Therapeutic Skills Coach

Job Title:Therapeutic Skills Coach I II III IV V VI
Department:Behavioral Health Services
Location: Eureka CA
Status: Two 2 FullTime One Daytime & One Overnight Shift NonExempt
Hours:40 hours per week
Salary:$21.95 $31.40 per hour (DOE) / Additional Differentials Must Qualify
Open Date: January 9 2025
Close Date:Open Until Filled

Pay Differentials Offered (must qualify through testing or verification):

• Language Translation Bicultural Spanish: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Bilingualism ASL Sign Language: $1.00 per hour
• Bimodal Multilingualism ASL Sign Language: $2.00 per hour
• Overnight/Graveyard Stay Awake Shifts: $1.00 per hour

Overview:

Provides direct oversight supervision and care for each individual child in the residential setting and in the field under supervision of the Program Supervisor and/or Program Director by performing the following duties: Provides crosssetting care and supervision as well as interventions to youth aimed at stabilizing their behavior(s) and teach functional skills that enable the youth to mitigate the behaviors identified as reasons for placement in the residential treatment facility so that the youth can quickly return to and live in the community in a family setting. Nighttime childcare workers will remain awake during the complete shift and follow all night shift procedures. Bed checks every 515 minutes as required by licensing and all other duties as per job description.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in the implementation of plans for the supervision care and treatment of children and youth to meet the programmatic and treatment objectives both in residential treatment and the community.
• Implements care and supervision interventions that cross treatment settings (this includes supervision and care inhome and in the community while the child is practicing skills and behaviors required for her/him to live outside the residential facility) later successfully.
• Assists youth and families with activities including but not limited to community linkage transportation visitation activities of daily living education and life skills acquisition.
• Monitors interaction and behaviors to provide daily structure natural and logical consequences and appropriate nurturing.

Qualifications:

• TSC I: An individual who has less than two 2 years of FTE experience in mental health related field providing direct mental health services.
• TSC II: An individual who has at least two 2 years but less than four years of FTE experience in a mental health related field providing direct mental health services.
• TSC III: An individual who has at least four 4 years of fulltime/equivalent (FTE) experience in a mental health related field proving direct mental health services. Up to two 2 years of the four 4 years of experience can be s substituted by years of education * in a mental healthrelated field or by completion of the County Core Skills Training. There are a minimum requirement of two 2 years of actual work experience.
  *The education requirement must be a minimum of two 2 years of education 60 semester or 90 quarter units) with a minimum of 12 semesters 18 quarter) units in mental healthrelated subject areas such as child development social work human behavior rehabilitation psychology or alcohol and drug counseling.
• TSC IV V VI: An Individual who has Associates degree 6 years experience; Bachelors degree 4 years experience or Masters degree 2 years experience in a mental health related field &/or working with atrisk youth in a residential or mental health setting.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be 21 years of age.
• Must possess a valid CA Drivers License current auto insurance and a clean DMV printout (no more than 3 points).
• Must pass a clear background check with DOJ CACI FBI CCL.
• CPR and First Aid Certified.
• TB Exam and Physical at the time of employment.

This position may work within ALL other agency programs consistent with their scope of practice on a as needed basis. In addition may require occasional flexible work schedule to meet the individualized needs of each client. Employees with direct responsibility for children who are under 18 years of age or who are not emancipated from the foster care system and who in either case are receiving 24 hour residential care and employees of 24 hour residential care facilities for the elderly blind or developmentally disabled individuals may be required to work onduty meal periods without penalty when necessary to meet regulatory or approved program standards and one of the following two conditions is met:

• The residential care employees eats with residents during residents meals and the employer provides the same meal at no charge to the employee; or
• An employee except for the night shift may exercise the right to have an offduty meal period upon 30 days notice to the employer for each instance where an offduty meal is desired provided that there shall be no more than one offduty meal period every two weeks.

Driving Requirement:
This position requires the use of a personal vehicle for business purposes and oncall rotation.

Other Requirements:

• Driving is a required function of this position. Employees must use a personal vehicle that meet all agency requirements including maintaining liability insurance that meets or exceeds state requirements.
• Employees are responsible for ensuring the timely renewal of their vehicle insurance policies and providing updated documentation to the agency to remain in good standing and compliant with position requirements.

OnCall Rotation:
Employees will participate in the oncall rotation for the program.

• Employees must commit to at least one weekend per month.
• Employees will be required to sign an oncall agreement.

Training Provided:

• RCS provides an indepth onboarding and training orientation which includes CPR/First Aid Crisis Communication/ProACT TraumaInformed Care Motivational Interviewing Collaborative Problem Solving introductions to all RCS departments and other valuable trainings.
  

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package available. Benefits:https://redwoodcommunityservices/benefits

To Apply:
Please visit our website atRedwood Community Servicesto apply or learn more about our values and services.

Redwood Community Services Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity at all levels of its workforce.