NAFEESAH BACON

The CUA case manager provides on-going direct service support to assigned children/families ensuring the development and implementation of comprehensive delivery plans based on team assessments of client’s needs. The case manager will also assist families in developing parenting practices and skills that reduce safety risks and enhance ability to provide a nurturing environment for children. Will work on-call status according to program needs. Regular travel required. For now working a hybrid work schedule, 2 days at work and 3 days working from home. Must continue to provide required field work according to DHS requirements.

• Receives increasingly complex and difficult youth custody and counseling assignments in order to achieve competency in supervising youths to ensure that proper conduct and security are maintained in the City's juvenile detention facility; prevents youths from engaging in physical confrontations and destruction of facility property; observes behavior patterns in order to detect signs of depression or other emotional stress and reports observations; monitors closely, those youths suspected as being suicidal or extremely depressed
• Conducts individual/group counseling sessions; interviews youths to elicit background information; collaborates with child guidance and educational staff about youths; maintains log of unit activity as prescribed; prepares incident reports, adjustment summaries and submits unit repair requests; orients youths on the policies, procedures, operations and rules of the facility; rewards appropriate behavior as part of an established behavior modification system; encourages youths to discuss their behavior and personal habits/attitudes; guides discussion towards the establishment and reinforcement of appropriate behavior patterns
• Assists youths in adjusting to detention rules and regulations and the behavior modification system; utilizes safe physical management restraint procedures for highly troublesome youths, as necessary; participates in the organization of, and provision for, individual/small group leisure activities; requisitions and maintains special interest activity supplies; encourages and supports youths involvement in recreational, educational, and religious program offerings; inspects living area of youths daily to check for cleanliness, vandalism and contraband
• Escorts youths to various locations throughout the facility for different activities; escorts and/or drives youth to various locations outside the Center for medical and psychological health appointments while maintaining security measures dictated by policy and training, as necessary; inspects other facility living units periodically to check for cleanliness and for contraband or escape attempts
• Attends training sessions to learn the practices and procedures utilized in performing youth detention custody and counseling work.

• Patrols School District facilities and grounds to prevent disruptive or illegal actions, access to restricted areas, theft, or vandalism on an assigned or rotating shift
• Performs a variety of assignments which can require being in a fixed location or a mobile unit or being exposed to uncontrolled and/or unpredictable conditions
• Performs their duties in uniform or in plain clothes depending on the type of assignment.

• Assists special education classroom teachers assigned to programs for students with disabilities and/or provides one to one support for students with disabilities
• The Special Education Classroom Assistant assists teachers in the implementation of instructional activities in school and community settings and in individual, small and large group instruction using instructional materials and equipment prescribed by the professional staff
• Duties may vary according to the type of special education program to which the Special Education Classroom Assistant is assigned
• In addition, the Special Education Classroom Assistant assists the teacher in implementing, reinforcing, and recording appropriate student responses in school and community training experiences as established by instructional staff in the area of personal, domestic, academic, recreation, vocational and interpersonal communication/social skills; identifies and records individual student behavior according to predetermined program criteria; accompanies students, individually or in small groups, to business or other locations in the community; helps pupils with personal habits and self-care skills which include feeding, dressing, toileting, and grooming; assists teachers with proper positioning of students; and performs related work as required

• Provided Contact Center-based support via phone, email, web for DaVita Patients, Teammates and Non-DaVita Patients, family members and renal professionals Provide information about DaVita's educational materials and services and follow up with initial contacts on a scheduled basis
• Accurately process incoming data into various spreadsheets (Excel, Access, and Internal Software Programs) Responds to inbound contacts, web generated inquiries
• Abides by performance metrics.