Residential Specialist (Shift 2) | Youth Group Home

Job Purpose:
- Our Turning Point Ranch is a level II therapeutic group home for girls ages 11-17 who exhibit distinct emotional and behavioral challenges that can best be addressed in a group home setting. The Residential Specialist works cooperatively to assist female adolescents in need of specialized therapeutic group services. The Residential Specialist will work directly with participants and other staff daily to maintain the house and ensure program standards are being met. The Resident Specialist is responsible for always maintaining integrity. All duties will be performed in a courteous manner, allowing participants and staff to maintain a healthy sense of self-worth while maintaining a safe environment. The Residential Specialist provides high-quality person-centered care of all residents.

Key Responsibilities:
- Advocates in the client’s best interest
- The ability to comply with the regulations requiring a workplace of dignity and respect and equal employment opportunity compliance.
- Provides security/clerical/transportation services;
- Maintains sign-in/out logs for visitors and monitor's traffic coming in and out of house;
- Assist management in supervising and administering daily operations of Our Turning Point Ranch to develop satisfying solutions for the participants.
- Provide appropriate involvement in coordination with other staff and participants so that health, safety and security measures are adhered to.
- Assist staff as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate levels of treatment for the consumers.
- When assigned, facilitate life skills groups.
- Assist participants to integrate back into the community with employment and housing, as applicable, and increase self-autonomy and self-reliance.