Lighthouse Youth Crisis Center
Site Description
Since 1969, Lighthouse Youth Services has been a beacon of hope for abused and neglected children and for families in crisis.
Lighthouse provides residential care each day for more than 250 children in our foster homes, group homes, residential treatment
centers, supervised apartments, and other residential programs. The organization is made up of a number of programs including the
Youth Crisis Center. As the only facility in the Cincinnati area where unaccompanied youth, ten through seventeen years old and
homeless 18 year olds who are full time students can seek shelter and safety, the Youth Crisis Center is a twenty bed emergency
facility open twenty-four hours a day, 365 days per year. These children may be victims of physical, sexual or emotional abuse,
refused shelter by their guardians, or runaways. The Youth Crisis Center also operates a twenty-four hour youth crisis line at
513-961-4080 and provides on-site individual and family counseling sessions, as well as group sessions with other residents.
During their time at Lighthouse, the youth participate in a number of educational and recreational activities, including creative
writing, reading, ceramic arts, and field trips.
Job Description
The intern will...
- • Appreciate the challenges this population faces in terms of family support, resources, and education.
- • Acquire skills relating to crisis intervention and positive behavior management skills.
- • Gain exposure to adolescents who have been victims of abuse and/or have emotional and behavioral problems.
- • Serve as a Youth Worker, assisting staff with the care, supervision and control of youth in the program.
- • Assist with the implementation of the individual service plan for each youth and ensure that youth are
adequately fed, clothed, disciplined, emotionally nurtured and physically protected from harm.
- • Monitor youth interactions, model appropriate interactions, and facilitate problem solving with youth.
- • Enforce the program schedule of activities.
- • Supervise recreational activities and meal time set-up and clean-up.
- • Provide crisis intervention to youth and families.
- • Maintain security of house, house coverage and order, and safety standards at all times.
- • Log all activities of the shift, including each youth’s activities, events and housekeeping issues.
- • Follow program schedule of activities at the time assigned.
- • Maintain open communication and cooperation with all team members.
- • Assist the Education Programming Specialist.
- • Work Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm.
Applicants must have at least 6 months experience working with children or youth, be proficient in Microsoft Office, and
possess excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Intern Experience Summary
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