Lead Direct Care Professional (Residential)

Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of children and adolescents How about spending time mentoring and having fun with kids

Then being a Lead Direct Care Professional at Devereux is for YOU! You beling here.

Located in Tucson AZ our Brief Intervention Program (BIP) is a short-term residential facility that provides enhanced residential services to male and female adolescents ages 12-17. Individuals stay up to 30 days in our structured treatment setting which includes 24-hour supervision and therapeutic services. This program is designed for adolescents who are in crisis requiring active treatment in an environment with a high degree of oversight intensive programming and treatment. The BIP features living facilities education/schooling food services medical/nursing and therapy services.

Lead Direct Care Professional (DCP) coordinate and maintain a therapeutic environment in a residential setting. This position protects the health and safety of individuals and assists Program Coordinators with the supervising planning and implementation of program activities while managing childrens behaviors. The Lead DCP will assist and support the planning implementation and documentation of those activities designed to meet the social emotional physical and personal needs of individuals. This position also serves as a role model mentor leader and/or trainer to Direct Care Professional staff.

Pay Range: $19 - $20.90 / hr

Schedule: Wednesday - Saturday 12:30pm-10:30pm (schedules are subject to change)

Location: 7444 E. Broadway Blvd. Tucson AZ 85710

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:

• ASCEND the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers the career guidance one-on-one coaching skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition fees and textbook costs up to $15000 for undergraduate classes (annually) and $25000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical dental vision pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelors degree in human services preferred
• One (1) year of work experience in behavioral health service delivery or Six (6) months Devereux experience
• Supervisory experience preferred

OTHER:

• Must be able to attend full time new hire orientation Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5pm (paid)
• Valid Arizona Drivers License is required
• Must be able to pass 36-month DMV check
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions).Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a persons employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information visitHERE.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff.All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: Overview