Residential Assistant
Youth Consultation Service (YCS)
Location
Orange, New Jersey
Quick overview
Responsibilities
include supervising, organizing, and supporting recreational and socialization activities for clients while actively leading the milieu staff through structured routines. Staff must also engage with youth based on behavioral intervention plans, maintain a safe environment, and document positive behaviors.
Requirements summary
A minimum requirement is a high school diploma and three or more years of experience working with youth in a group or behavioral setting. A Bachelor's degree in a related social service field like Psychology is preferred, along with a valid driver's license.
Job description
Malcolm House is a 24-hour psychiatric residential treatment facility program that provides short-term residential care for psychiatric/developmentally disabled clients.
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
High school diploma 3 or more years working with youth in a group or behavioral setting.
Bachelor degree in a related social service field with 1 year experience (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Public Health etc.), Psychology preferred. Preference to those interested in enrolling in an MSW program, to achieve growth within the agency.
Must have a valid driver's license.
Malcolm House 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.
