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About the Role

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) seeks a Recreation Program Counselor to provide counseling, guidance, and support to incarcerated youth in a secured youth detention center. This role focuses on developing, coordinating, and facilitating recreational activities to promote physical, social, and emotional well-being, fostering personal growth, teamwork, and life skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement diverse and engaging recreation programs tailored to youth interests, abilities, and developmental needs.
• Create structured schedules encompassing sports, team-building exercises, and other age-appropriate activities.
• Lead and supervise recreational sessions, ensuring participant safety and well-being while fostering positive relationships.
• Instruct and encourage youth participation in various activities, promoting healthy lifestyles and teamwork.
• Intervene in conflicts using effective resolution strategies and model appropriate behavior.
• Collaborate with detention center staff and external partners to enhance program variety and quality.
• Assess program effectiveness in meeting physical, social, and emotional needs, documenting participant engagement and progress.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare reports on program impact and participant satisfaction.
• Collaborate to design and execute programs catering to diverse youth interests and needs.
• Promote healthy lifestyles through sports, exercise, and nutrition education.
• Assist in implementing special projects and workshops.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and provide feedback for improvement.
• Serve as a liaison with recreational program vendors, ensuring compliance and quality.
• Organize provider meetings and prepare progress reports and evaluations.
• Undertake additional duties addressing youth cultural, educational, and recreational needs.

Requirements

• Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an inquiry into child abuse and maltreatment reports for candidates with child-caring responsibilities.

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2 years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above (with a baccalaureate degree)
• 6 years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above (with high school graduation or equivalent)
• Equivalent education and/or experience to the above, with at least one year of experience as described in the first requirement.

Education Level

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
• High school graduation or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $62,868.00 - $72,298.00
• USD 62868 - USD 97593

About the Company

• The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports.
• ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services, and provides subsidized child care vouchers.
• ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment.
• In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement and programs for youth in the community.
• The Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) provides a wide range of services and programs for youth at every stage of the juvenile justice process.
• DYFJ's goals are to build stronger and safer communities by preventing juveniles from entering the New York City's juvenile justice system, provide therapeutic treatment and services to youth in our custodial care, and help juveniles access the tools they need to leave the justice system for good.
• DYFJ strives to help families and young people by providing supportive services that are responsive to the needs of individual youth and families.
• Life skills, Education and Programs (LEAP) offers education support, workforce development and enrichment programs to youth in secure and non-secure facilities in DYFJ.
• LEAP is focused on building relationships among staff and using our collective resources to provide comprehensive programs and activities.
• LEAP ensures that youth served by DYFJ receive social and educational services throughout their involvement with our system by overseeing an array of programming and services for court involved youth, developing innovative programming and services for youth and families, working together with stakeholders to identify trends, track data, and implement effective training and staff development around specific programmatic issues.

Equal Opportunity

• The Administration for Children’s Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing access to all individuals.
• The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.