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Join us at Valley of the Moon Children's Home!
This is an excellent opportunity to serve our community's youth and work with some of Sonoma County's finest trauma informed youth counselors. We are currently recruiting to fill multiple extra-help Children's Residential Care Counselor I positions.
About the Position
The Valley of the Moon Children's Center (VMCC) is a part of the Human Services Departments' Family Youth & Children's Services Division. It provides temporary, emergency shelter care for children ages newborn through 17 who have entered compassionate care placement due to abuse, abandonment, neglect, or resulting from parents/guardians inability to care for them.
A Children's Residential Care Counselor I carries out the mission of the Department to provide trauma-informed care philosophies and approaches in the day-to day operations of VMCC. This includes direct supervision of youth, to ensure their safety and well-being, by monitoring program participation and setting limits as appropriate. Other duties may include:
Participating in team meetings to ensure critical information about the progress of each youth is communicated to all team members
Providing positive and nurturing experiences to children and youth, while maintaining care and supervision
Teaching, coaching and providing feedback to youth in order to develop a self-regulation skill set
Documenting youth participation in activities, as well as their strengths, challenges, behaviors, interactions and application of therapeutic skills
Building relationships with a variety of youth and their caregivers as they transition out of VMCC; engaging caregivers in therapeutic activities
The ideal candidate will possess:
A strong youth development and experiential learning background
Experience in Trauma-Informed Care practices
Multiple years' experience working in a children's/youth group home, wilderness program/camp, or other environment, requiring strong supervisory facilitation skills, interactive support, and coaching
The ability to develop positive connections with youth, and role-model problem solving and conflict resolution practices
Aptitude for monitoring and intervening in high risk behaviors, handle crisis situations, and provide consistency and behavioral limits through relationship-based interventions
Expertise in teaching and modeling the Department mission, vision, values, and program character traits
PLEASE NOTE: VMCC operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the ability to work evenings and weekend hours is required. Applicants must be willing to undergo a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, fingerprinting, criminal history, and a medical and physical abilities examination prior to employment.
For more information and to apply online, please visit www.yourpath2sonomacounty.org or call 707-565-2331. EOE Apply by 5/06/2019
