Direct Care Staff - Floater Position

Direct Care Staff

Foster + Heart is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization serving the Treasure Valley. Our mission is to ignite the hearts of our community to foster and meet the needs of children in foster care. One expression of this mission is transitional homes for children ages 0-17 entering the foster care system. These homes will house up to 8 children at a time and will be staffed with direct care staff trained to care for children in some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare are able to place children with us until the right foster family is found for them. This ensures that children are placed in the right home and that sibling sets can stay together so that while they may be facing the unknown, they don’t have to face it alone.

We're hiring a full time team member for our homes in Meridian and Nampa. This is a floater position where you will work shifts between both homes as needed (Days/Nights/Weekends).

Are you passionate about this mission? Join our team!

Job Summary

Provides direct care necessary to meet the objectives of Foster + Heart as they relate directly to children.

Essential Functions

• Provides the direct care for children that meets each child’s individual needs.
• Observes, documents, assesses, and provides regular data reports for staff members regarding the child’s development, behavior, needs. and any other related and pertinent information to help the child in the home setting.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, trainings, reviews audio-visual materials, and publications to remain up to date with policies and practices.
• Creates a positive and safe environment for children by using positive communication and supervising, monitoring, and counting children at all times.
• Provides an environment with clear and consistent behavior expectations through implementation of Trust Based Relational Intervention.
• Demonstrates clear understanding of policies, procedures, and implements these in program activities.
• Provides and/or facilitates health and nutrition care for children, including all meals, snacks, tooth brushing, hand washing, bathing, treatment for lice, and additional medical treatment.
• Effectively responds, communicates with and presents information to co-workers, families/caregivers, community representatives, and volunteers.
• Keeps immediate supervisor, and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress.
• Demonstrates commitment for professional development and continuous growth by actively seeking out and participating in training opportunities.
• Engages with supervisor and co-workers on constructive and timely feedback, accepting feedback as a growth opportunity, and is open to continuous improvement for oneself and the organization.

Additional Functions

• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Reports all unsafe activities to a member of management.
• Ability to manage groups of children ages 0-17
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Prioritizes and adjusts to the changing demands of the position.
• Handles and adapts to stressful situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Nineteen (19) years of age or older.
• Complete and maintain certificates for Infant/Child CPR and First Aid.
• Must pass an enhanced criminal background check that meets required state, federal, and F+H standards.
  
• Must have a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance if there is a need to travel locally for job duties.

Typical Physical Requirements

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities which permits the employee to communicate effectively with children, families, and co-workers.
• Constantly involves sitting, using hands to handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, talking, and hearing.
• Consistently requires standing, walking, and moving from sitting to standing and back to sitting.
• Consistently requires moving to the floor to interact with children.
• Moderate to vigorous physical activity such as running, dancing, marching, etc. with the children. Involves moving from the home to the playground.
• Must have sufficient manual dexterity to work with the fingers and to reach/handle items.
• Involves light physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of a primarily administrative nature.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 45 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, and color vision.
• Related job tasks require, with or without reasonable accommodation, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, twisting and grasping.
• All activities and physical requirements must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Typical Environmental Conditions

• May be exposed to moderate noise levels.

Disclaimer

Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required of all personnel so classified. When duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity.