Overnight Emergency Shelter Counselor
About The Position
The emergency shelter team provides emergency survival-support services to homeless and runaway youth 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, year-round. Counselors strive to engage and establish mutually respectful, trusting relationships with the youth we serve. Clients 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 emergency 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
- A Valid driver's license
- Driving record acceptable to agency insurance carrier.
- Must be autonomously mobile and able to work anywhere within the 3-story facility.
- youth friendly
- 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)
- significant knowledge of: Positive youth development
- Counseling approaches and techniques
- Adolescent development and issues
- Residential services, group facilitation and training methods
- Crisis prevention
- Intervention skills and resolution
- Social & recreational activities
- Meal preparation
- Housekeeping and the maintenance of facility and grounds
Responsibilities
- Supervision of daily activities, such as: Wake-Up, Clean-up, Daily Chores, Bedtime
- Distribution of medications and appropriate documentation
- Liaison with Intake and Emergency Shelter Support (Counseling) teams
- Individual counseling and mentoring
- After-hour response, assessment and intake of youth in need
- 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
- Other duties, as assigned
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
