Night watch - PT (Sunday & Monday)

OVERVIEW

The Night Watch Mentor supports the residential department and the students during the night hours including checking on students every 15 minutes, ensuring they are able to sleep in a safe environment, supporting students if they wake up during the night and helping them return to bed, waking students up in the morning, and completing light cleaning duties. 

This is a great opportunity for those who are looking for a low key and easy going position, like students attending college, or those who have night classes (we allow our graveyard employees to do homework, study, and or other projects as long as all job duties are completed), or even for parents who have students in school during the morning hours.

THIS ROLE IS PERFECT IF YOU...

Are looking to gain experience working with teens on the autism spectrum

Already love supporting people with different learning abilities 

Want a good part-time job in the off-hours from your other life endeavors

Want to work with a strong and supportive team focused on ethical, personal, and professional growth of both clients and employees

Align with our philosophies around an attachment approach to care - focusing on core needs and relationships with our students over just a behavioral approach

Schedule 

10:45PM to 7:15AM.

Shifts available: Sunday & Monday

Opportunity for advancement to Full-Time work (many of our Managers have worked the Night Watch position at certain point).

Education Requirement 

High School Diploma or equivalent 

Additional Minimum Requirements 

Age 21+, or turning 21 within the next few months (to operate company vehicles)

Ability to pass background check upon hire 

Essential Responsibilities and Duties 

Attend all required training meetings 

Maintain an up-to-date training record 

Achieve and maintain certification in CPR and First Aid upon hire 

Achieve and maintain certification in Positive Control Systems (PCS) upon hire 

Provide a safe and nurturing environment for clients 

Implement therapeutic interventions for each client  

Complete 15 minute bedroom checks on students as they sleep, as required by licensing requirements 

Complete a safety walk through of the facility at the start of your shift and account for all students 

Attend shift change at start of shift to become familiar with the day’s incidents for each student.  Know who is on campus and who is off-campus.   

Be attentive to students on safety statuses; follow protocols with exactness 

Chart on each student at the end of shift.  Indicate sleep patterns, whether they got up in the night, any incidents of importance 

Keeps up-to-date with weekly treatment team notes on each student 

Has the ability to pay attention to details and is aware of what is going on around them at all times 

Is able to keep personal feelings and emotions from influencing decisions around client’s treatment 

Receptive to constructive feedback and training

Additional Responsibilities and Duties 

Completes light cleaning duties and other house/program chores as assigned 

Supports the night watch lead and other night watch mentors  

Must be flexible and able to help out where necessary (within pre-determined float availability)

Be a team player 

Dependable, reliable, receive and carry out instruction, and genuinely care for others 

Other duties as assigned 

An ATTACHMENT Approach

Most youth residential treatment programs use a behavioral approach to therapeutic and residential support, but we set ourselves apart for our students by using an attachment-based 
approach. Everything we do is through the lens of attachment theory. As a member of the MLA team, you'll get great training in attachment styles, and how to best help teens in our program to build healthy relationships with themselves, their peers, and caregivers. Additionally, we focus on helping students identify the core issues behind their behaviors and thoughts, and then how to address those core needs. We seek to create a safe environment for students and employees to learn, grow, develop, explore, make mistakes, and build lasting impactful relationships with those around them.

Open until: Filled

Position Starts: available immediately