Since 1923, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) has been providing life-changing human services to vulnerable individuals and families across the Commonwealth of Virginia. CCC offers compassionate and quality human services, especially focusing on the most vulnerable, irrespective of faith. Operating at 11 locations throughout Virginia, CCC passionately offers 31 critical services within our communities.

This position involves supervising children in shelter care. Candidates must be available to work mornings, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly supervising and overseeing the physical care of children in shelter.
• Assisting children in coping with separation from family using a trauma-informed approach.
• Guiding children in managing their behavior positively through appropriate interventions.
• Providing social, cultural, and recreational activities for children.
• Assisting in meeting goals on each child’s service plan.
• Maintaining accurate daily logs as per licensing and agency requirements.
• Offering crisis intervention services and on-call coverage as assigned.
• Participating in mandatory trainings (e.g., CPR/First Aid, Medication Management, Behavioral Intervention).
• Aiding in meal preparation and maintaining shelter cleanliness and safety.
• Developing and implementing daily activity schedules for sheltered children.
• Transporting children to community activities and appointments.
• Representing the Agency professionally in the community and workplace.
• Demonstrating sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Exhibiting strong interpersonal, decision-making, problem-solving, oral, and written skills.
• Utilizing basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assigned to Youth Specialist: Case Aid:

  • Providing case management administrative support in a timely manner.
  • Complying with unannounced supervisor observations during shifts.
  • Actively participating in weekly staffing meetings for ongoing caseload discussions.
  • Assisting in admission and discharge tasks.

• Assigned to Lead Youth Specialist:

  • Managing children’s allowances.
  • Ensuring proper documentation and stock in logs.
  • Conducting monthly medication reviews and maintaining first aid kits.
  • Overseeing vehicle inspections and keeping vehicles stocked with emergency supplies.

Qualifications:

• Education and/or Experience:
  • Baccalaureate degree in human services OR associate’s degree with six months of child-related experience OR High School Diploma/GED with one year of child-related experience.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish.
  • Valid driver's license.

Full-time Employee Benefits:

• Retirement savings: 4% agency contribution into a savings account after one year, matching up to 4% of salary.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Earn 16-22 days off for vacation, sick, or personal time.
• Holidays: Eleven paid holidays.
• Other paid leave: Includes bereavement, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid parental leave.
• Virginia Credit Union memberships.
• Employee Assistance program: Free mental health consultations.
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life insurance, and other flexible spending accounts.