Residential Advisor; Night Shift

Job Description

This position provides on-site support at the Joliet Job Corps Center (Joliet, IL) operated by Strategix.

The Residential Advisor provides overall guidance and direction to assigned students to help them acclimate to group living standards, develop positive, independent living and social skills, and adhere to Job Corps behavioral standards to successfully complete the program. This is a night shift position with hours from 11:30pm-8:30am.

• Follow strict accountability documentation requirements to account for students’ whereabouts during non-training hours through morning attendance checks (MAC), roll call, nightly bed checks, and unauthorized absence (UA) checks in compliance with Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook guidelines.
• Record timely morning attendance checks in the Center Information System (CIS) as required by management.
• Monitor dormitories and student interactions at all times to ensure a safe living environment and intervene as needed to deescalate student conflicts.
• Maintains individual student files to include basic identifying information, emergency contacts, and written parental consent for minors for weekend passes to approved destinations. Ensures files are secured, but accessible to authorized dormitory staff.
• Follow all non-health standing orders in collaboration with medical staff and adhere to center protocols in managing emergency situations.
• Participate in regular evaluations of student progress and case management meetings to provide input on social development, behavioral progress, and interventions as needed.
• Enter regular social development progress notes in the Job Corps Case Notes system using the RAP (Reason, Action, Plan) format. Ensure that confidential student information is not entered in Case Notes.
• Provide instruction and guidance to students in developing self-management skills including personal responsibility, maintaining clean living areas, good personal hygiene, and positive peer relations.
• Supervise and participate in daily dorm cleanup, monitor supplies, and submit requisitions and repair requests to management as needed.
• Conduct daily student dorm room and common area checks and counsel students as needed to promote orderly and clean-living conditions.
• Promote positive student behavior through monthly individual and group competitions and administer incentives in alignment with the departmental budget and the center’s Behavior Management and Incentive Plans.
• Support the academic and CTT departments to promote good class attendance to students.
• Enforce accountability for dorm attendance requirements including signing MAC rosters, requesting weekend passes, and adhering to curfews.
• Facilitate the dormitory Peer Court in alignment with the center’s Behavior Management Plan and enforce sanctions for minor behavioral infractions.
• May utilize GSA vehicles to transport students to off-site learning and employment opportunities, appointments, and as needed for retrievals and other center-related needs.
• Record significant dorm activities and events in electronic or physical logbooks and participate in shift- debriefings to maintain effective communication with dormitory staff and center management.
• Secure students’ personal belongings in locked areas when students are absent for extended periods and follow center protocols for logging the information.
• Lead group support sessions as assigned by management to identify and address specific independent living and social development needs.
• Communicate with the parents / guardians of minors regarding attendance as needed.
• Model positive behavior and a high level of conflict resolution skills at all times.
• Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property and adhere to safety practices.
• Participate in department meetings and all mandated PRH and Strategix training.
• Promote a harassment‑free environment.
• Utilize information systems and handle student data in strict adherence to Job Corps and Strategix policies to protect student’s personally identifiable information (PII) and reduce network security threats.
• Adhere to and model Strategix servant leadership culture values…