Residential Advisor (OC)

ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC•Butler Township, PA

1d•$20 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

The Residential Advisor provides guidance to students to support positive group living relationships and achievement in the Job Corps program. The role helps maintain a safe and orderly dormitory environment, supports student development and independent living skills, and provides positive customer service to students, staff, and other center customers. This is an on-call position at the Keystone location in Drums, Pennsylvania, with any shift. Overtime may be required when directed, and regular, predictable attendance is required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least one year of Job Corps or related program experience.
Ability to lift 40 pounds or assess a load and request necessary assistance.
Physical ability to sit, stand, climb, walk, lift, pull and/or push, carry, reach, stoop, and crouch.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Valid in-state driver's license.

Responsibilities

Guide students toward positive attitudes and appropriate behavior in dormitory living and help them accomplish their goals and objectives.
Determine, recommend, and arrange student visits to a counselor.
Assist with designated unit activities, including unit government.
Patrol and monitor dormitories and the center as required to ensure student safety and appropriate behavior, and resolve potential or occurring problems.
Prepare daily operations reports, pass lists, and other student-related administrative correspondence.
Direct students and assist with dormitory cleanup and maintenance.
Recommend or requisition supplies needed for dormitory living and student safety.
Maintain dormitory and individual student files, ensuring they are complete, updated, and contain required documentation.
Enter student case notes in the center information system.
Participate in the career development services system by ensuring a safe living environment and encouraging positive peer leadership role modeling in the dormitory.
Provide guidance, counseling, group sessions, and independent living skills instruction.
Work overtime when directed.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
Provide positive, quality customer service to students, staff, and other center customers.
Support, promote, and enforce the Job Corps Zero Tolerance Policy.
Promote career success standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students as needed, and monitoring positive and negative behaviors through interventions.
Perform other duties as assigned.