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About the Role
The Group Supervisor will work to provide opportunities for youth to ameliorate criminogenic needs and gain life skills through groups, coaching, and direct interaction. This role also facilitates recreational and cultural activities to foster peer interaction and shared interests. The position requires specialized skills, training, and planning to meet the needs of the youth served, including monitoring check-ins, engaging youth in group processes, leading skills groups, and providing progress updates during treatment team meetings.
Responsibilities
- Ensure youth achieve individual goals in collaboration with YLS goals.
- Coordinate and facilitate structured activities/workshops for residents.
- Lead groups in preparatory courses and trainings.
- Attend required meetings, professional workshops, and seminars.
- Provide instruction by explaining and demonstrating proper techniques for activities, games, and sports.
- Conduct regular safety inspections of recreation equipment and grounds.
- Plan the program calendar and daily groups and activities.
- Assist with youth engagement in daily program services.
- Requisition, secure, and inventory necessary materials, supplies, and equipment.
- Motivate residents to become involved in recreation programs by participating and leading activities.
- Maintain accurate documentation and complete timely progress note entries into CONNECTIONS within 5 days.
- Support the Milieu Treatment Model to teach young people positive behavior changes and self-sufficiency.
- Maintain and update program documentation.
- Work closely with Residential Manager and staff to ensure quality services.
- Observe and coach staff on their interactions with youth in the milieu.
- Conduct 5 groups per week (including skills groups and 7 Challenges Groups).
- Participate and present in Staff Meetings to discuss youth progress.
- Attend treatment team meetings and provide information on youth participation and assignments.
- Provide input on YLS case plans and BSPs, monitor progress, and make recommendations.
- Assign program work to youth and provide support to youth and their Advocates.
- Create diary cards with youth and monitor their completion weekly.
- Collaborate with Fair Future Coaches and specialists regarding Preparing Youth For Adulthood (PYA).
- Facilitate groups and recreational and prosocial activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience working with youth and families in residential settings.
- Experience working within child welfare and/or juvenile justice fields.
- Computer literate.
- Must be able to pass the Safe Crisis Management (SCM) training.
Skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of individual and group behavior.
- Knowledge of and continued training in individual and group counseling techniques.
- Knowledge of verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques.
- Understanding of the possible functions of behaviors of concern.
- Understanding of child development and family & community systems.
Location
- New York City
- Westchester
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- No supervisory responsibility
Education Level
- High School Diploma required
- Bachelor's degree in human services preferred
About the Company
- Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs.
- Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity.
- Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually through 101 programs across 138 sites in New York City and Westchester.
- Strong belief and commitment to diversity is integral to building a strong staff that reflects the communities served.
- Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.