Youth Care Worker

| **Job Title:** | Youth Care Worker | | --- | --- | | **Department:** **Location:** | Foster Family Services Riverside | | **Reports To:** | Assistant Program Director | | **FLSA Status:** **Salary:** | Non-Exempt $21.00 - $ 21.63 | **Position Summary:** Provides case management assistance through intakes, transportation and provides support in day-to-day functions of the safety wellbeing of the children. Assess relatives and/or sponsors at place of release to ensure their identification. Average travel could range between 5-10 travel events a month. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Actively participate in safety and service-related resources development prior to child's discharge. - Provide transportation support to assigned case management team. - Escort children, verify identification of approved sponsor and release custody of children to approved sponsor. - Prepare and maintain accurate documentation of reunification of children. - Attending scheduled training related to positions. - Provide day-to-day coverage within agency service facility. - Adhere to Child Abuse and reporting requirements. - Must be relied upon regarding task completion and meeting deadlines without sacrificing accuracy, work quality, or customer service satisfaction. - Perform other duties as assigned. **Supervisory Responsibilities:** This job has no supervisory responsibilities. **Competencies:** To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following. - **Adaptability** - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. - **Attendance/Punctuality** - Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time. - **Communications** - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods. - **Ethics** - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and principles; upholds organizational values. - **Planning/Organizing** - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans. - **Problem Solving** - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics. **Qualifications:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function. **Education/Experience:** High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. **Language Ability:** Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence. Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees. **Mathematical Ability:** Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. **Reasoning Ability:**…