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About the Role
The Youth Counselor works in a Children's Community Residence, providing supervision, support, and direction to foster positive growth and development in children. This role involves maintaining a safe and orderly household, preparing meals, completing logs and reports, and participating in meetings and activities.
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 residents by supervising daily activities: wake-up, school 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 dispensing 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 and appointments as required.
- Maintain a hazard-free, clean, and orderly household by promptly reporting maintenance problems and completing assigned household chores.
- Prepare meals and snacks according to posted menus.
- Hold, distribute, and reconcile petty cash and other valuables of the home as assigned.
- Complete all required paperwork such as incident, AWOL, medical, medication, and logs book reporting.
- 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.
Requirements
- Must be open to trauma informed training and maintain a trauma informed environment.
- Must demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of clients in crisis.
- Must demonstrate responsiveness to cultural differences and a commitment to the value of cultural competency.
- 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.
- 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 care
- Crisis intervention
- Behavior management
- Counseling
- Medication adherence monitoring
- Documentation
- Household maintenance
- Cooking
- Interpersonal skills
- Physical stamina
- Cultural competency
Location
- Queens, 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.
- Wellhub 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.