Job description

Crisis Response Worker
Saginaw, MI
Full Time | $47,840 ($23/hour)

Working for Holy Cross Services isn’t just a job, it’s a mission! We believe in the safety and joy of family. Our work is family-focused, as are our benefits: Holy Cross offers free health Insurance for our employees AND their family members.
The Crisis Response Worker provides daily direct interaction, connection, and support for participants at St. Vincent’s Home. This position is responsible for upholding TBRI (connection, empowerment, and correction) principles in direct interactions with the youth and directly executing each child’s service and safety plans. Crisis Response Workers provide crisis intervention for participants experiencing emotional dysregulation.
Responsibilities:

• Responsible for immediate crisis response to situations that may occur within the classroom setting, units and grounds of St. Vincent’s Home.
• Provides crisis intervention while upholding fidelity to program intervention models.
• Documents crisis and interventions provided within the required timeframes.
• Leads/participates in debriefing exercises for continuous quality improvement
• Continuously builds relational connection with the youth on the unit
• Collaborates with the team, across units, and across departments to ensure child success and positive culture
• Upholds unconditional positive regard for the children in care, separating the child from their behavior, in all interactions/conversations/notes/reports with and about youth
• Provides immediate, appropriate, and kind redirection and correction for problematic behaviors among the youth in the unit, in accordance with TBRI principles.
• Maintains continuous visibility and accessibility for youth served
• Supports youth experiencing emotional dysregulation to regulate
• When necessary, physically guides, escorts or restrains youth who pose an emergency safety risk to themselves and or others. This may require twisting, kneeling, bending, crouching, grabbing, holding, reaching, stretching, climbing, turning, crawling, and quick movement.
• Will have advanced training in emergency response drills. Will be required to lead training emergency drills.
• Actively participates in behavior intervention meetings and assists in the development of individual crisis management plans for participants.
• Actively participates in weekly supervision and continuous performance improvement with supervisor
• Works in conjunction with the agency trainer, CPI Instructor, and the Director of Clinical Care in teaching behavior management techniques.
• Models the agencies health and safety practices and regulations.
• Participates in crisis intervention review, including restraint review and reporting
• Articulates the agency’s treatment philosophy and value
• May be required to work shifts.
• Will be required to be part of an on-call emergency crisis response team that includes responding to after hours and weekend emergencies.
• May be required to work non-traditional hours.
• Continues professional development through professional literature and participation in various conferences, seminars, and professional organizations.
• Performs other duties related to the essential duties of the position and within the individual’s capabilities as assigned by one’s supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or direct service-related field.
• 3 years of experience working directly with at-risk children or youth
• Lived experience in child welfare strongly preferred

Benefits:
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• Employer-Funded Health Benefits
• Vision
• Dental
• Wellness Benefit
• Public Loan Service Forgiveness Program (Student Loan Forgiveness)
• Generous Time Off Benefits
• Disability & Life Insurance

JOIN OUR TEAM & HELP BRING HOPE TO MICHIGAN FAMILIES!

Holy Cross Services maintains a policy of nondiscrimination regarding all employees. The Agency desires to handle all aspects of employment on the basis of merit, competence and qualification. Employment is not influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by law. The Agency makes all decisions with respect to recruiting, hiring, and/or promotions for all job classifications based on individual’s qualifications related to the requirements of the position. All other personnel matters, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, education and social/recreation programs, are to be administered free from any illegal discriminatory practices.

Holy Cross Services further recognizes that deep systemic inequities disproportionately overrepresent children of color and children who identify as LGBTQ within the child welfare system, yet underrepresent these populations within the child welfare workforce. Because we believe the people served must be centered in the work we do, applicants with lived experience in the child welfare system or homelessness, BIPOC applicants, and applicants who identify as LGBTQ are strongly encouraged to apply.

Additionally, Holy Cross Services acknowledges the studies indicating applicants of color and women applicants may be less likely than others to apply for a job without meeting 100% of the preferred qualifications. If you are passionate for this work and meet the minimum requirements, your application is welcomed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $47,840.00 per year

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