Direct Support Professional (Residential Assistant Part Time)
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Youth Consultation Service (YCS)
Hackensack, NJ, US
Summary
Supervise and support high-risk youth with mental health disorders through structured routines and behavioral intervention plans. Maintain a safe environment while documenting positive behaviors and collaborating with clinical staff.
Job Description
Fisher Hall is a group residence home for high risk boys & girls ages 5 -13 with challenges and mental health disorders.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Supervise, organize, and support recreational and/or socialization activities
- Play an active role in leading the milieu staff through youth’s structured routine while collaborating with youth’s case manager, clinician, and prescriber
- Engage and interact with youth based on behavioral intervention plans
- Maintain a clean, safe environment
- Observing, documenting, and acknowledging positive behaviors
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Bachelor level degree in a related social service field (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Public Health etc.), Psychology preferred. Preference to those interested in enrolling in an MSW program, to achieve growth within the agency.
High school diploma requires 3 years or more experience working with youth in a behavioral group setting.
Must have a valid driver's license.
Schedule: Weekday or Weekends Part time or On-Call Shift
Fisher Hall is a program of Youth Consultation Service (YCS), which is a behavioral health and social services agency that has been caring for at risk children and families since 1918 in therapeutic residences, special education schools, in-home and in-community programs throughout NJ.
YCS is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Each day YCS cares for approximately 1,500 children, by providing either residential care or in-community and in-home services. Some of the children are separated from their loved ones and have been affected by trauma, others are unable to live at home because of intellectual and developmental disabilities that adversely affect their behavior. Whatever the child's special education, mental health or behavioral health needs, the caring YCS staff is prepared to offer individualized services to both the child and family. With your support, we can help our children find hope, and cultivate strength and resilience for a brighter future.
Our Mission:
To partner with at-risk and special needs children, youth and young adults to build happier, healthier, more hopeful lives within families and communities
Founded
1918
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
West Orange, New Jersey
Each day YCS cares for approximately 1,500 children, by providing either residential care or in-community and in-home services. Some of the children are separated from their loved ones and have been affected by trauma, others are unable to live at home because of intellectual and developmental disabilities that adversely affect their behavior. Whatever the child's special education, mental health or behavioral health needs, the caring YCS staff is prepared to offer individualized services to both the child and family. With your support, we can help our children find hope, and cultivate strength and resilience for a brighter future.
Our Mission:
To partner with at-risk and special needs children, youth and young adults to build happier, healthier, more hopeful lives within families and communities
Founded
1918
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
West Orange, New Jersey
