Rest and Recharge Provider (Part-time) - Western Slope

  • Raise the Future
  • Grand Junction, CO, USA
  • Dec 10, 2021
Full time Administrative

Job Description

Openings, Hours, & Location

For this part-time position, the number of hours worked will vary weekly depending on your scheduled availability and the needs of our clients. Some weeks our Rest & Recharge providers may work no hours, while other weeks they could work as many as 20 hours. It all depends. In addition, the Rest and Recharge provider are required to travel throughout a designated service area to meet the needs of families in their homes and communities. Occasionally, additional travel outside the designated service area, within the Colorado may also be required. As a result, the position requires FLEXIBITILY - flexibility in hours worked as well as the ability to travel. Travel time is paid, and mileage is reimbursed.

Our Rest and Recharge Providers are guaranteed to work a minimum of 6 hours per month to attend meetings and events either in person or virtually, depending on the purpose. Our R&R Providers are required to make themselves available for a minimum of 12 hours per week in 4-hour blocks, which may be cancelled in advance based on client needs. This is a great position to supplement your income and offers flexibility to meet your scheduling needs, as many of the hours you work can be done in the evenings and weekends.

We are hiring in multiple regions within Colorado.

What You Will Be Doing

Rest and Recharge Providers provide care for children in the homes of families engaged in Colorado's Post-Permanency Services and Support (PPSS) program. whose focus is to prevent youth from re-entering the child welfare system. The program serves reunified biological families, kinship families, adoptive families, and the professionals that serve them via TBRI® Caregiver training series, in-home coaching, connection groups, consultation, respite, specialized trainings, and resource coordination. In addition, Rest & Recharge Providers lead, and support children's groups provided in the assigned region and assists with community events as they occur. Care provided utilizes TBRI® principles in working with the families.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Provide in-home care for children involved in the PPSS program that is consistent with the TBRI® model and as assigned by program director.
  • Facilitate children's monthly "Implementation and Connection Groups" for TBRI®-trained families to provide ongoing support, learning opportunities, and natural points of connection for families.
  • Provide in-home or virtual coaching as needed.
  • Communicate as needed with the family and Care Coordinator to schedule, coordinate, and provide care services in the home.
  • Adhere to program and agency protocol and structure.
  • Submit paperwork in adherence with prescribed timelines.

Who We Are

At Raise the Future, we believe every young person goes through life knowing they have a caring adult by their side. So, every day, we show up for kids in foster care by listening to their needs and introducing them to adults they can rely on. We then surround those connections with support so that they grow into meaningful, lasting relationships that help our youth heal from the past. Because to truly raise the future, we must raise the bar for what it means to support vulnerable youth and families as they navigate life.

Since our founding in 1983, Raise the Future has designed and implemented evidence-based, wraparound services that reduce the amount of time youth in foster care live without a permanent family. Our programs increase the likelihood of forming and sustaining positive connections that help to transform their futures.

What You Will Get To Learn

As a Rest and Recharge Provider, you will learn and apply valuable tools and techniques of the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), which is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. Our Rest & Recharge providers are provided with over 25 hours of paid training to equip you with the skills to be successful.

What We Offer

As a nonprofit organization, we are mission driven, and our employees are highly engaged in the work they do. The best reward is when our efforts payoff and youth leave the child welfare system and find lasting connections with families.

This is a part-time, position with no benefits. The pay range for this position is $20 - $23 per hour. Actual hiring range may vary based on qualifications.

In addition, employees who live more than 40 miles of our Denver office will be considered a remote employee and eligible to receive a monthly stipend of $100 for the personal use of their cell phone and internet.

What You Will Be Able To Accomplish

As a Rest and Recharge Provider, you'll be building connections with youth and their families, and provide support that allow them to make big changes---moving families from surviving to thriving and raising the future for youth. When this happens, our staff feel like superheroes!

You Get to Work With

You will join our diverse team of other professionals who are like-minded in their passion for raising the future for families with youth that have been in the child welfare system -- working closely with reunified biological families, kinship families, and adoptive families.

Who We Are Seeking

The successful candidate is someone who understands challenges related to permanency achieved through guardianship or adoption. You must be an advocate for youth, and families and have an ability to engage with families in all walks of life. This position is best suited for someone who is tenacious, hardworking, and loves helping others.

Qualifications include:

  • High School Diploma (GED) or higher degree in a social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field, or commensurate experience.
  • 1-3 years of related experience required
  • General computer literacy.
  • Flexibility is a must!
  • Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed.
  • Excellent observational and assessment skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively build rapport with families and children.
  • Demonstrate diplomacy and networking skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to work semi-autonomously as needed.
  • Up to 50% travel, mostly driving within the state, is required. Successful candidates have dependable transportation and must be insurable as a driver. A full list of driver qualifications can be found here: Driver Qualifications.
  • Must have a cell phone, internet access, and a computer to use for work.

Preferred Qualifications include:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field.
  • Bilingual Preferred (Spanish speaking)
  • Prior experience working in child welfare, human services, mental health or related field.
  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Experience working with children with trauma histories.

Serious candidates should submit a cover letter.

Raise the Future is more than an equal opportunity organization. We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. We are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+, and people who are differently abled. We know there are great candidates who won't fit everything we've described above, or who have important skills we haven't considered. If that's you, please don't hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.



For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.

https://www.applicantpro.com/j/2082115-573943

URL

 https://www.applicantpro.com/j/2082115-573943

Salary

$20 - $23 - Hourly