Job Details

Description

• The Youth Counselor works as scheduled in the Children's Community Residences (CCR) providing supervision, support and direction to children fostering their positive growth and development;
• maintains a hazard free, clean, and orderly household; prepares meals to conform to menus; completes all required logs, forms and reports, participates in meetings as scheduled;

accompanies groups or individual children for outside activities or appointments as scheduled.

Responsibilities :

• Provides a warm, homelike atmosphere by establishing an individual relationship with each resident focusing on that resident’s positive growth and development.
• Under the supervision of the Supervising staff, ensure an orderly schedule for the residents by supervising their daily activities : wake-up, school or other program attendance, mealtime, study time, assigned chores and bedtime;

monitors individual appointments for each child to endure punctual attendance.

• Monitors each youth’s physical well-being ensuring suitable clothing, adequate food, and all required medical treatments, including the dispensing of medication.
• Communicates and enforces CCR rules with each child; applies discipline as outlined in CCR procedures in a fair and objective manner.
• Accompanies and transports children to outside activities (including supervised recreation) and appointments as required.
• Maintains 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.
• Prepares meals and coordinates snacks according to dietary requirements.
• Holds petty cash and other valuables of the home as assigned and dispenses according to CCR procedures. Completes all required paper work such as incident, AWOL, medical, medication, and log book reporting for the CCR.
• Participates in meetings as required and ensures that treatment and goals collaboration are carried out on a daily basis.

Qualifications

Qualifications :

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have the ability to support, nurture and discipline children in a structured environment, as evidence by a minimum of two years professional child care experience.
• Experience in working with diverse communities, and knowledge of multicultural issues including race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, etc.
• Must comply with all agency policies and procedures.
• Must project emotional stability and authority in order to form an appropriate role model relationship with children.
• Must have proven skills in cooking and household maintenance.

Benefits :

• Rewarding Work in a team environment;
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days and holidays;
• 403(B) retirement plan 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.

HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to L.

Last updated : 2024-08-22