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About the Role

The Youth Counselor provides supervision, support, and direction to children, fostering their positive growth and development. This role involves maintaining a safe and clean living environment, preparing meals, completing required documentation, and participating in meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide a warm, homelike atmosphere by establishing an individual relationship with each resident focusing on that resident's positive growth and development.
• Provide individualized care and supervision of each resident.
• Ensure an orderly schedule for the residents by supervising their daily activities: wake-up, school, or other program attendance, mealtime, study time, assigned Healing Home chores and bedtime.
• Monitor individual appointments for each child to ensure punctual attendance.
• Monitor each youth's physical well-being ensuring suitable clothing, adequate food, and all required medical treatments, including the dispensing of medication.
• Communicate and enforce Healing Home rules with each child; apply discipline as outlined in Healing Home procedures in a fair and objective manner.
• Accompany and transport children to outside activities (including supervised recreation) and appointments as required.
• Maintain a hazard-free, clean, and orderly household by promptly reporting maintenance problems to the supervisory staff and by completion of assigned household chores in a timely and efficient manner.
• Prepare meals and snacks under the assignment and direction of the Household Coordinator according to posted menus.
• Hold petty cash (Distribute and reconcile petty cash) and other valuables of the home as assigned and dispense according to Healing Home procedures.
• Complete all required paperwork such as incident, AWOL, medical, medication, and logs book reporting for the Healing Home.
• Participate in meetings as required and ensure that treatment/permanency plans are carried out daily.
• Accompany, supervise, and provide transportation for activities.
• Provide direct care coverage with flexible work hours.
• Organize and facilitate independent living skills groups in the residence.
• Record client progress in regard to independent living skills development.
• Participate in the service planning and review process.
• Deliver services in accordance with service goals and objectives.
• Employ trauma-sensitive practices.
• Accompany, supervise, and provide transportation (when necessary) for appointments and activities.
• Provide counseling and support.
• Ensure adherence to medication regimen.
• Provide crisis intervention and behavior management.
• Report incidents, occurrences, or untoward events to the supervisor as soon as they occur and complete appropriate paperwork.
• Complete all assigned documentation in a timely fashion.
• Assist in residence household duties (general cleaning, laundry, shopping, meal planning and preparation); train and supervise children in developing these skills.
• Attend supervision and meetings as scheduled.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, consistent with the scope, responsibilities, and level of the position, and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid NYS driver's license.
• Flexibility to work a 10-hour shift based on program needs.
• Must obtain a S95 & F-07 fire safety certification within the first 3-months of employment.
• Demonstrated experience in providing support, nurture, and guidance to children in a structured environment, as evidenced by 1-year professional childcare experience.
• Experience working with youth with serious emotional disturbance.
• Experience in working with diverse communities, and knowledge of multicultural issues including race, class ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, gender expression, etc.
• Proven skills in cooking, household maintenance, interpersonal skills, physical stamina, and the ability to adjust for the unique needs of anyone participating in your activities.

Skills

• Trauma informed training
• Sensitivity to the needs of clients in crisis
• Responsiveness to cultural differences
• Commitment to the value of cultural competency
• Cooking
• Household maintenance
• Interpersonal skills
• Physical stamina
• Ability to adjust for unique needs

Location

• Staten Island, NY

Work Type

• Full-Time

Experience Level

• 1-year professional childcare experience

Education Level

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $23.50 - $23.50 Hourly

Benefits

• Rewarding Work in a team environment.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
• 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Gympass Discount
• Verizon Wireless Discount.
• BJs Membership discount.
• Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more

About the Company

• For over 150 years, Heartshare has been dedicated to championing and empowering New Yorkers society has too often overlooked and underestimated.

Equal Opportunity

• Heartshare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
• If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.