Case Worker - Home Care jobs in San Antonio, TX

Description

Seton Home About Us:

Seton Home is a special and safe place for pregnant and parenting teen mothers to heal following trauma, abuse or neglect. From the moment arrival, dedicated professionals guide our mothers through healing and toward happy, healthy relationships with their babies to break the cycle of abuse and neglect. While in our care, mothers receive safe shelter, compassionate counseling, quality education, parent education, and an opportunity to thrive as a family.

Mission:

Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home, education, and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.

Summary:

All Youth Care Workers may be required to work different shifts in order to meet program needs. Below is a basic description of the general tasks required to be completed throughout the day. The below tasks are only a general outline and other job duties will be assigned in order to meet program needs.

Position Responsibilities:

Shift Specific Expectation & Responsibilities

Morning Routine - AM

• Help wake residents and supervise morning routine.
• Supervise morning chores (spray cleaning products for residents) and room checks.
• Prepare and serve breakfast and assist residents during breakfast clean up.
• Process medications from pharmacy.
• Dispense medications.
• Sort through donations and cottage needs.
• Provide care and engage in age-appropriate activities for children unable to go to daycare.
• Supervise any residents unable to attend school, interact and engage in activities with residents and children.
• Supervise and assist residents with schoolwork while at school in the classroom with assigned schoolwork.
• Assist residents and engage in vocational classes with residents.
• Cook and serve lunch to residents and their children.
• Complete end of shift duties example: ensure cottage is clean, take out all trash and empty recycle bin as needed, clean guest restroom.

Afternoon/Evening Routine - PM

• Facilitate PE hour and assist with vocational classes.
• Provide afterschool snack.
• Help residents with homework.
• Supervise and log all domestic and international calls for residents.
• Cook and supervise residents with dinner preparation and clean up.
• Care for children while residents attend groups and as needed.
• Plan, supervise, and participate in recreational and/or physical activities as scheduled.
• Process and dispense medications.
• Room checks.
• Fill out all activity logs/resident behavior logs/spirituality logs.
• End of shift duties: clean guest restroom, take out all trash and empty recycle bin as needed, do last walk through of cottage to ensure cleanliness.

Overnight Routine - OVN

• Conduct bed checks throughout the night.
• Check refrigerators/pantry for expired food items.
• Prepare and set out breakfast for residents.
• Wake up residents and assist with morning routine and supervision of residents and children.
• Take scheduled residents to clinic, return completed medical reports to medical coordinator; fax and log any prescriptions.
• Prepare logs, needs requests, inventory, and resident binders.
• Process and dispense any medications.
• Complete daily med audit and email to appropriate personnel.
• Update medication binders as new intakes arrive.
• Fill needs requests and log in appropriate folder on s/drive; file hardcopy in residents’ binder.
• Clean and make ready vacant rooms.

Additional Duties

• As a Seton Home employee, attendance and successful completion of a 10-day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency.

Competencies:

• Adaptability
• Communication
• Customer Service
• Integrity / Honesty
• Teamwork

Benefits:

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment

Short-term and long –term disability

401(a) Pension Plan and 403(b) Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program

14 Holidays

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education
  • Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent.
  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience
  • Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation.
  • Valid driver license.
  • Valid vehicle insurance.
• Submit to a state and federal background check, Child abuse and neglect registry check, and Tuberculosis screening.
• Be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of performing assigned tasks and have the skills necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills:

• Minimum of 1-year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.
• Some knowledge of computer software, familiarity with or ability to utilize KaleidaCare and MS Office (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneDrive).
• Ability to set and teach trauma informed care practices.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of human behavior and development preferred.
• Successful completion and implementation of SAMA.
• Possess sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
• Ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served in order to help them gain skills and confidence.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members, service providers and professionals.
• Capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately in order to meet service goals.
• Demonstrate a commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems.
• Demonstrate a conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Ability to function independently and in a team setting.
• Must be bilingual English/Spanish.
• Must pass a criminal background check.

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit our website at www.setonhomesa.org. You must apply through our website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.