Youth Care Professional I (Evenings) - Critical Time Transition Program

Hillside; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $1,000

Job summary

Hillside is seeking a Youth Care Professional I to support residents at our 1183 Monroe Ave campus in Rochester, NY. This full-time role (40 hours) operates on a 3:00pm–11:00pm schedule with weekend work required and potential travel in agency vehicles.

Responsibilities include building trust-based relationships, ensuring safety, providing mentoring, life-skills coaching, and accompanying youth to activities and appointments. CPR and NYS driver's license requirements apply.

Qualifications

• CPR certification required or obtained within 60 days of hire.
• Unrestricted, valid NYS driver's license for minimum 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage youth and families in trust-based, productive relationships to help them prepare for transitions, interact in the community, and promote respect and independence.
• Maintain vigilance and ratio to ensure safety of residents in accordance with agency and funder requirements.
• Provide support services such as mentoring, emotional support, life skills training, and personal care to children.
• Execute after school and weekend activities. Accompany children on outings; transport youth to and from home time and appointments.
• Complete and maintain documentation in medical record system and daily logs to meet program requirements.

Skills

CPR certification

NYS driver license

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

$1,000 SIGN ON BONUS! Up to $1,000 for Full-Time (30+ hours/week) and $500 for Part-Time!

Job Summary

The Youth Care Professional I supports the day-to-day functioning of residents and delivers relationship-based, competence centered, and trauma informed solutions to youth and families to help them reach their full potential. The Youth Care Professional I supports the day to day functioning of the residents by helping to create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth and safety. This is a full-time (40 hours) position on a 3:00pm-11:00pm schedule, flexibility to work weekend day(s) is required. Some on-the-job travel in an agency vehicle will be required, but this position is based on our 1183 Monroe Ave campus in Rochester, NY.

Essential Job functions

• Engage youth and families in trust-based, productive relationships to help them prepare for transitions, interact in the community, and promote respect and independence.
• Maintain vigilance and ratio to ensure safety of residents in accordance with agency and funder requirements.
• Provide support services such as mentoring, emotional support, life skills training, and personal care to children.
• Execute after school and weekend activities. Accompany children on outings; transport youth to and from home time and appointments.
• Complete and maintain documentation in medical record system and daily logs to meet program requirements.
• Supervise residents through trauma-informed approaches according to established program standards.
• Respond appropriately to resident emergency and safety issues/situations, in compliance with agency and regulatory mandated reporting protocols.
• Apply appropriate emergency techniques such as Heart saver as needed.
• Recognize dysregulated youth behavior and effectively apply the continuum of crisis prevention and intervention through verbal and non-verbal de-escalation skills to reduce risk. This may include the use of protective interventions and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) approved physical restraints in a life or limb situation.
• Build professional relationships that support the individual development and success of residents; foster a safe, caring and supportive environment that promotes growth, skill development, and positive outcomes for residents.
• While this job description covers many aspects of the role, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

High School Diploma or GED required

Special Requirements

• CPR certification required or obtained within 60 days of hire.
• Unrestricted, valid NYS driver's license for minimum of 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

In addition to demonstrating the Hillside Professional Competencies of Communicates Effectively , Personal Excellence, Cultural Competence, Builds and Leverages Relationships and Optimizes Decision Making, the following occupational competencies must be demonstrated: Demonstrate the emotional competence and good judgment required to build productive, engaged children, youth, staff and family relationships while implementing required rules, expectations and routines. Ability to complete all required documentation in timely fashion according to established policies and regulations. This is an essential function in order to facilitate the efficient and effective flow of information necessary for the program to be effectively managed and outcomes optimized. Ability to recognize and address escalating and dysregulated youth behavior and utilizing training provided in behavior management and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) including the use of physical interventions (holds) in a life or limb situation. Demonstrate problem-solving and conflict resolution skills with self and others. Consistently meet the highest standard for ethical and professional conduct towards all.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to work a variable scheduling including evenings and weekends

• Occasional sitting (up to 4 hours)
• Occasional standing (up to 2 hours)
• Occasional walking (up to 2.5 hours)
• Occasional driving (up to 8 hours)
• Continuous balancing (up to 8 hours)
• Occasional balancing, bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching forward or down, reaching overhead, running, and twisting (up to 2.5 hours)
• Weekly lifting up to 50 lbs. (community-based staff may be required to lift an empty wheelchair weighing up to 50 lbs.), 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis
• Weekly carrying up to 55 lbs. approximately 10-100 ft., 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis

Manual dexterity is required, including the frequent ability to grasp in both hands