Essential Job Functions:
Conducts skills building groups and other activities to empower program participants,under the guidance of the Program Director or designee;
Provides coaching and mentoring services that help program participants to integrateinto their community and become successful, productive residents;
Acts as an advocate on behalf of their assigned program participant(s);
Attends and participates in training activities and meetings as required;
Supervises program participants under the direction of the Program Director ordesignee, reporting unusual changes as they occur;
Facilitates mentoring, discipline, safety, and observation of participants;
Utilizes approved crisis intervention techniques to assist with de-escalation of situations,ensuring program participant, staff, and visitor safety;
Participates in 24/7 coverage by working a flexible schedule, properly tracking hoursworked, and consistently arriving to scheduled shifts on time;
Transports participants to school or medical appointments as required (if authorized);
Monitors participant whereabouts to be sure they remain on WestCare property, orhave appropriate paperwork needed to leave WestCare property;
Assists in the implementation of recreational activities for program participants,participating where appropriate;
Ensures the facility is kept clean and in working order;
Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goalsof WestCare Foundation;
Performs any other duties as assigned.