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Mirror Ministries Residential Youth Care Specialist in Kennewick, Washington
*Residential Youth Care Specialist - Esther's Home
*About Mirror Ministries www.mirror-ministries.org{rel="nofollow"}
*Mirror Ministries' mission is to respond to domestic minor sex trafficking with the love of Christ through local education, intervention, restoration, and aftercare. This mission has led us to establish Esther's Home, a place where up to five girls aged 11-17 can live for 12-24 months to achieve restoration from being trafficked. Esther's Home provides comprehensive residential and therapeutic services through fostering and maintaining a trauma-informed, safe, clean, abuse-free home. *Mirror Ministries is a Christian organization dedicated to serving people of all faiths and backgrounds.
*Mission Statement: *To respond to domestic minor sex trafficking with the love of Christ through local education, intervention, restoration, and aftercare.
*Vision Statement: Our vision is to see local victims of sex trafficking become survivors who have hope, healing, and restoration. * Residential Youth Care Specialist - Job Summary **Esther's Home Residential Youth Care Specialists provide comprehensive residential services through meeting the residents' basic needs, working with a team to build opportunities for their development, and fostering and maintaining a trauma-informed, strengths-based, stable, safe, clean home.
**Responsibilities
**? Build trust and rapport using a strengths-based approach and trauma-informed engagement practices with residents who have experienced sexual exploitation ? Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all site staff, partners, and volunteers to create a nurturing, dynamic, and constructive environment for residents; take ownership for fostering a trauma-informed, home-like atmosphere where residents can feel safe and stable ? Provide on-site resident supervision; support residents with crisis intervention and behavioral redirection ? Maintain awareness of resident whereabouts (and line-of-sight supervision as necessary); complete related documentation as required ? Engage, support, and coach residents on healthy participation in the life of the home; educate residents on independent living skills, including but not limited to personal care and food preparation ? Model positive behavior, communication, and coping skills using de-escalation, mediation, and problem-solving skills ? Work closely with the Case Manager and other professionals to keep track of individualized goals for each resident and observe and communicate progress toward those goals; attend resident meetings and provide advocacy when beneficial or assigned ? Facilitate or participate in Home meetings; encourage resident participation ? Maintain accurate and timely case records, progress notes, logbooks, and other required documentation with data entry in our client management system ? Dispense medication (as needed) and complete related documentation; perform medication reconciliation and update medical binder forms according to policies and procedures ? Maintain the safety and cleanliness of the home and facilities, including disinfecting surfaces