Seasonal Direct Care Professional

Looking to make extra income this summer while spending time mentoring and having fun with kids

Then being a Seasonal Respite Direct Care Professional at Devereux is for YOU! You belong here.

Located in Tucson AZ our Respite Program provides temporary relief to primary caregivers while ensuring youth receive care in a safe structured and nurturing environment. We provide services to individuals from birth to the age of 17 who are experiencing moderate emotional or behavioral difficulties. Youth get to enjoy a wide variety of recreational and enrichment opportunities including: arts and crafts roller skating gardening movies arcade park visits and community outings (museums parades festivals sporting events)! And we operate out of residential houses creating a fun and safe home-like environment for those in our care.

Summer Direct Care Professionals (DCP) provide direct supervision and assist with the day-to-day activity schedule that is setup for individuals in the program. Direct support duties include: helping individuals with their mental health managing behaviors and emotional needs de-escalating situations treatment plan implementation personal care (bathing dressing) household cleaning (mopping sweeping dusting laundry trash dishes) 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 clinical supervision meetings. Direct care staff also assist with the planning and implementation of enrichment activities and community outings!

Pay Range: $18 - $19.80 / hr.

End-of-Assignment Summer Bonus!

Ability to attend New Hire Orientation May 11: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm for 6 days (paid)

Various Full Time Summer Scheduling Options:

• Shift Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm (12-hour shifts)
• Full Time (32-40 hrs/wk)

Benefits and Rewards

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

• eM Life for Mental Health Work/Life Programs and Employee Assistance Programs
• Free access to Payactiv a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods
• Service Awards All employees celebrating a five-year increment (5 10 15 etc.) anniversary receive taxable compensation in recognition of their long-term commitment to Devereux

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• High School diploma or GED required
• Valid Arizona Drivers License & pass DMV 36-month history check
• Minimum of six (6) weeks of behavioral health experience

OTHER:

• Ability to attend New Hire Orientation May 11: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm for 6 days (paid)
• 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.

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