Youth Care Professional
Board of Child Care
- Colesville, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Document daily activities and happenings in the living unit within BCC’s electronic health record system
- Accurately administer medication according to physician and/or nurse’s orders. Document the medication administration record (MAR). [All of BCC's MD staff get certified as medication distribution technicians.]
- Help implement each child’s treatment plan (every child at BCC has one – it’s a list of goals they’re working on while they’re at BCC).
- Coach kids on cleanliness and orderliness in their personal hygiene, living unit and the surrounding grounds.
- Link the kids to the medical team if they need anything.
- Support the kids getting ready for school.
- Provides safe transportation (in BCC vehicles) to scheduled appointments.
- Conduct inventories for resident belongings upon admission, discharge, and on a quarterly basis. They are all growing teens - you'll help them purchase new clothing once per quarter.
- Engage the kids in whatever is on the living unit’s schedule. Play games, facilitate getting calls or video visits set up with their families or other stakeholders, etc.
- Ensure the kids are dressed in weather and activity-appropriate clothing. Generally, during your shift, you'll always spend a little time outside (weather permitting), like throwing a football around or taking a therapeutic walk.
- Prepare and enjoy meals together as a living unit.
- Complete bed checks for every resident every fifteen minutes.
- Finish any laundry and cleaning tasks to get ready for the next day.
- Complete a unit inspection checklist (all shifts perform this task) to make sure everything is working, supplies are stocked, and generally, the space is safe and well-lit.
- Rotate in the on-call coverage schedule.
- Foster an atmosphere of collaborative problem-solving among residents and co-workers.
- Provide good notes to the incoming shift so they are aware of what has been working well and what they should be mindful of.
- We are hiring for FULL TIME (40 hours a week) positions with benefits!
- Most of our staff work four days a week, either front-end (Sunday through Wednesday) or back-end (Wednesday through Saturday).
- We have afternoon/evening, and overnight shifts available.
- We are open to applicants who can only work part-time hours or who wish to be PRN / on-call only.
- High School Diploma
- This position requires you to drive BCC vehicles. Must have a valid, active, driver's license with less than 7 points.
- Background check and drug screen required.