FSRI - Behavioral Specialist - Overnight, South County Academy

The City of Providence; Exeter (RI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Premium pay for bilingual/multilingual

Job summary

Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) is seeking a dedicated professional to guide and supervise adolescents aged 13–17 in school and residential settings. The role emphasizes trauma-informed care with Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and other evidence-based approaches to support safe and positive development.

You will assist students with daily life decisions, align with program policies and contractual requirements, and foster safety, well-being, and learning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in recreational therapy, social work, psychology or related field; hands-on experience considered.
• Minimum one year working with adolescents in residential/therapeutic settings required.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Knowledge of cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic issues.
• Excellent communication skills and team-oriented mindset.
• Ability to implement appropriate child management techniques, including passive restraints.
• Reliable transportation with valid license and appropriate insurance.
• Bilingual/ASL compensation adds 6%, multilingual compensation adds 8%.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, support, and supervision to adolescents ages 13-17 in school and residential settings.
• Implement and maintain Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and other evidence-based models.
• Assist students in daily decisions about conduct within agency policies and contractual requirements.
• Promote safety, well-being, self-expression, learning, and positive decision making.
• Travel to and from community locations and FSRI sites as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Team-oriented

Cultural sensitivity

Child management techniques

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in recreation therapy / related field

Job description

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!

Position Summary:

To provide guidance, support, and supervision to adolescents ages 13 through 17 in a school and residential setting. Provide a trauma informed approach implementing and maintaining Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and other evidence-based models of treatment. To assist each student to make decisions about daily life, conduct and discipline within the boundaries of the agency, programs policies, and the requirements of the contractual agreement with the Department of Children, Youth and Families. You will promote safety, well-being, self-expression, learning, and positive decision making.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in recreational therapy, therapeutic recreation, social work, psychology, human services, or a related field preferred. Candidates without a degree will be considered with equivalent hands-on experience.
• Minimum of one year working with adolescents in a residential, therapeutic, or youth services setting required, with direct experience designing and facilitating therapeutic or recreational programming strongly preferred.
• Willingness and capability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic issues.
• Excellent communication skills and team-oriented mindset.
• Capabilities to implement appropriate child management techniques, which may include use of passive physical restraint.
• The position requires reliable transportation, valid driver's license, proof of automobile insurance, registration, inspection and driving record. In addition, the reliable transportation must have a minimum of three seats in addition to the driver's seat.
• Employees may be scheduled to work shifts less than three hours in any workday, to attend required staff meetings, which are agreed to in advance by the parties.
• Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
• Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.

Physical Requirements:

This position requires community visits, employees in this position must have the ability to:

• Travel to and from community locations, FSRI main sites, and the school/residential location which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
• Ability to push or pull 10 lbs. or more
• Ability to perform restraint techniques if needed and work with physically aggressive students.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Here at FSRI, we're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.

Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
Join our FAMILY today!

Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families.We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope.FSRI's diverse and inclusive teams - working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives.We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.