Student Development Advisor

Equus Workforce Solutions; San Marcos (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Equus Workforce Solutions seeks a dorm supervisor to support Job Corps students in adjusting to center life, maintain orderly dorms, and ensure safety and compliance.

You will mentor students, help manage schedules, and lead life-skills activities while documenting records and coordinating with staff. A valid driver’s license and experience with youth are preferred. This is an on-site role at the San Marcos center.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required or preferred.
• Experience working with youth is preferred.
• One year related experience with youth or residential settings is preferred.
• A valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist students adjusting to Center life as a supervisor and mentor.
• Ensure students meet schedules and arrive on time for training or work.
• Keep dorms clean, organized, and inspection-ready.
• Provide daily supervision and support for personal hygiene and chores.
• Document student records and update bulletin boards and logs.
• Facilitate life skills groups and peer discussions.
• Ensure safety, security, and incident reporting as needed.

Skills

Supervision

Youth engagement

Documentation

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Driver's license

Job description

Company Description

Our Job Corps programs provide life-changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities. We accomplish this through an intense commitment to safety, quality service, excellence, and partnerships.

Company Description

Our Job Corps programs provide life-changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities. We accomplish this through an intense commitment to safety, quality service, excellence, and partnerships.

Job Description

• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification and acting as a mentor.
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for training or work assignment.
• Ensures students are adequately prepared for the training day, e.g., dressed appropriately.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, and other activities.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection ready.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.
• Documents student records according to PRH, inputting all relevant student data.
• Maintains and ensures student rooms and bulletin boards are updated with student and center information per established standards.
• Facilitates groups in life skills including budgeting, renter's rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.
• Facilitates small group discussions on life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.
• Participates in ESPs for students in assigned dormitory.
• Contacts family members for consent for pass system as required.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.
• Meets individually a minimum of once a month with students on assigned dorm, documenting the meeting.
• Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security.
• Facilitates daily Morning Accountability Checks (MAC's).
• Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of the dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security, if safe to do so.
• Conduct daily roll calls and accountability checks in the dorms.
• Ensures that all minors sign the minor accountability form to indicate their presence at the
• center.
• Reports information for shift briefings.
• Ensures assigned dormitory and its outdoor area are maintained in good repair, cleanliness, and order.
• Clearly communicates and consistently models appropriate CSS and employability skills.
• Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property.
• Adheres to safety practices in all areas of responsibility.
• Fosters and sustains a conducive environment at the center, ensuring it remains free from harassment, intimidation, and disrespect, thereby ensuring a safe space for both staff and students to engage in work and learning.
• Attends all required staff training opportunities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED).
• One-year related experience preferred.
• Experience working with youth.
• A valid driver’s license in the state of employment with an acceptable driving record.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

APM, including Equus Workforce Solutions, Ross Innovative Employment Solutions, Dynamic Workforce Solutions, DESI, AGELIC, and Grant Associates, is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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