YOUTH SPECIALIST

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide 24/7 “eyes on” client supervision, including ensuring compliance with the daily schedule and maintaining program structure.
• Develop and model effective relationships and behaviors with youth, co-workers, and the treatment team.
• Ensure that residents are provided with quality care in matters of health, safety, clothing, hygiene, and meals, and provide immediate therapeutic crisis intervention as needed.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the program’s mission by supporting a safe, orderly, caring, and therapeutic environment.
• Maintain a positive healthy environment in which residents will be exposed to meaningful living experience.
• Accompany youth to school, appointments, and all group activities.
• Appropriately confront negative behaviors whenever they occur.
• Completes daily log, Incidents/Accidents/AWOL reports and procedures, documenting all significant events in an accurate and timely manner; attends in-service training sessions
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum possession of a High School Diploma or GED required; Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Previous experience in group work involving direct care and interaction with children.
• Must successfully complete Safety Crisis Management (SCM) training, including a written test and demonstration of competency in physical restraints as specified by the program and regulatory bodies. Continued employment requires successful completion of all SCM refreshers.
• Ability to work varied hours as required.
• A valid driver’s license from NY, NJ, or CT is required.
• Must be able to provide excellent references.

SCO Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employment Employer.