Youth Care Specialist; YCS - Pines

Youth Care Specialist

Compensation: $22+ based on experience

Reports To:

Pines Supervisor

Location:

On Site

Company Overview:
Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for children, adolescents, and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

The Pines program is an intensive stabilization and assessment unit within Shrub Oak that provides intensive behavioral support within a specialized therapeutic program, created to meet the individualized needs of neurodivergent students. As a school, SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community. We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming.

The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Who We Are:

SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students. We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students' difficulties as a team. We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other. We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles.

• We Care
• We are Innovative
• We are Collaborative
• We are Resourceful

Benefits: (check for FT, PT or All)

• Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
• Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
• Insurance coverage:
  Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
• Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
• Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
• 401k w/company match (FT)
• Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)

Who You Are:

• You have a passion for working with children and teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and complex mental health / behavioral needs ensuring the safety and well-being.
• You communicate effectively and efficiently, collaborating well with staff across departments and teams.
• You demonstrate strong written skills, including accurate documentation, progress notes, incident reports, and related administrative tasks.
• You actively invested in your own professional growth, pursuing both formal professional development and utilizing supervision on the job to continuously learn new skills and strategies to enhance student support.
• You have experience managing challenging behaviors, using effective de-escalation strategies to prevent crises and adapt activities to meet programmatic needs.
• You demonstrate good judgement and level headedness in crisis and emergency situations.
• You understand the importance of and practice healthy personal and professional boundaries while working with children and adolescents in a treatment setting.
• You are personable, flexible, have a sound work ethic and value teamwork.
• You are detail-oriented, have good observational skills and follow-up well on tasks assigned to you.
• You are willing and able to complete TCIS training and maintain all required certifications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and support the day-to-day direct care needs, operations and programs of students at The Pines, both in and outside of the classroom.
• Develop and maintain trusting, respectful relationships with students, by understanding their unique interests, needs treatment goals to maintain a positive and cooperative treatment environment.
• Complete administrative tasks, including but not limited to: assisting with move-in/move-out of students, shift logs, incident reports, intervention plans and progress tracking, and attend all required meetings/ trainings.
• Proactively work with students to minimize and prevent crises; work to de-escalate crises when they occur and process/debrief crisis situations after they occur.
• Attend to and report all emergencies and/or other situations requiring…