Spanish Speaking Line of Sight Support Worker

Deployed Services serves as a dedicated strategic partner to government and other clients. We seek to hire people who share our dedication to excellence, our passion for the work, and our commitment to a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Summary:

The Spanish Speaking Line-of-Sight Support Worker is solely responsible for following and implementing leads direction. This position is responsible for ensuring all youth safety in their care according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) policy and always maintaining and supporting line-of-sight.

Essential Functions:

• Provide care and services to youth, ages 13-17
• Maintain and support youth care worker with providing line-of-sight supervision of assigned children
• Direct care and monitoring of youth
• Support with the delivery of educational services based on age appropriateness
• Engage in recreational and leisure activities with youth
• Collaborate with other providers on behavioral management policies and protocols
• Incorporate access to services related to culture, language, and religious observations
• Ensure the physical safety of the youth
• Provide same gender supervision for any area where youth regularly undress, including restrooms and showers in accordance with Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) guidelines
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Skills:

• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to document processes and perform recordkeeping
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Patience, tolerance, and kindness
• Ability to work flexible hours

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1 year experience in the child welfare industry working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting and or 6 months experience working in any social service field, preferred
• Spanish speaking, required
• First Aid Certified, required. Note: Training will be provided to earn your CPR & First Aid certification if needed
• Complete NRCYS Youth Care Worker Certification training
• Must be able stand, sit, or walk for an extended time; move through narrow, confined, or elevated spaces as well as up and down stairs and/or service ramps and lift up-to to 15lbs
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S
• Must pass a drug test, motor vehicle record check and a background check after accepting a conditional offer of employment

Physical Demands

Must be able stand, sit, or walk for an extended time; move through narrow, confined, or elevated spaces as well as up and down stairs and/or service ramps and lift up-to to 15lbs.

AAP/EEO Statement

Deployed Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.