Youth Development Professional - Tully AOBH

Elmcrest Childrens Center; Town of Tully (NY); Presencial; USD 25 058 - 30 376; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Elmcrest Children’s Center located in Tully, NY is looking for a Youth Development Professional to support youth in their transition to independence programs. This full-time role focuses on teaching life skills, mentoring, and ensuring a nurturing environment.

Candidates should have a high school diploma and the ability to work effectively with diverse youth populations. The position offers a competitive salary and encourages candidates with a passion for social services.

Qualificações

• Ability to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
• Experience working with adolescents in residential or foster care.
• Knowledge of life skills coaching and transition planning preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide supervision and guidance to youth in the program.
• Teach life skills including cooking and budgeting.
• Facilitate workshops related to financial literacy and job readiness.

Conhecimentos

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork skills

Ability to build empowering relationships with youth

Crisis intervention skills

Formação académica

High school diploma or GED

Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Details

Level: Entry
Job Location: Skeele AOBH - Tully, NY 13159
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: High School
Salary Range: $18.19 - $22.05 Hourly
Travel Percentage: None
Job Shift: Day/Evening
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
This position is located in Tully NY

Position Statement

The Youth Development Professional plays a crucial role in caring for youth placed in care at Elmcrest, particularly in our transition to independence programs. This position focuses on teaching, coaching, and mentoring youth in practical life skills, employment readiness, education planning, community engagement, and building healthy relationships. The YDP is charged with providing a safe, secure, and nurturing environment while continually utilizing natural, everyday opportunities to empower youth to build resilience, self-confidence, and the skills necessary for independent living.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision, support, and guidance to youth in the TIP program.
• Teach and coach life skills, including cooking, budgeting, employment readiness, transportation use, and household management.
• Support youth in setting, pursuing, and achieving personal goals aligned with their transition plans.
• Facilitate workshops or small group activities related to financial literacy, job readiness, or independent living.
• Model positive behaviors and effective problem-solving in daily interactions with youth.
• Ensure compliance with agency policies, QRTP standards, and trauma-informed care practices.
• Maintain accurate documentation of youth progress, daily logs, and incident reports.
• Participate in team meetings, training, and continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Promote youth voice and choice, encouraging self-advocacy and independent decision-making.
• Provide regular documented night checks when working overnight shift.

Elmcrest’s Core Values & Competencies

• Honesty: Act with integrity and behave in a manner consistent with our policies, Code of Conduct and any regulatory and ethical guidelines. Utilize practices and techniques professionals train to interact with children, families and co-workers appropriately.
• Willingness to Learn: Open to new experiences and learning new skills and information that can improve professional development, progressive work environments and support the mission of Elmcrest.
• Dedication to Purpose: Display the necessary passion and empathetic abilities to serve the Elmcrest mission. Committed to improving the lives of children and families.
• Social Concern: Value human dignity and have respect for others. Actively seek out diverse approaches and points of view.
• Self-Examination: Systemically observe, analyze and utilize self-reflection to improve actions or results. Listen to constructive feedback and concerns and maintain positive relationships in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Applies a strength-based and supportive approach to youth care.
• Ability to build positive, respectful, and empowering relationships with youth.
• Strong communication, organizational, and teamwork skills.
• Physically able to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints.
• Works effectively with internal teams and external community partners.
• Respects and supports the diverse backgrounds and needs of youth.

Required Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED required. Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in human services, Social Work, Psychology, or related field preferred.
• Experience working with adolescents/young adults, ideally in residential or foster care.
• Knowledge of life skills coaching, transition planning, and/or TIP model strongly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required; ability to transport youth as needed.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Ability to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
• Able to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints. Restraints may include resistive force, bending, squatting, kneeling, lying down, and holding the youth to maintain safety.
• Ability to sit, squat, crouch, and stand for elongated periods.
• Ability to lift arms over head in a reaching motion.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs several times per day.
• Valid Driver's license with a driving record acceptable to our insurance carrier; ability to transport youth as needed.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Elmcrest Children’s Center prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Accommodations

Elmcrest Children’s Center will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Elmcrest Children’s Center. Contact Human Resources with any questions or requests for accommodation.