Senior Residential Counselor - Bilingual Juntos

Position: Senior Residential Counselor - Bilingual Juntos (1330)
Senior Residential Counselor - Bilingual Juntos (1330)

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Location: Northfield, NJ
Job Type/Status: Part Time, weekend, 8am-4pm

Position Summary:

Center For Family Services is seeking an experienced individual for the Senior Residential Care Provider position at the Juntos Program. The Senior Residential Care Provider is dedicated to successfully reaching program goals, provides oversight to a team of residential counselors, ensures the health, well-being and daily living needs of the program youth are met.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision of Residential Care Providers
• Assures the continuing training and development of program staff
• Assigns staff work schedules, makes appropriate changes when indicated
• Assists residential counselors in providing life skills education, counseling and other service delivery areas
• Coordinates recreation and physical education activities for the youth
• Coordinates appointments with Medical consultants and ensures all over-the-counter and prescription medication are on hand and correctly administered

Requirements:

• Certified Social Worker (CSW) or equivalent certification, if applicable
• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree or related field, or extensive experience
• 1-year experience working with minors
• Excellent written documentation and data entry skills
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (conversational Spanish required, fluent Spanish preferred)
• Must be a licensed Driver for three years

About the Juntos Program:

Juntos provides temporary shelter to unaccompanied children and teenagers who have crossed the southern border into the United States and are in need of a safe place to live. Our goal is to help children through these difficult circumstances and to minimize the impact by providing a warm and caring home that seeks to reunite children with their family. Services are focused on the safety of every child in our care.

We utilize a Nurtured Heart, a trauma informed care approach, which emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for the children in our care and helps them rebuild a sense of control.

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