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Wellfully / Wellspring - RC Youth Development Specialist in Rapid City, South Dakota
**[Summary of Duties [Each employee is expected to meet WellFullys Code of Conduct, Professionalism and Ethics. [The Youth Development Specialist is responsible for providing direct supervision and daily care of the youth in residential and or outpatient services.
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- Implements and maintains the therapeutic environment, providing a balance of nurturance, limit setting and boundaries while demonstrating understanding of the youths emotional needs at all times.
- A priority is to ensure the safety of our residents.
- Provide positive and appropriate role modeling.
- Maintain communication with unit staff, counseling staff and other individuals as required.
- Ensure lice checks, room checks, and skin checks are completed as assigned.
- Plans, implements, and participates in recreational activities with the adolescents.
- Maintain thorough appropriate client documentation and collect records, and date as necessary.
- Provide timely notification of incidents as required by funding agency.
- Attends and actively participates in wee
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- kly team meetings, group supervision, and psycho educational group on the units.
- Provide on-call services as scheduled and respond to the facility if needed.
- Maintain documentation related to incident reports and client files each shift.
- Provides ongoing input into the individual and group treatment plans.
- Provides informative and therapeutic groups.
- Maintains structure by following unit handbook and unit schedule.
- Assist programs as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
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High School Degree. Bachelors degree in Human Services or a related field is preferred. Prior experience preferred with special needs population, especially chemically dependent and/or emotionally, behaviorally disturbed population.
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