Youth Counselor

The Youth Counselor works as scheduled in the Children’s Community Residence, providing supervision, support, and direction to children fostering their positive growth and development; maintains a hazard-free, clean, and orderly household; prepares meals to conform to menus; completes all required logs, forms and reports, participates in meetings as scheduled; accompanies groups or individual children for outside activities or appointments as scheduled.

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions of Position:

• Provide a warm, homelike atmosphere by establishing an individual relationship with each resident focusing on their positive growth and development 
• Under the supervision of the Supervising staff, ensure an orderly schedule for the residents by supervising their daily activities: wake-up, school or other program attendance, mealtime, study time, assigned Group Home chores, and bedtime; monitor individual appointments for each child to endure punctual attendance
• Monitor each youth’s physical well-being ensuring suitable clothing, adequate food, and all required medical treatments, including medication dispensing 
• Communicate and enforces community rules with each child; applies discipline as outlined in community procedures fairly and objectively
• Accompanies and transports children to outside activities (including supervised recreation) and appointments as required

• Must have a High School diploma or equivalent
• Valid NYS driver’s license preferred 
• Have the ability to support, nurture and discipline children in a structured environment, as evidence by 1-year professional childcare experience
• Project emotional stability and authority to form an appropriate role model relationship with children
• Have experience in working with diverse communities, and knowledge of multicultural issues including race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, etc.
• Proven skills in cooking and household maintenance
• Demonstrate the ability to comply with all agency policies and procedures

Benefits

At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You can expect: 

• Rewarding Work in a team environment.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
• 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Wellhub Discount
• Verizon Wireless Discount.
• BJs Membership discount.
• Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more

HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.  

About HeartShare

Who WE ARE:

For over one hundred years, HeartShare has dedicated itself to improving the lives of people needing special services and support. The HeartShare team, now 2,100 employe