Are you ready to make a lasting impact by helping youth navigate their most challenging moments and guiding them toward a brighter future? Join the dedicated team at Senecas Welcoming Center!
As the Awake Overnight Youth Stabilization Specialist, you will work with youth ages 0 - 17 at the Welcoming Center ensuring the safety, stability, and growth of youth in care. You will be responsible for conducting regular check-ins during the night to leading life skills groups, provide crisis interventions and de-escalation, participate in client treatment planning, and provide transportation coordination as needed.
About The Welcoming Center
The Welcoming Center is a nurturing, home-like receiving facility dedicated to supporting children and youth in Santa Clara County who face the challenges of placement disruption. Our multi-disciplinary team offers safety, care, comfort, and therapeutic support around the clock, ensuring that young people receive the immediate attention they need, 24/7. We serve young individuals who have recently been removed from their homes, are returning after an elopement, or have experienced a sudden loss of placement. Upon arrival, children and youth are greeted by empathetic and well-trained therapists and counselors. These professionals create a calm and stable environment, carefully assessing each individuals unique needs while working to secure appropriate placement.
ABOUT SENECA
Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area's Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We're committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.
Responsibilities:
Provide supervision of youth and work with them towards maintaining a consistent, structured, and predictable routine in a home environment.
Participate in client treatment planning processes including:
Program meetings
Child and family team (CFT) meetings
Education-related services meetings
Implement interventions outlined in client treatment plan supporting their social and emotional mental health wellness goals.
Complete client-related documentation including county health plan progress notes and incident reporting procedures.
Provide client crisis intervention and de-escalation support.
Coordinate and assist with making transportation arrangements for school, medical, social activities, therapy appointments, and court hearings.
Provide crisis on-call support as needed.
Participate in program staff meetings and additional meetings when necessary.
Utilize crisis communication and de-escalation techniques as per Senecas Equilibrium model training. This may include intervening with the clients behavioral program through physical management of the clients, if applicable. Training in additional crisis intervention modalities such as CPI may be required.
Qualifications
Required
Preferred
Schedule
Full-time, 100% on-site
Wed - Fri, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM & Sat, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Rotating on-call system, once a month
Benefits