Direct Care Professional Overnight

Devereux Arizonas Residential Treatment Center (RTC) provides intensive 24-hour support for youth aged 7 to 17 who are experiencing serious emotional behavioral and mental health a structured therapeutic environment we combine clinical expertise with compassionate trauma-informed care to help youth heal grow and build a brighter future. The RTC features dormitories an accredited K-12 school food services 24/7 on-site nursing and specialized therapy and clinical services.

OVERNIGHT Direct Care Professionals (DCP) provide direct supervision and assist the day-to-day schedule for campus individuals. Direct support duties include: helping individuals with their mental health managing behaviors and emotional needs de-escalating crisis situations treatment plan implementation personal care (bathing dressing) medication management transport and fostering social skills. Other duties include documenting progress for daily weekly and monthly logs adhering to the activity schedule and attending weekly clinical supervision meetings. Direct care staff also assist with the planning and implementation of enrichment activities such as art projects music groups culinary arts various athletics (basketball soccer swimming) and adult-transition prep!

Pay Range: $19 - $20.90 / hr

Shift Differentials: $2/hr. 11:00pm-7:00am 7 days/wk.

Location: 6436 E Sweetwater Ave. Scottsdale Arizona 85254

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:

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

• ASCEND career accelerator program and tuition assistance. Learn more HERE.
• 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
• HS Diploma or GED required; Bachelors degree in Psychology Social Work or relevant field preferred
• Six (6) weeks of behavioral health work experience required
• OR Bachelors degree in the areas of psychology sociology social work education or other related field OR 12 years of related experience
• Previous experience preferred (not required) working with individuals under 21 with psychological emotional and behavioral disorders complex post-traumatic stress disorder co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders and/or autism spectrum disorders

OTHER:

• Must be available to attend two (2) weeks of new hire orientation (paid Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm) plus 2-3 weeks of on the job training
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment
• Valid Arizona Drivers License & pass DMV 36-month history check
• 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.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE