Overnight Youth Development Professional

ELMCREST CHILDRENS CENTER INC • City of Syracuse, NY

125d • $18 - $22

About The Position

The Youth Development Professional (YDP) plays an essential role in caring for children placed in care at Elmcrest. Having the most significant contact with residents, the YDP utilizes a child-centered approach and makes every effort to work in the children's best interest while facilitating the individual and environmental conditions necessary to create change. The YDP is charged with providing a safe, secure, and nurturing environment while continuously using natural, everyday opportunities to teach, guide, and support residents with their treatment, goals, and challenges. The YDP is scheduled in a manner that best accommodates the staff ratio and program coverage requirements. A regular, set schedule can be expected. There may be times, however, when any combination of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts and/or overtime may be necessary.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED, College, and experience preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
• Able to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints.
• Ability to sit, squat, crouch, and stand for elongated periods.
• Ability to lift arms overhead in a reaching motion.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs several times per day.
• NYS Driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to our insurance carrier.

Responsibilities

• Create and support an environment by which each resident can be successful in making his/her own unique behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental gains.
• Teach and foster a resident’s skill development relative to his/her individual needs.
• Interact and intervene with residents following their treatment plans and Individualized Crisis Support Plan.
• Maintain a physically and emotionally safe & supportive environment by developing and providing a safe and secure physical environment for each resident.
• Provide continuous supervision of residents.
• Use Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques.
• Develop and maintain appropriate and positive relationships with residents by demonstrating appropriate social boundaries.
• Transport and accompany residents to school, off-ground activities, appointments in the community, and home visits.
• Complete all assigned paperwork accurately and on time.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Provide regular, documented night checks when working the awake overnight shift.
• Report incidents of child maltreatment, neglect, and/or abuse.
• Assist in maintaining a program that is clean, organized, hazard-free, and complies with regulatory standards.
• Follow all agency and department policies & procedures.
• Perform other essential functions of the job as assigned.

Benefits

• Full time positions available
• Regular, set schedule can be expected

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees