YOUTH SHELTER SHIFT SUPERVISOR

County of York; Spring Plains (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

County of York seeks a supervisory administrator to direct the York County Youth Development Center, overseeing resident care, programming, and staff supervision. You will coordinate counseling, education, security, and residential activities while guiding lower-level counselors and reporting for court-related matters.

You will participate in on-call rotations, ensure compliance with agreements, and apply SCM techniques in crisis situations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 60 college credits with three years of experience working with children.
• Must have FBI, Childline, and State Police clearances in accordance with licensing requirements.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Understanding of adolescent development and ability to apply techniques in practice.
• Ability to provide Safe Crisis Management (SCM) techniques.
• Ability to handle situations requiring physical intervention/containment of youths.

Responsibilities

• Directs the care and program at the York County Youth Development Center and assists the Director in operations.
• Supervises counseling, disciplinary, security, recreational, educational, residential care, and related activities for youth.
• Prepares and supervises lower-level counselors in reports for courts.
• Directs program research and improvements across activities.
• Manage staffing to meet regulatory requirements while controlling overtime costs.
• Participates in on-call rotations to respond to crises or cover supervisory shifts.
• Ensure compliance with the collective bargaining agreement and facility policies.
• Responds to crisis behaviors and models appropriate adult-youth interactions.
• Develops staff toward positive parental relationships and maintains boundaries.
• Administers medications when the facility nurse is unavailable and applies health and safety practices.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or 60 credit hours + 3 years experience in child-related field

Job description

Description

This supervisory and administrative position is responsible for directing the program of the York County Youth Development Center. An employee in this class is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the care of residents and assisting in the direction and operation of the Youth Development Center. Supervision is exercised over a staff of lower-level youth counselors.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, organizes and directs the care and program and assist the Assistant Director and Director in the operation of the Youth Development Center.
• Supervises the administration of individual and group counseling, constructive, disciplinary, security, recreational, educational, residential care, psychological services, instruction, training and related activities for the facility’s youth.
• Prepares and supervises lower-level counselors in making recommendations or reports for the courts concerning the youth in care.
• Directs and assist in the direction and research for the improvement and advancement of all programs and activities.
• Administer first level disciplinary measures and assist in follow-up on all disciplinary actions and investigations.
• Manage staffing to meet regulatory requirements while minimizing excessive costs associated with overtime.
• Participates in an on-call rotation during which time this individual must be able to respond to the facility in times of crisis or must cover supervisory shifts for the facility.
• Ensure youth counselors operate within compliance of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Respond to crisis behaviors as manifested by emotionally challenged youth and models individualized approach to children as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with youth, staff workers, and general public in a professional manner.
• Develop new staff toward positive parental relationships with youth, maintaining appropriate boundaries as defined by facility policy.
• Administer medications as needed in the absence of the facility nurse and applies health, safety, first aid, and personal hygiene practices as needed.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned by Assistant Director and/or Director.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree and one year of experience working with children or a minimum of an Associate’s Degree or 60 credit hours from an accredited college or university and three year of experience working with children is required.
• Must have FBI, Childline, and State Police Criminal Clearances in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services licensing requirements.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Must have an understanding of accepted principles and practices of adolescent development and the ability to apply such techniques and theories in practice.
• Must be able to provide Safe Crisis Management (SCM) techniques.
• Must possess the ability and willingness to handle difficult situations that may require physical intervention/control of youths who are violent and aggressive.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to effectively read, write, speak, and understand the English language.