Awake Overnight Youth Development Professional - AOBH, Tully NY

ELMCREST CHILDRENS CENTER INC•Tully, NY

8d•$22 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

The Awake Overnight Youth Development Professional (AO-YDP) cares for children placed in Elmcrest’s residential programs, using a child-centered approach and acting in the children’s best interests. The role provides a safe, secure, and nurturing environment and uses everyday opportunities to teach, guide, and support residents with their treatment, goals, and challenges. The AO-YDP’s primary responsibility is maintaining residents’ safety, security, and health during bedtime hours through continuous supervision and bed checks. The role requires remaining awake and alert throughout the shift, completing checks according to program requirements and each resident’s supervision plan, and documenting checks in real time after they are completed. The AO-YDP supports residents’ behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental growth; follows treatment plans and Individualized Crisis Support Plans; uses Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques; and builds appropriate, positive relationships with residents. The position also includes securing the facility, transporting or accompanying residents to activities and appointments, completing documentation, attending staff meetings, reporting suspected maltreatment, and helping maintain a clean, safe program that complies with applicable standards. A regular set schedule can be expected, though coverage needs may require a combination of first, second, and third shifts and/or overtime. The job is full-time and based at Skeele AOBH in Tully, New York. Varying travel may be required based on departmental needs.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
Ability to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints; restraints may involve resistive force, bending, squatting, kneeling, lying down, and holding youth to maintain safety.
Ability to sit, squat, crouch, and stand for extended periods.
Ability to lift arms overhead in a reaching motion.
Ability to walk up and down stairs several times per day.
Driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to the agency’s insurance carrier.
Ability to relate to a dynamic environment, adapt, and solve problems when unanticipated challenges arise.
Self-awareness and comfort interacting with children.
Ability to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints; required training is provided by the agency.
Ability to understand and demonstrate the principles of care used and taught by Elmcrest, including Boys Town and TCI.

Nice To Haves

College education.
Relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Remain fully awake and alert throughout the entire shift.
Complete resident bed checks at least every 15 minutes in Residential Cottages, staggering check times; in AOBH programs, follow each youth’s supervision plan.
Conduct physical bed checks, using individualized check times and staff positioning based on documented or communicated at-risk precautions and protocols.
Document bed checks in real time, only after each check is completed.
Ensure exterior doors, windows, and applicable office doors are locked and the facility is secure.
Teach and foster residents’ skills in accordance with their individual needs.
Interact and intervene with residents in accordance with treatment plans and Individualized Crisis Support Plans.
Provide a safe and secure physical environment and continuous supervision of residents.
Use Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques, including proximity, time and space, and caring gestures.
Develop positive relationships with residents by maintaining appropriate social boundaries, using a supportive demeanor, and actively involving residents in programming.
Transport and accompany residents to school, off-ground activities, community appointments, and home visits.
Complete assigned paperwork accurately and on time, including case documentation, reports, and shift logs.
Attend staff meetings.
Report incidents of child maltreatment, neglect, and/or abuse.
Help maintain a clean, organized, hazard-free program that complies with regulatory standards.
Follow agency and department policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.