Direct Support Professional (Residential Assistant)
Youth Consultation Service (YCS)
Location
Gloucester Township, New Jersey
Quick overview
Responsibilities
include documenting client observations and behaviors, providing role modeling to adolescents, and teaching while interacting with clients. The role also involves promoting socialization skills and carrying out expected therapeutic interventions.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and either a Bachelor's degree with one year of relevant experience or a High School Diploma/GED with one or more years of experience working with youth in a group or behavioral setting.
Job description
Winslow CSAP is intended to work with behavioral clients.
Residential Assistant are expected to have a unique sensitivity to recognize and appropriately respond to clients who may have evidenced difficulties.
Duties
- include but not limited to:
- Document client observations and behaviors.
- Provide role modeling to adolescent population.
- Teach and interact with clients
- Provide recreation and promote socialization skills.
- Promote socialization skills.
- Observation and documentation of success along with identifying current or suggesting new therapeutic goals which may require attention by the treatment team
- Carrying out expected interventions
- Keep accurate and timely records.
Requirements
Must have a valid driver's license.
H.S. Diploma or G.E.D.
Bachelor’s degree with one year experience working with youth in a group or behavioral setting.
High school diploma requires 1 year or more experience working with youth in a group or behavioral setting.
Schedule
Weekdays or Weekends Part time or On-Call shifts.
Winslow CSAP 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.