Direct Support Professional (Evening Shift)
Company: UMFS
Location: Richmond
Posted on: April 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Available Shifts:
Who we are:
Child & Family Healing Center provides 24- hour intensive
residential treatment on UMFS's staff-secure, unlocked 33-acre
campus. Our multidisciplinary team integrates Collaborative Problem
Solving--- with family engagement, psychiatry, nursing, verbal and
non-verbal therapies, social work, and counseling.
What we do:
We collaborate with communities in a Systems of Care approach to
ensure successful transition into residential treatment, through
intervention, and back into the community.
We assess strengths and executive functioning to develop treatment
goals for youth and families.
Who We Serve:
We serve males, females, and gender-diverse youth ages 11-17 at
time of admission, who are in the custody of their parent/guardian,
the Department of Social Services, or the Department of Juvenile
Justice, and have a minimum IQ of 65 (evaluated on a case-by-case
basis).
What we are looking for:
Support coaches to provide supervision, daily therapeutic care,
programming, and crisis intervention for residents. Participate as
a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team in the therapeutic
residential program,,and use Collaborative Problem-Solving
techniques to help clients with challenging behaviors and to build
helping relationships.
What you will need:
Bachelor's degree in Social Work or Human Services related field
and six months of experience working with youth with behavioral and
emotional issues or Autism Spectrum Disorder required. Minimum of 2
years' related experience may substitute for degree.
Why Work at UMFS?
UMFS has been an unwavering champion for children, teens, and
families for more than 120 years. Our main campus is in Richmond,
Va., and we offer nearly 20 programs at nine locations throughout
Virginia.
Work-life balance is critical to the health and well-being of our
employees, which is why we offer generous paid leave, 12 paid
holidays, flexible workspaces , and comprehensive health benefits
options that include an Employee Assistance Program, vision, and
optional dental. We also offer pet insurance. UMFS employees are
eligible for a 401(k) that UMFS matches up to 6 percent.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of all
we do at UMFS, and we maintain a culture of acceptance in which
crucial conversations are encouraged. UMFS doesn't exclude anyone
on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation, genetic information, disability, religion, or economic
background.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Keywords: UMFS, Washington DC , Direct Support Professional (Evening Shift), Other , Richmond, DC
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