JOB TITLE: Gracehaven Residential Assistant- 3rd Shift
SUPERVISOR: Gracehaven House Manager
GOAL: To provide excellent trauma-informed care directly to girls who are placed at Gracehaven group home
K KEY OBJECTIVES
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Responsible to provide Trauma-Informed, strength-based
care
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Responsible to provide a safe and stable
environment
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Responsible to communicate and maintain good
working relationships with the youth, co-workers
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Responsible to implement and enforce Gracehaven
rules, policies and procedures
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Responsible to meet ODJFS requirements
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Responsible to be a good team-player
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Responsible to stay awake during entire shift
and also perform QA/QI tasks as assigned
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Responsible to actively embrace spiritual
responsibilities
SPECIFIC DUTIES
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Provide Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based Care
- Responsible to build a trauma-informed, trust-based relationship with residents
- Use of trauma-informed principles
- Use of trauma-informed principles
- Help secure a stable environment for residents to grow
- Be relationally intentional
- Use strengths-based
language
- Use de-escalation
techniques and principles of Aegis in relating to residents
Provide a Safe and Secure Environment
- Be able to control the environment in the house
- Be diligent about residents' safety when in the community
- Responsible to come to work on time
- Be the safe adult in charge
Responsible to Establish and Maintain Healthy Working Relationships with the Youth and Co-Workers
- Responsible to work towards reconciliation when in conflict or struggle with a personality type of a residents
- Understand you are there as a safe adult and RA, not to be-friend the residents
- Be self-aware of compassion fatigue/vicarious trauma and be willing to fight against it
- Receive constructive feedback
- Avoid divisive behaviors and language, be willing to extend grace and be purposeful in team building
- Responsible to address conflict with co-workers or supervisor
- Responsible to lead by example with kind words, good attitude and resolving conflict
Responsible to Implement Gracehaven Rules, Policies and Procedures
- Be diligent in
consistency
- Maintain
boundaries when interacting with residents
- Responsible to
follow Gracehaven policies
- Be teachable
- Follow the ODJFS
rules for the group home
- Memorize the house rules listed and implement them
Be a Good Team Player - View this as a
ministry and not simply a “job”
- Be willing to
help cover shifts as needed
- Be diligent in
working your assigned shifts
- Participate in
Gracehaven & COYFC quarterly all-staff trainings.
- Attend
trauma-informed trainings and all staff meetings
- Give adequate
notice when needing to terminate your position at Gracehaven (4-6 weeks)
- Meet bi-weekly
with your supervisor for coaching and support
- Exhibit and
maintain character integrity as a Gracehaven staff member
- Required to work
open/vacant shifts on a rotating basis as needed (usually means a 3rd shift)
- Required to be an
on-call RA to cover shifts on a rotation
Spiritual Responsibilities
- Because Gracehaven, a subsidiary affiliate of Central Ohio Youth for Christ, is a community of like-minded individuals who share a common faith and set of values, we require the individual filling this role to fully embrace our Statement of Faith and Code of Conduct.
- Participate in staff prayer meetings and be able to contribute as appropriate
- Pray for, and be able to winsomely represent the beliefs and values of our faith community the residents who may inquire about them