NIGHT COACH COUNSELOR
About The Position
The Night Coach Counselor (identified in the posting as a Youth Care Worker) provides safety and around-the-clock in-person supervision of youth at The Oaks Academy, a secure post-adjudication residential facility in Brownwood, Texas. The facility serves youth ages 13–17 and uses a trauma-informed, strength-based, gender-responsive model with education, skill development, and individualized therapeutic interventions and treatment. Services and activities include individual, group, and family therapy, on-site schooling, and extracurricular opportunities. The role supports youth’s physical, personal, and health needs through individual counseling and skill development. The counselor helps maintain a supportive environment, monitors and documents youth behaviors and activities, participates in and assists with educational, social, athletic, and recreational activities, and collaborates with professional staff on treatment-plan goals. The position follows a rotating schedule of 12-hour overnight shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Pay starts at $17 per hour, with the amount depending on relevant education and experience. A $1,000 bonus is offered after successful completion of Essential Skills Training within the first 90 days.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- At least 21 years of age.
- Pass a criminal background check, drug test, physical, and TB test.
- Pass a search of the child abuse central registry.
Responsibilities
- Provide safety and around-the-clock in-person supervision of youth at a secure residential facility.
- Provide for each youth’s physical, personal, and health needs through individual counseling and skill development.
- Create an atmosphere supportive of youth’s needs.
- Monitor and document youth behaviors and activities.
- Participate in and assist with educational, social, athletic, and recreational activities.
- Collaborate with professional staff to establish and meet each youth’s treatment-plan goals.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, and company-paid life insurance within 90 days.
- 401(k) match of up to 6% after one year of employment.
- Paid time off that can be used as it accrues.
- $1,000 bonus after successful completion of Essential Skills Training within the first 90 days.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
