Life Skills Specialist - Arnett House
About The Position
The Arnett House team provides independent living supports and services to homeless and runaway youth 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, year-round, with a focus on LGBTQ+ and trafficked youth. Life Skills Specialists strive to engage and establish mutually respectful, trusting relationships with the young people we serve. Residents are approached from a strength and asset-based perspective and staff form partnerships with them to help facilitate the identification of issues, concerns and needs and develop strategies to meet those needs. The ultimate goal of the team is to provide transitional care and support to RHY in a safe, respectful environment and to work with them to resolve the issues which led to their homelessness so that they can ultimately, secure and maintain a stable living environment.
Requirements
- Youth friendly and positive
- Calm and objective in crisis situations
- Sensitive to the cultural issues and needs of youth from diverse backgrounds
- Able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders (i.e., youth, peers, referral sources, law enforcement)
- Able to work evenings, weekends and holidays, as needed and assigned
- significant knowledge of and skills related to: positive youth development serving LGBTQ+ and trafficked youth counseling approaches and techniques adolescent development and issues residential services group facilitation and training methods community resources crisis prevention, intervention skills and resolution verbal and written communication time management and multi-tasking social, recreational activities meal preparation, housekeeping and the maintenance of facility and grounds
- A valid NYS driver's license and a driving record acceptable to agency insurance carrier
- Regular access to a motor vehicle or reliable transportation
- Automobile insurance at the level of $300,000 per accident/$100,000 per person Bodily Injury and $50,000 Property Damage
- new employees be cleared by the NYS Central Register prior to interaction with clients
- Candidates must be autonomously mobile and able to work anywhere within the facility.
- Candidates must be able to participate in the maintenance of the facility and grounds and be able to operate agency vehicles.
- A Bachelor's degree in a human services related field OR an equivalent combination of education AND 2 years' experience preffered.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Office- Advanced
Responsibilities
- Supervision of daily activities
- Liaison with Intake and the counseling teams
- Individual support and mentoring
- Development and supervision of social, cultural and recreational activities
- Crisis/conflict prevention/intervention, response and intervention
- Maintenance of accurate and timely program records
- Research, development and facilitation of age-appropriate basic life skills and independent living skills trainings
- Maintenance of facility and grounds
- Daily meal planning and preparation
- Promotion of positive team interactions throughout the agency
- Active participation in individual and group supervision
- Development and pursuit of professional development
- Representation of the agency on community committees, coalitions, etc., as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
