Relief counselor - Independence inn vii
SCO Family of Services
Location
New York
Quick overview
The counselor is responsible for ensuring residents receive quality care regarding health, safety, clothing, hygiene, and meals, while also establishing daily living routines like chores and wake-ups. This role involves supervising individual and group activities and upholding the behavior management system, including confrontation techniques.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a high school diploma and have three years of experience working specifically with adolescents. The role requires modeling positive behavior and committing to creating a safe and orderly environment for residents.
Job description
SCO Family of Services welcomes you to join our family and help us work together to carry out our mission to build a stronger tomorrow.
Ensures that residents are provided with quality care in matters of health, safety,
clothing hygiene and meals.
Establishes ADL routines including house jobs, room chores, wake‑ups, lights‑out, laundry, cooking, etc.
Supervises individual and group activities such as trips, sporting events, crafts, and etc.
Upholds all elements of behavior management system, including restriction system, negotiations, and repertoire of confrontation techniques and responses.
Attends to the educational/ vocational, health and mental health needs, etc, of residents.
Models positive behavior at all times while confronting negative behavior.
Commits to the mission of the program by supporting the creation of a safe, orderly, and caning environment.
Any other assigned tasks.
SCO Family of Services is an equal employment opportunity employer
Qualifications: External
High school diploma is required.
Three years experience working with adolescents.