Responsible for direct line-of-sight supervision and the assistance, security, and safety of youth in a structured school program residential setting.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Employee must have regular attendance/punctuality, be able to cooperate with others, and be completely honest.

1. Providing consistent and timely implementation of discipline and control.
2. Encouraging and actively participating in youth activities, with special attention being paid to academic support and instruction.
3. Provides coaching, mentoring, and some teaching to youth as appropriate.
4. Assisting youth with independent living skills within the program guidelines.
5. Acting as a positive role model, including manner of dress, use of language, and overall interactions with the youth; modeling appropriate behavior, including not engaging in rumors or gossip about the program or participants.
6. Facilitating a structured daily routine for the youth by adhering to program goals and guidelines, including assistance with facilitation of group educational, recreational, and vocational activities.
7. Works with all the staff to prioritize classroom support for the students and teachers while in the school, attending to other duties as safely appropriate. Ensuring that a Youth Coach is present in the classroom when necessary.
8. Strictly following and implementing all safety, medication, personnel, and department policies and procedures, including all applicable School District #51 policies and procedures.
9. Act as a leader while at the Opportunity Center and in the classroom; supporting, coaching, and working with other staff as needed to ensure safe and appropriate education for the youth and compliance with Hilltop policies and procedures.
10. Oversee the daily completion of education assignments to include monitoring homework and making up needed work.
11. Documenting on a daily basis youth behaviors, attitudes, and program participation in an accurate, complete, and legible manner.
12. Administering medications and documenting that medications have been administered correctly and at the appropriate times.
13. Transporting youth to activities and/or appointments as necessary.
14. Being familiar with and following the program guidelines regarding “Client Rights and Responsibilities.”
15. Maintaining professional boundaries and respect for youth’s confidentiality as directed by program guidelines.
16. Demonstrating an effective working relationship with co-workers and actively participating in conflict management and resolution.
17. Dealing effectively and directly with the relevant person/people regarding youth related issues.
18. Maintaining professional behavior with co-workers and outside agencies.
19. Offering assistance to others when time allows.
20. Attending team meetings, in-services, and all required trainings.
21. Attends periodically the Opportunity Center School Program staff meetings to accurately and professionally represent the residential component of Youth Services.
22. Knowing and implementing Hilltop policies and procedures and following state rules and regulations.
23. Mentoring specific youth as required.
24. Other duties as assigned.

From 7:00am to 3:00pm Youth Coaches scheduled in the classroom should be focusing on academic performance and school wide behavioral expectations.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Two years of college education or high school diploma/general education degree (GED) and one year experience in a human services related field.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS PREFERRED:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a human services related field
Experience: Two (2) years prior Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or Residential Child Care Facility (RCCF) experience, and/or one (1) year group facilitation experience with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Special Skills: Two (2) of the following certifications: QMAP certification; Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation/ First Aide certification; CPI certification, or Informed Supervisor of Sex Offenders Certification.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, as well as Hilltop and program specific policies and procedures. Must be able to write routine documentation as required. Must be able to verbally communicate effectively with youth and co-workers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Must be able to add and subtract two digit numbers, and to multiply and divide by 10’s and 100’s. Must be able to perform these operations using units of American money, weight measurements, volume measurement, and distance. Must be able to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY
Must be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

MENTAL ABILITY
Oral comprehension, written comprehension, and the ability to write effectively are all essential to the performance of the duties required of this position.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
• CPR Certificate/First Aid Certificate
• Colorado Driver’s License
• Medication Administration Certification
• Certificate from Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI Training).
• Hilltop’s Transportation Certification

CLEARANCES
The following background checks are conducted by Hilltop Community Resources:
• Criminal background/CBI/fingerprints
• Child Abuse Registry

EXPOSURE CATEGORY: [ 2 ]
2) - Job tasks involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue, but employment may require unplanned category 1 exposure.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Mobility:
• Must be able to stand 20% of the time; sit 10% of the time; walk 70% of the time.
• Climbing (ascends or descends ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, etc., using feet and legs and/or hands and arms).
• Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces).
• Stooping (bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist).
• Kneeling (bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees).
• Crouching (bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine).
• Reaching (extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction).

Lifting:
• Must be able to exert between 10 and 25 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Communication:
• Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Must be able to clearly understand the English language and be understood while speaking the English language. Must be able to give instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing:
• Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Must be able to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Taste/Smell:
• Must be able to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognize particular flavors and/or odors, using the tongue and/or nose.

Vision:
• Close vision (clear at 20 inches or less).
• Far vision (clear at 20 feet or more).
• Depth perception (Three-dimensional vision. The ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors).
• Field of vision (observing an area that can be seen up and down or right or left while eyes are fixed in a given point).

Physical effort:
• Medium work (moderate physical activity required by handling objects up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and being involved in active recreation activities with the youth).

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical surroundings:
• 50% of time is spent indoors; 50% of time is spent outdoors.
• Occasionally exposed to physically and/or verbally aggressive clients.
• The noise level is usually moderate.