PTH YOUTH AND FAMILY ASSISTANT

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PTH YOUTH AND FAMILY ASSISTANT

Salary

$15.00 - $21.80 Hourly

Location

Clark County - Las Vegas, NV

Job Type

PART-TIME

Job Number

PTH YFA-2024

Department

Family Services

Opening Date

04/09/2024

Closing Date

6/4/2024 5:01 PM Pacific

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

ABOUT THE POSITION

Clark County Department of Family Services is seeking qualified applicants to apply for the Part-Time Youth and Family Assistant position.

The Part-Time Youth and Family Assistant performs a variety of duties including managing the safety and security of children for the cottages, daily supervision of abused, neglected, abandoned and medically fragile children, housekeeping and custodial duties in the cottages, transporting and accompanying children/families to appointments for DFS. The position will also perform office duties such as faxing documents, making copies, maintain and scanning files, which may require a 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.

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.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience: Equivalent to graduation from high school.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application.

Minimum Age:

Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at time of appointment. As indicated in NRS 432A.1773, any person hired to work in a licensed childcare facility, who is responsible for the daily operations, administration or management of the childcare facility must be at least 21 years of age.

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.

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).

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Child Haven:

• 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.).

Medical Case Management:

• 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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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.

Accommodations may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.

PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE BENEFITS.

01

The following questions 1-4 will be used to assist in determining if candidates meet the minimum qualifications.

Which describes your highest level of education?

• Some High School

• High School Diploma or GED

• Trade School or Technical Degree

• Some College (1-29 semester credits)

• Some College (30-59 semester credits)

• Some College (60-89 semester credits)

• Some College (90-120+ semester credits)

• Associates Degree

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree or higher

• None of the above

  02

  If you selected "Some high school" in the previous question, please list your highest-grade level completed.

  03

  Do you currently hold a valid driver's license?

• Yes, I currently hold a valid Nevada driver's license

• Yes, I currently hold a valid driver's license from another state.

• No, I do not currently hold a valid driver's license.

  04

  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.

• I understand the above requirement and certify that I am at least 21 years of age.

• I understand the above requirement and certify that I am not 21 years of age.

  05

  The following skills assessment is a self-assessment used to evaluate an applicant's training and experience.

  I understand that:

  A) Part-time experience must be prorated and credited as half of full-time experience (i.e., if you performed the task for two years in a part-time position, 20 hours per week, you can only credit yourself with one year of experience in that area)

  B) The education, knowledge, and experience levels indicated by my skills assessment responses must be supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of my application;

  C) Any falsification or misrepresentation of the information listed on the employment application or skills assessment may result in removal from the eligibility list or rescinding a job offer;

  D) Responses to assessment questions that are not supported and clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections on the application may result in question scores being adjusted to receive zero points;

  E) Assessment scores may be used to consider applicants for the selection process;

  F) I further understand that since exam scores will be automatically generated based on the applicant's response to each item in the assessment, score appeals will not be allowed for this recruitment.

• I have read and understand the above information regarding the completion of the following skills assessment questions. I further understand that this recruitment includes a skills assessment and that the answers I provide must be consistent with the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections detailed on my application and that scoring appeals will not be allowed for this recruitment.

  06

  Indicate your full-time professional experience caring for children, preferably in a recreational, treatment, or other nurturing setting.

• No Experience

• Less than 12 months

• 12 to 23 months

• 24 to 35 months

• 36 to 47 months

• More than 48 months

  07

  Please list the employer(s) on your application where your experience was obtained in question 6. Type N/A if you have no related experience (see template below).

  Employer Name:

Job Title:

Hours Worked Per Week:

Dates of Employment:

08

Indicate your full-time professional experience caring for children in a childcare setting (i.e. teacher, teacher's assistant, facilitating your activities, daycare, medical facilitator, foster parent, nanny, safe key, bus driver, etc.).

• No Experience

• Less than 12 months

• 12 to 23 months

• 24 to 35 months

• 36 to 47 months

• More than 48 months

  09

  Please list the employer(s) on your application where your experience was obtained in question 8. Type N/A if you have no related experience (see template below).

  Employer Name:

Job Title:

Hours Worked Per Week:

Dates of Employment:

10

Indicate your full-time professional experience in general clerical duties, such as gathering information, mailing documents, faxing, making copies, and collating materials.

• No Experience

• Less than 12 months

• 12 to 23 months

• 24 to 35 months

• 36 to 47 months

• More than 48 months

  11

  Indicate your full-time professional experience scheduling/coordinating medical appointments.

• No Experience

• Less than 12 months

• 12 to 23 months

• 24 to 35 months

• 36 to 47 months

• More than 48 months

  12

  Indicate your preference to work with the following age groups (check all that apply).

• Infants

• Toddlers and elementary school age children

• Pre-teens and teens

• All of the above

  13

  Indicate your proficiency level with Microsoft Word.

• No Experience

• Basic (can setup a document, format the text, and edit the document)

• Intermediate (can navigate the title and ribbon bar, can use spellcheck and grammar check, can create templates)

• Advanced (can perform mail merge, edit headers/footers and add page numbers and title pages)

• Expert (can insert pictures/borders, SmartArt, and charts/graphs)

  14

  Indicate your proficiency level with Microsoft Excel.

• No Experience

• Basic (navigate excel, input & enter data, sort and print preparation)

• Intermediate (create spreadsheets, input data, create formulas, report formatting)

• Advanced (consolidating data, using pivot tables, charting data, and formatting charts)

• Expert (advanced formulas, if statements, VLOOKUP, VBA, and Macros)

  15

  Indicate your proficiency level with Microsoft Outlook.

• No Experience

• Basic (can create and send email messages)

• Intermediate (can create new folders, archive and store emails, can set appointments and create to-do lists)

• Advanced (can set up contacts, generate auto-replies, can configure email settings)

• Expert (can create, schedule and delegate tasks, plan meetings, and share and configure calendars)

  16

  Please indicate below the statement that best describes your Spanish bilingual ability.

• I am not bilingual in Spanish

• I have a good comprehension of Spanish

• I speak Spanish fluently

• I read and write Spanish at a proficient level

  17

  This position may be used to fill positions working various times and schedules. Please select from the list below any of the work times and schedules you would accept (select all that apply).

• Day Shift

• Swing Shift

• Graveyard Shift

• Willing to work weekends (Saturdays and/or Sundays)

• Willing to work holidays

• Willing to work all shifts/days/holidays

  18

  Some 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.

• I am willing to be considered for a Grant-Funded position as described above.

• I would not like to be considered for a Grant-Funded position.

  19

  I understand this application is for part-time employment. Part-time hourly employees work 20 hours or less per week. Part-time employees do not receive benefits. Part-time employment does not lead to full-time, permanent employment.

• I have read and understand the above information regarding part-time employment.

  Required Question

Agency

Clark County

Address

500 S. Grand Central Pkwy, 3rd Floor PO Box 551791 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89155-1791

Phone

(702)455-4565

Website

http://www.clarkcountynv.gov

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