Direct Care Worker

Location: Emergency Shelter

Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent

Compensation: Hourly, Full or Part Time

Supervisor: Shift Supervisor

Responsibility:

The Direct Care Worker is responsible for monitoring, supervising, and assisting children on a day-to-day basis in his or her assigned program area within the shelter. This includes but is not limited to: constant surveillance of children assigned to his/her program, assure that children are clean, dressed and well groomed, maintaining a clean and safe shelter environment, adhering to established schedules and routines for children, managing children's behavior in appropriate manner, recording observations in log book, keeping supervisor informed as to behaviors, incidents, and observations regarding the children and facility.

Specific Duties:

CHILD:

• Maintain constant surveillance of children in program area.
• Assist children in area with personal hygienegrooming.
• Assure children are clean and appropriately dressed.
• Prepare children who are entering shelter or assist those who are leaving.
• Assist in recreational or group activities as directed.
• Supervise children in age-appropriate activities.
• Administer and log all medications for children and record in log book.
• Make entries into log regarding observations, incidents, or other matters regarding children and/or facility. Write incidents reports to document unusual occurrences, behaviors, or injuries.

SHELTER:

• Review log and check with staff from preceding shift to determine if any unseals occurrences happened or if any significant information needs to be shared such as behavioral observations, medical/ medication information, etc.
• Assist in keeping shelter facilities clean and safe
• Performing or assisting with housekeeping chores such as:
  • Laundry, making beds, emptying trash, cleaning kitchen, ironing, preparing meals, keeping floors clean, and other duties as required.
• Shelter staff are required to assist with a number of various activities and functions to provide for operations of the shelter.