provides assistance in teaching, collaborating with, and supporting the clients' families in order to achieve their permanency goals.
- Responsible for providing regular transportation and supervision for the youth to ensure their safety to a scheduled location in an assigned company vehicle or personal vehicle.
- When appropriate, assists the clients in maintaining contact with their families and work actively to support and enhance these relationships. Exhibit spirit of cooperation among co-workers. Display ethical conduct and professionalism at all times, with particular emphasis on maintaining a healthy relationship and appropriate boundaries with youth and protecting youth confidentiality.
- Engages with and include client families in decision-making and provide guidance in establishing effective boundaries and limits with their child.
- Participates with co-workers as a team on implementation of treatment plans and therapeutic services; proactively manages multiple client treatment and program needs.
- Engages in therapeutic interventions with clients within treatment parameters, while maintaining appropriate boundaries with clients and their families.
Treatment Policy, Procedure & Compliance
- Complies with all documentation requirements and standards, including but not limited to, any family or other external contact, individual, family, or group counseling session, critical incident reporting, etc.
- Works with the treatment team to assess and intervene with problematic clients to encourage retention in the program.
- Understands, adheres to and applies all Nexus policies involving privacy and confidentiality of information regarding clients and their families; remains apprised with HIPAA regulations.
- Attends and actively participates in weekly staff meetings.
- Ensures client safety and collaborate with co-workers to maintain a therapeutic environment that is clean, safe, positive, and respectful.
- Performs First Aid/CPR procedures and respond according to established protocols in the event of an emergency situation.
- Identifies and notifies the team and foster parent(s) of any safety hazards or concerns within the treatment foster family home and demonstrates the ability to handle a crisis situation and use sound judgement.
- Upholds all safety and supervision procedures to ensure safety of youth in the home as well as in the community, which includes compliance with safety measures involving the foster family home(s), campus grounds and while traveling to and attending off-campus activities.
- Participates in required training to meet company and State agency's expectations, including training that provides additional skills and strategies to use in regard to implementing therapeutic interventions that address the client's behavioral, emotional, and mental health needs.
- Remains current and compliant with all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements.
- All other tasks and duties as assigned.
Required Education and Licensure:
- High school Diploma or GED
- Minimum of 21 years of age.
- Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree
- Experience working with youth
ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies:
- Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches.
- Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.
- Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly.
- Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate.
- Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:
At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions will be focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.
APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED TODAY BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to changes lives - including your own.
Key Words: "Foster Care Aide", "Foster Care", "Treatment Foster Care", "Treatment Plans"
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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