What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Worker position at Project Hospitality?
Job Details
Job Location: TIL Two - Staten Island, NY
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: High School/GED
Salary Range: $16.50 - $16.50 Hourly
Job Shift: Day
Description
SUMMARY:
The Youth Worker will be responsible for ensuring client safety, providing direct care services, and maintaining building safety during all shift hours at our 24-hour youth services, transitional residence program.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am- 4:00pm
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Engage and counsel clients staying in the Transitional Living Program.
- Make security rounds of building and document all findings.
- Provide client intervention and stabilization services.
- Determine any immediate need and link clients to appropriate services.
- Meal preparation/oversee kitchen use and supervise snack and meal periods/ supervise client clean up.
- Assist clients in developing independent living skills through one-on-one and weekly independent living group sessions.
- Make regular entries in staff communication log according to policy/procedure.
- Ensure proper charting of all client information on a timely basis.
- Participate in weekly supervision and all team meetings.
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED, some college preferred.
- Fire Guard and/or Fire Safety Coordinator certification is required within three months of hire.
- Experience working with homeless youth, MICA, and/or substance abuse populations needed. Ability to establish workload priorities and balance diverse projects needed.
- Must have exceptional communication skills both orally and in writing regarding complex and sensitive issues or regulations.
Qualifications
Project Hospitality follows the CDC and NYS recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Project Hospitality is now requiring all new hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have a qualified exemption. All new hires with a qualified exemption are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test result every 7 days (weekly).
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