Teen Parent Specialist I, AM-6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., P/T Fri & Sat - Seton Home

Mission: Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home education and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.

Summary:

Responsible for the overall wellbeing care and supervision of adolescent mothers ages 12- 18. Young adults 18-21 years old and their children ages 0-5 years old. The Specialist works providing services to clients in a residential setting and applies trauma informed practices to provide a safe and caring environment. The Parenting Specialist is responsible for learning life skills and parenting curriculum and teach it to clients in their daily home like environment. This role is authorized to take reasonable action necessary to carry out responsibilities assigned as long as such actions do not deviate from established organizational policies and are consistent with program guidelines and sound professional judgment.

Position Responsibilities:

• *Plan lead and implement parenting educational independent living skills and recreational activities during your shift as assigned.
• * Build a positive relationship with each program participant and foster positive connections with mothers and their children.
• *Effectively manage the group of children assigned to you. Maintain and enforce agency policies and procedures to maintain youth rights and appropriate discipline.
• *Actively engage with participants with the goal of fostering positive and age appropriate development of each participant.
• Ability to meet deadlines and documentation completely and accurately in accordance with state licensing contractors and various funders.
• Conduct yourself in a professional manner as a representative of Seton Home with participants staff children school staff and anyone who comes in contact with your role.
• Maintain positive culturally competent relationships with residents and staff.
• Follow reporting and notification protocol for serious incidents.
• Adhering to safety training and protocols on a daily basis and taking precautionary measure to ensure the safety and well-being of self others.
• Provide input into development of treatment plans as appropriate during IDT meetings and clinical rounds.
• Other duties as assigned.

Shift Specific Expectation & Responsibilities:

Morning Routine

• Help wake residents and engage them in their daily routine.
• Ensure participants are where they need to be on time
• Supervise any residents unable to attend school interact and engage in activities with residents and children.
• Supervise and assist residents with school work while at school in the classroom with assigned school work.
• Assist residents and engage in vocational classes with residents as scheduled
• Ensure basic needs of all participants and their children are met.
• Turn in daily progress notes and TPCN logs at the end of shift
• Complete transition report with oncoming shift

Afternoon/Evening Routine

Plan lead and implement parenting educational independent living skills and recreational activities during your shift as assigned.

Ensure participants are where they need to be and they are on time

Complete safety checks with the goal to maintain a safe physical environment for all participants of the program.

Engage clients in participation of programmatic services and assist with babysitting during classes groups or crisis situations.

Engage mothers in implementing a baby bed time routine.

Turn in daily progress notes and TPCN logs at the end of shift

Complete transition report with oncoming shift

Overnight Routine

Complete safety checks with the goal to maintain a safe physical environment for all participants of the program

Complete facility observation checklist

Prepare and set out breakfast for residents within one hour of preparation

Process hygiene clothing and other needs requests for clients document accordingly in agency database.

Prepare logs needs requests inventory and resident binders

Process medications

Complete daily med audit and email to appropriate personnel

Update medication binders as new intakes arrive

Process and distribute basic hygiene requests toiletries and document accordingly and timely in agency database

Clean and make ready vacant rooms

Competencies

Competency Description

Adaptability Ability to adjust to changing conditions and remain committed toexcellence.

Communication Ability to effectively share information and ideas of various degree ofdifficulty and sensitivity

through different means of communication and todiverse audiences. (Verbal and/or written)

Critical Thinking Ability to actively and skillfully process and generate information andbelief using a set of core

skills analysis evaluation inferencedeductive reasoning and inductive reasoning.

De-escalation Ability to sense a potential or occurring crisis or volatile situation and engage in a manner that

reduces the intensity or conflict.

Empathy Ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Resilience Ability to deal effectively with pressure and remain optimistic andpersistent despite challenging

situations.

Solution Oriented Ability to identify various challenges think outside the box be innovative and formulate possible

solutions.

Stress Management Ability to remain focused and use emotional intelligence despitestressful situations and

competing priorities.

Teamwork Ability to listen and respond constructively with others fosteringcollaboration and team success.

Technology Ability to apply technical knowledge and skills to solve a wide rangeof complex challenges which

may require innovation and attention to securityof confidential information.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education
  • Associates Degree Preferred in a Human Services Field Education Psychology etc. Minimum High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience
  • Minimum of 6 month experience in human services field or Child Welfare Field working with children and adolescents
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation
  • Valid driver license
  • Valid vehicle insurance
• Turn in daily progress notes and TPCN logs at the end of shift
• Complete transition report with oncoming shift

Minimum Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with computer software
• A solid grasp of Trauma Informed Care and Pregnant and Parenting Populations
• Must be detail oriented organized self-motivated work well independently and on a team;
• Must have good written and verbal skills;
• Must have good critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 20% local and no overnight travel

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical Demands Frequency Physical Demands Frequency

Lifting up to 20 to 40 pounds O Reach above shoulder height F

Sitting F Reach below shoulder height F

Walking F Driving F

Running O Stooping F

Standing C Pushing R

Bending waist (forward or sideways) F Pulling O

Balancing R Talking C

Squatting R Hearing C

Climbing R Crawling R

Repetitive motions C Other:

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills duties requirements efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies changes in personnel workload etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

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