Youth Care Worker

OBJECTIVE AND POSITION SUMMARY

In response to the humanitarian crisis at America's ports of entry, (CPLC) Chicanos por la Causa will be providing short-term shelter care services for unaccompanied children who have come to the United States without a parent or legal guardian. (CPLC) Chicanos por la Causa will provide extremely high-quality, trauma-informed residential and educational services for unaccompanied children, with intense supports for their social and emotional health. We will also ensure they receive excellent and immediate physical healthcare including pediatric, dental and nutritional supports for every child.


(CPLC's) Chicanos por la Causa ultimate goal is to ensure every unaccompanied child who receives our services is successfully and quickly discharged into the loving care of their family sponsor and, during the short time they are with us, have received best-in-class medical, therapeutic, recreational and educational services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is not a supervisory position .

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

• High School Diploma or equivalent degree and a minimum of 1 year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adol escents.
• Minimum age of 21 years or older.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.

• Must possess and maintain a current valid Driver's License meeting company standards of insurability .
• Proficiency with computers, common office equipment, and MS Office products.
• Must be able to multi-task, be detail-oriented, and be organized.
• Ability to remain calm and composed under stress.
• Must be able to perform emergency behavioral intervention (EBI) for clients in care when necessary.

• Meet the requirements of the contract for all immunizations.
• Clean criminal background check.
• Clean child abuse and neglect or child protective services check.
• Must be able to stand, bend, or stoop for the entire duration of the shift, as necessary.
• Must be able to supervise clients indoors and outdoors throughout the entire duration of their shift period, which lasts 8 hours or more on a typical shift.

• Must be prepared and physically able to respond with appropriate protocol in a variety of dynamic supervision situations with clients.
• In a sudden or emergency event, staff must at all times be physically able to run, jump, lunge, twist, push, pull, apply approved restraint techniques and otherwise manage or coerce the full weight of client.
• Ability to pass a medical examination to determine one's fitness to satisfactorily and safely care of clients if accommodations are required.

Effective January 3, 2022, all CPLC Employees and all Service Providers, are required to be Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees, who are not Fully Vaccinated at the time of hire, are expected to begin a vaccination series immediately upon hire. CPLC recognizes medical and religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement, in accordance with applicable law and upon approval by CPLC. However, any person approved for an exemption, without exception, is subject to masking, and other requirements established by CPLC from time to time.