Direct Support Professional; Residential Assistant

Position: Direct Support Professional (Residential Assistant)
Location: Sicklerville

Pinewood is residential facility for behavioral-challenged children.

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.

1 year or more with a high school diploma working with youth in a behavioral group setting.

Must have a valid driver's license.

Schedule:

Weekdays or Weekends Part time or On-Call shifts

Pinewood 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