Skills Trainer en Morrison Child and Family Services
Morrison Child and Family Services · Portland, Estados Unidos De América · Onsite
- Junior
- Oficina en Portland
Job Title: Skills Trainer (Bilingual Spanish)
Department/Program: ORR Programs (Downtown Shelter, Long Term Group Home)
Reports to: Education Services Supervisor
Work location: Downtown Portland
Job Type: In-person
FLSA status: Non exempt/hourly
Salary:$22.50/hr. - $24.52 /hr.
Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the
following values of trauma-informed care:
- Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
- Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
- Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
- Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
- Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
- Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
- Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves
Job Summary:
The Skills Trainer is responsible for providing behavioral and vocational support and training to identified unaccompanied minors in the program.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervises clients and provides skill building activities in a residential setting for unaccompanied minors that may include classroom settings, recreational outings, educational and community activities as well as activities in the foster home.
- Provides a safe environment for the clients, including therapeutically interacting with clients and setting clear expectations for appropriate behaviors.
- Provides on-going behavioral skill building for identified minors according to their treatment plan or behavioral plan.
- Strengthens vocational training program for youth preparing to age out or transfer to lesser-restrictive setting.
- Monitors clients when in the community to assure for safety and compliance with tasks.
- Consults with treatment team including program clinicians, program directors, case managers, milieu staff and supervisors to develop treatment and behavioral plans and courses of action.
- Consults with service providers when appropriate to insure that comprehensive services are being coordinated effectively, including attending weekly team meetings and treatment team meetings as necessary.
- Facilitates community and vocational educational groups with minors.
- Prepares notes, communication and incident reports in a timely manner.
- Adheres to federal, program, agency and contract quality assurance standards.
- Completes timesheet and other personnel administrative records as required.
- Ability to work evenings/weekends if needed.
- Maintains confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries.
- Remains calm and emotionally available in an environment serving youth who have experienced trauma.
- Provides visual and auditory supervision of youth.
- Ability to exercise tact and discretion when working and interacting with others.
- Ability to regularly attend scheduled shifts, be punctual for scheduled shifts and meetings, and be in a condition suitable for assuming responsibilities of position.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor, Program Director and Division Director.
- Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
- Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.
Competencies:(Competencies are the abilities and qualities a person needs to be successful in this job)
- Understanding of and commitment to trauma-informed care.
- Commitment to utilizing a team approach while addressing the wellness of adolescents who have experienced complex trauma.
- Commitment to professional growth.
- Communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing in English
- Ability to utilize critical thinking skills.
- Maintain effective and professional working relationships with agency employees at all levels and the general public.
Required Position Qualifications:
- At least 21 years of age
- High School Diploma
- Bilingual in Spanish and English, written, read and verbal. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish.
- Minimum of 1 year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.
- Intermediate computer skills
Preferred Position Qualifications: (Additional skills, experience, or education that are not required but would make a candidate especially well-suited for the job).
- 4-year college degree in social services or a related field required strongly preferred
- Prior experience with adolescents in a school, behavioral or mental health setting is preferred
- Prior experience with developing vocational training programs.
- Advanced training in trauma responses, including depression, anxiety and maladaptive behaviors preferred.
Other Requirements:
- Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For further information review : https://www.opm.gov/suitability/suitability-and-credentialing-faqs/
- Meet agency driving requirements: a valid driver’s license for OR or WA and a driving record permitting coverage under corporate auto liability policy. Personal auto liability insurance ($100,000/$100,000 required), if position requires use of own vehicle for work purposes.
- Bloodborne pathogen training first day of employment.
- Ability to travel between program locations
- CPR/First Aid certification within 30 days of hire and kept current
- All other applicable trainings as required with necessary updates and reoccurrences
Working Conditions:
Environment: Work is done in clinical offices, community settings, including Morrison Residential, administration buildings, public locations, and social service sites. Breaks and meals are subject to interruption. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, exposure to disease, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.
Mental demands: Work assigned is diverse and may involve addressing new and unique circumstances. The work might be unpredictable and disrupts planned tasks, requiring flexible time management.
Physical demands: Ability to remain calm and emotionally available serving youth, adults and or families who have experienced trauma. Proficient with office equipment and physical movement. Ability to perform physical interventions if needed in accordance with program and training. Physical dexterity for reaching, stooping, and repetitive wrist and hand motions.
All Morrison programs and services are accredited by The Joint Commission, a nationally recognized standards-setting and accreditation body for health care. Morrison is also certified as a trauma-informed organization by the Sanctuary Institute. Certification recognizes our dedication to providing a trauma-informed culture and environment for children, families and staff through implementing Sanctuary values, commitments, and tools.
We are an Affirmative Action Plan Employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
In compliance with our Affirmative Action Plan, Morrison uses E-Verify to determine employment eligibility after an offer is accepted. Applications will be reviewed as received. Morrison reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any point during the posting period.
Morrison employees are offered a variety of benefits including Medical, Vision, Dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employer-Paid Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
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