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Elk Hill was honored as a 2025 Top Workplace USA and 2025 Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplace. These awards are based solely on employee feedback and recognize the great culture that exists at every level of the organization.

If you want to work for a Top Workplace USA and a Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplace organization where your decisions can impact youth and families of Central Virginia, then Elk Hill Farm, Inc. is the place for you!

We are an organization that:

• Is honored as a 2025 Top Workplace USA and 2025 Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplace
• Is a Top Workplace Meaningfulness Award recipient
• Has talented, hardworking employees
• Advocates for mental health issues
• Offers competitive benefits, pay, and pet insurance for full-time staff
• Provides a generous time-off and holiday package
• Offers a 401(k) plan with a 5% employer match for full-time staff
• Provides tuition assistance
• Elk Hill is celebrating 50+ years of supporting youth and families across the Commonwealth of Virginia! Stability. Adaptability. Longevity.

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Is responsible for supervising visits and providing a safe, secure environment, physically and emotionally, for children in alternate care by supervising visits with their natural parent(s) at Elk Hill facilities or another agreed-upon site.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND JOB EXPECTATIONS:

• To supervise visits of non-custodial parents with their child(ren). This includes monitoring and, if necessary, intervening with the parent or child who demonstrated inappropriate physical or verbal behaviors.
• To report as soon as possible any problems or concerns regarding a specific client, social worker or visitation request.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of youth and families, flexibility, a non-threatening manner, respect for youth’s and family’s autonomy, confidentiality, socio-cultural values, personal goals, lifestyle choices, and family interactions, and appropriate professional boundaries and ethics
• Provide the number of hours per month/week contracted by the placing agency
• Complete session progress notes for each session and provide to supervisor, as required
• Attend FAPT, treatment team, or family engagement meetings as requested by supervisor
• Maintain a driving record that meets the requirements of Elk Hill
• Maintain liability coverage, at the level required by Elk Hill, on personal auto insurance policy
• Participate in face-to-face supervision with supervisor at least once per month
• Work cooperatively with all Elk Hill staff to improve the quality of the whole organization

CORE COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
• Experience working with children and/or adolescents
• Willingness to travel and work non-traditional business hours
• Exhibit consistent personal integrity in dealings with youth, families, co-workers, and agency personnel
• The temperament to work with, and care for, children and families with special needs
• Must demonstrate sensitivity to Elk Hill’s service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics

CREDENTIALS AND/OR EDUCATION

• High-School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Maintain valid driver's license and good driving record.
• Maintain training in the administration of Naloxone and be willing and able to administer Naloxone in an overdose emergency
• Maintain current certification in CPR and First Aid

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to traverse inside and outside of the property and other job sites including uneven terrain
• Periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to engage with mentor in a variety of activities, both physical and non-physical in nature, in both indoor and outdoor environments, and in a variety of weather conditions
• Frequently lift up to 5 pounds, periodically lift up to 10 pounds depending on the activity engaged in

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequent transportation of a client as needed or required
• Frequent travel to other locations as needed or required

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of what we do at Elk Hill, and we enforce respectful communication and cooperation between all. Elk Hill does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. It is the policy of Elk Hill to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for Elk Hill. Contact Human Resources for more information.

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. Duties, responsibilities or actions may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Elk Hill Farm, Inc. reserves the right to change or reassign job duties or combine positions at any time.