I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Victor (Santa Rosa, CA)
Interview
Called me into the office to speak about the job. They told me what a residential counselor did and practiced a one-person standing restraint. They had me do an observation at a residential house, which was completely MONITORED. The house manager filled out a paper after I left saying whether or not they would hire me. This was never mentioned to me, and I never saw the paper.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever done a physical restraint on a child?
Applied online hired within 2 weeks. Interviewed then asked if interested in observing one of the youth residences. Able to monitor at a regular time of day while talking with a house supervisor. Invited back for a second interview and offered a job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Couple questions about being spit on and body fluids.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Victor (Redding, CA) in Sept 2012
Interview
I applied online and was contacted no more than one week later for my initial group interview. The group interview involved 12 other applicants. The interviewer was very personable, friendly and enthusiastic. He made the interview quite fun. We did role-playing and talked a lot about the services and expectations of the agency. After that interview he took me aside to tell me he was sure that he'd be seeing me again soon. I was called back for a one on one interview, which was much more relaxed. I got to ask any questions I had about the position. The interviewer seemed pleased with my enthusiasm and excitement for the job, though I expressed some anxiety about the difficulty of the physical aspects of the job which included having to potentially restrain children if necessary. After that interview was complete I had to pass a drug screen, fingerprinting, back ground check and physical exam. My driving record was also looked at. I was hired about one month after the initial group interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
This job involved working with severely emotionally disturbed youth. The interviewer did a role-play with me, he was being the teenager who lived in one of the agency's group homes and I was going to be myself (group home staff). He leaned very close to me, put his hand on my leg and said 'So do you have a boyfriend?' He wanted to see how I would respond to such behavior.
