Overnight Youth Advisor

TITLE: Overnight Youth Advisor

COMPENSATION: $22-$23 per hour

LOCATION: Anaheim, CA

WORK MODEL: ONSITE

The weekend Overnight Youth Residential Advisors (RA’s) are an essential and core position on our

multidisciplinary team. We are seeking an experience residential advisor to work the Sunday-Thursday

shift. Other shifts are available.

All staff work together to facilitate safety and comprehensive programming for a family shelter and

transitional living program. RA’s facilitate day to day operations. RA’s provide essential shelter supervision

and support including: triage of door and phones, assessing safety, preventing and managing crises,

upholding programmatic policy and procedure, documentation, light cleaning and building maintenance, as

well as being a positive adult role model for youth. Must want to work in a diverse and inclusive

environment.

Overnight shifts are awake and staff must complete overnight checklist to ensure facility is prepared for

next day from, 11 pm to 8 am.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide supervision of the shelter, including oversight and maintenance of the various areas of the

facility.

• Safety awareness of situations and spaces.

• Perform day to day operations and duties in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Provide welcoming, engaging and professional phone and door coverage to include answering and

responding to incoming crisis, business information and resource and referral inquiries.

• Crisis prevention and intervention while adhering to agency protocol for responding, reporting and

seeking support.

• Build rapport with clients and act as a positive role model and safe adult while maintaining and

facilitating healthy boundary setting.

• Be a proactive and involved team member and encourage youth to participate in activities.

• Direct supervision of the youth in the shelter, on outings in community, and during meetings and

appointments in the community.

• Develop knowledge of the current community resources available to clients.

• Teach basic life skills such as personal hygiene, household cleaning, and interpersonal interactions.

• Lead groups on skill building as assigned.

• Maintain and engage in consistent communication with the multidisciplinary team by preparing

shift notes and logs, as well as creating critical incident reports.

• Attend trainings, meetings and supervision as assigned.

• Function as back-up coverage, as assigned.

• Work directly with clients doing triage (i.e., field questions, ask what clients need, clarify the

problem, etc.)

• Supervise clients in completion of chores, if applicable.

• Inspect common areas of the shelter for cleanliness on a daily basis.

• Be timely and present at all scheduled meetings, trainings and shifts.Contact us

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: High School Diploma required.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience working with at risk youth ages

SKILLS: Must have strong verbal and written communication skills and strong organizational skills. Must be

computer literate (Word, Outlook, Excel, etc.) Must be a self-starter and team player with the ability to

work with other staff members, clients, vendors and the public.

WORKING CONDITIONS: General business/office environment. Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. on

occasion, bend, sit and stand for prolonged periods of time. Some weekend/holiday work may be required.

KNOWLEDGE: Adolescent Development, Crisis Intervention, Multi-Cultural Awareness, Trauma Informed

Care, Harm Reduction, Part-R, and CPR & FIRST AID.