Youth Counselor

The Youth Counselor works as scheduled in the Children’s Community Residence, providing supervision, support, and direction to children fostering their positive growth and development; maintains a hazard-free, clean, and orderly household; prepares meals to conform to menus; completes all required logs, forms and reports, participates in meetings as scheduled; accompanies groups or individual children for outside activities or appointments as scheduled.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide a warm, homelike atmosphere by establishing an individual relationship with each resident focusing on their positive growth and development 
• Under the supervision of the Supervising staff, ensure an orderly schedule for the residents by supervising their daily activities: wake-up, school or other program attendance, mealtime, study time, assigned Group Home chores, and bedtime; monitor individual appointments for each child to endure punctual attendance
• Monitor each youth’s physical well-being ensuring suitable clothing, adequate food, and all required medical treatments, including medication dispensing 
• Communicate and enforces community rules with each child; applies discipline as outlined in community procedures fairly and objectively
• Accompanies and transports children to outside activities (including supervised recreation) and appointments as required

Qualifications

• Must have a High School diploma or equivalent
• Valid NYS driver’s license preferred 
• Have the ability to support, nurture and discipline children in a structured environment, as evidence by 1-year professional childcare experience
• Project emotional stability and authority to form an appropriate role model relationship with children
• Have experience in working with diverse communities, and knowledge of multicultural issues including race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, etc.
• Proven skills in cooking and household maintenance
• Demonstrate the ability to comply with all agency policies and procedures

Benefits

At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You can expect:

• Rewarding Work in a team environment.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
• 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Gympass Discount
• Verizon Wireless Discount.
• BJs Membership discount.
• Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more

HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.

About HeartShare

For over 100 years, HeartShare has dedicated itself to improving the lives of people needing special services and support. The HeartShare team, now 2,100 employees and growing, helps individuals develop to their fullest potential and lead meaningful and enriched lives.