Haven House Primary Youth Care Worker

Prairie Lakes Youth Programs (PLYP) is hiring a full-time Youth Care Worker (YCW) for Haven House, our girls group home, located in Willmar, Minnesota. As a YCW, you will help residents, making a difference in their lives. If you are compassionate, warm-hearted, and reliable with a passion for advocating for others, apply to join our awesome team!

As a Youth Care Worker, you will be responsible for the daily general supervision of and interaction with residents with the goal to create and maintain a positive therapeutic environment. The YCW will draw on the resident’s behavioral expressions to develop healthy options for the residents as well as providing support and encouragement for positive actions. This position included planning and implementing recreation activities, guiding group activities, teaching independent living skills, and assisting in any other individualized or group programming for the residents.

Haven House is a 5 bedroom welcoming home in a quiet neighborhood of Willmar. This setting supports residents with comfort and allows them to remain living in a community setting while they work toward their individualized goals. The maximum capacity is 12 residents.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Participates in daily activities of residents by personally interacting with them to provide leadership, training, role modeling, correction, boundary setting, life skills, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Leads and directs residents in activities designed to promote social interaction, reality orientation and intellectual stimulation that support a trauma informed care treatment modality. Maintains sufficient activity supplies. Develops a monthly calendar of planned activities.
• Monitors resident’s activities to ensure that residents are participating in all required program curriculum.
• Completes documentation and forwards reports containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content.
• Follows all applicable regulations and standards in regard to program requirements and assigned duties.
• Transports residents to and from various activities.
• Completes behavior logs for residents.
• Makes sure residents observe all appointments, therapies, meetings, community service, and other scheduled activities.
• Provide medication as prescribed by medical team
• Serves as a member of a treatment team to determine which programs, methods, and experiences are appropriate for the treatment of the residents.
• Receives detailed instructions from supervisors and professionals on the treatment strategies and techniques to be followed for individual residents.
• Observes, records and reports health symptoms, behavior, and other significant issues of the residents.
• Complete the resident’s bedroom inspection checklists regulatory and follow up with any required action items.

What We Offer:

• Health and dental insurance (Full-time)
• PERA Corrections Pension
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Training
• Employee Assistance Program
• and more!

How to Apply:

You can apply online by completing an application through Indeed.com. You may also fill out a paper application at any of our building locations. Interviews are conducted in person or through video conferencing.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, or participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department at 320-231-1729.

Learn more about PLYP by visiting our website at prairielakes.net

Salary: Starting at $22.00 per hour with immediate increases for experience and education.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

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