Description

Are you interested in making a life-saving difference for children and adolescents?

Interested in joining the first therapeutic program for unaccompanied girls in Arizona?

We're interviewing NOW for Bilingual Program Coordinators for our new therapeutic program in Tucson, AZ. Pay between $46,800 - $51,480 annual salary ! This will be 4 days/10 hour overnight shifts

Devereux will provide extremely high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally-competent residential and educational services for children, with intense supports for their social and emotional health. Each child’s care is individualized to their needs, with a team of professionals providing consistent support through individual assessment and counseling, group counseling, medical and mental health services, behavior management, education and vocational services, and safety planning.

Devereux’s ultimate goal is to ensure every child receives best-in-class services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey as well as to help them connect either to shelter or foster care, or to their sponsor.

The Bilingual Program Coordinator is part of multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for the execution of individual’s treatment objectives and goals as assigned by the clinical team.

• Supervises day to day operational functions while attending to shift activities of the UCS and AIC programs to ensure a therapeutic and safe environment

• Works with the clients in a manner consistent with orientation or ongoing trainings, and assists with training and development of staff.

• S upervisory responsibility for all Direct Care staff at their assigned unit during their shift.

• Provide some weekend coverage on a consistent basis

• Maintain a team approach in carrying out treatment services, including the planning and development of conflict management initiatives

• Provide oversite of program activities and unit structure;be a proficient role model and supervise behavioral interventions

• Oversite on staff scheduling, new staff training, review of state regulatory requirements.

What Devereux Will Offer You?

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to $15k annually for undergraduate and $25k annually for graduate) and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

• We offer generous time off based on accrual and years of service. Employees with up to 2 years of service are eligible to accrue up to 24 days per TOB year (days increase with years of service). In addition, our direct care employees can elect to “sell” a portion of their TOB to receive enhanced salary.

• Our employees can accrue up to 64 HML hours per year, starting on the first day of employment. In addition, employees can carry over any unused HML hours and double anything unused over 40 hours to build a bank of health medical leave.

• A Servant Leadership culture, where employees feel welcomed, valued and empowered to voice ideas that will benefit the individuals and families we serve.

• Multi-disciplinary team setting with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports.

• Best available, highest quality, low-cost benefit options – learn more at benefits.devereux.org.

Keywords: Youth Care Worker, Direct Support Professional, behavioral health, mental health, direct care worker, mentor, youth counselor, direct care professional, residential counselor, behavioral health technician

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required, bachelor's degree preferred.

• Minimum three (3) years of related experience working with children or adolescents with high school diploma/GED.

• Minimum one (1) year of supervisory experience or in leadership role preferred.

• Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.

Additionally:

• Fully immunized/vaccinated (or have a medical/religious exemption) for Varicella, MMR, TdAp, Influenza & COVID-19 prior to starting.

• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)

• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 39-month history check

• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions)

• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)

• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results

• Ability to attend full time, paid, New Hire Orientation Monday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

• Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate’s understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 3 weeks ago (9/4/2023 12:53 PM)

Requisition ID 2023-32553

Category Program Mgmt

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.