PTH YOUTH AND FAMILY ASSISTANT

The Part Time Youth and Family Assistant performs a variety of duties including the safety and security of children for the cottages, daily supervision of abused, neglected, abandoned and medically fragile children, housekeeping, custodial duties in cottages, transport and accompany children/families to appointments for DFS. The position will also perform office duties such as faxing documents, making copies, maintain files, scanning, knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Clark County Department of Family Services (DFS) is the local public agency whose role is to help keep children safe. The agency was formed in July 2002 in response to the merger of state and county child welfare services.

Mission Statement
Protecting children from abuse and neglect by partnering with our community to build safe, nurturing and stable families, to support family preservation when possible, to provide permanent families for those children who cannot safely return home and to ensure the well-being of children in our care.

THESE POSITIONS MAY BE GRANT FUNDED. GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CONTINUATION BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE TERMINATED WITHOUT RIGHT OF APPEAL WHEN SUCH FUNDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Please Note: Part-time employment will not lead to permanent employment. Part-time hourly employees are used to fill positions normally less than twenty (20) hours per week. Part-time employees do not receive benefits.

Education and Experience:
Equivalent to graduation from high school and 1 (one) year of full time experience working with and caring for juveniles, preferably in a recreational, treatment, or other nurturing setting.

Licensing and Certification:
Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at the time of appointment.

Background Investigation:
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted. In order to work at the Department of Family Services, employees must not have any qualifying offense that violates the standards required by NRS 432B.198 and/or NRS 432B.199.

As indicated in NRS 432A.1773, any person hired to work in a licensed child care facility, who is responsible for the daily operations, administration or management of the child care facility must be at least 21 years of age.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing:
Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.

Working Conditions:
Work shifts may include day, swing shift, and weekends (including Holidays).

• Responsibilities include supervision of daily living activities, ensuring the safety and security of the children and the cottages, providing physical care and emotional nurturing to the children and performing light housekeeping duties.
• Provides on-going physical care, emotional nurturing and daily supervision of abused, neglected, abandoned and medically fragile children, ages three days to eighteen years.
• Performs various functions relating to the admission and /or discharge of children.
• Awakens children at appropriate times for bathroom use and school, ensuring appropriate hygiene, attire and nutrition. Feeds, bathes, dresses and comforts children.
• Conducts and records bed checks, which include observing and touching children to ensure they are breathing.
• Ensures the safety and security of the children and cottages; responds to emergency calls from other cottages.
• Intervenes when children are out of control, using authorized strategies and restraint techniques. Provides infant care including medically fragile children.
• Performs a variety of housekeeping and custodial duties in the cottage, such as laundering clothing and bedding, dusting furniture, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning and disinfecting the bathroom and cleaning the kitchen.
• Maintains various records of work performed, completes incident and other reports and performs other clerical support activities. May transport and accompany children/families to appointments (medical, therapy, community resources, visitation, to Peggy's Attic for clothing, etc).
• May schedule/coordinate medical and other appointments (contacting multiple doctors to schedule appointments for follow-up. May provide resources to families (delivering diapers, bus tokens, clothing, etc.) to families. May accompany children to SCAN examinations at medical facility.
• May pick up medical records (records, x-ray discs, etc) and police reports. May request from DFS fiscal, ordering, picking up and delivering essential items purchased to support safety in plan (e.g. cribs, car seats, etc).

• Transporting children with possible behavioral and/or physical challenges.
• Computer knowledge in (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to use office equipment such as scanner, printer, copier and telephone.
• Maintain office files, electronic files, fax documents, making copies, and perform basic office duties.

Mobility to work in a treatment shelter home and office setting, use standard home appliances and office equipment, and to drive a motor vehicle in order to transport children; strength to lift, carry and restrain children; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
Accommodation may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.