Direct Support Professional (Residential Assistant)
Youth Consultation Service (YCS)
Location
Hackensack, New Jersey
Quick overview
The role involves supervising, organizing, and supporting recreational and socialization activities for high-risk children in a residential setting. Staff must actively lead the milieu routine while collaborating with clinical team members and engaging with youth based on their behavioral intervention plans.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in a related social service field such as Psychology, Sociology, or Education, with Psychology being preferred. A minimum of one year of experience working with youth in a behavioral group setting is required, along with a valid driver's license.
Job description
Holley Child Care and Development Center is a 24-hour long-term intensive treatment residential facility for high-risk and behavioral-challenged children ages 8 -15.
Duties
- include but are not limited to:
- Supervise, organize, and support recreational and/or socialization activities
- Play an active role in leading the milieu staff through youth’s structured routine while collaborating with youth’s case manager, clinician, and prescriber
- Engage and interact with youth based on behavioral intervention plans
- Maintain a clean, safe environment
- Observing, documenting, and acknowledging positive behaviors
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Requirements
Bachelor level degree in a related social service field (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Public Health etc.), Psychology preferred. Preference to those interested in enrolling in an MSW program, to achieve growth within the agency.
1 year or more with a high school diploma working with youth in a behavioral group setting.
Must have a valid driver's license.
Schedule: Weekdays or Weekends Part time or On-Call shifts
Holley Center is a program of Youth Consultation Service (YCS), which is a behavioral health and social services agency that has been caring for at risk children and families since 1918 in therapeutic residences, special education schools, in-home and in-community programs throughout NJ.