Youth Counselor - Empower

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The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie has been caring for children throughout the Hudson Valley for over 175 years! We strive to empower children and families to achieve optimal health and well-being. We are currently seeking Youth Counselors to provide direct care and supervision to adolescents in our Empower program.

Youth Counselors are responsible for the direct care and supervision of adolescents and youth, and for organizing and completing day-to-day activities with the youth, including recreation and light housekeeping. Youth Counselors will act as a mentor and model appropriate self-regulation skills for the youth.

• Friday & Saturday 12pm-10pm
• Sunday & Monday 7am-5pm
• Tuesday-Thursday OFF

The Children's Home offers an outstanding benefit package which includes weekly pay, medical, vision, dental, life insurance, 403(b), tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and a great work environment! Paid time off includes 4 weeks of vacation, 3 personal days, 12 holidays and 9 sick days annually.

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Capable of vigorous physical activity, active participation in recreation, and the physical crisis intervention program of the agency at all times.
• Capable, at all times, of evacuating the children in an emergency via all primary and secondary exits.
• Positive, friendly attitude toward children.
• Valid New York State Driver's License with good driving record as determined by the Agency.

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Children's Home participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.

Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form I-9.
* Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender and/or sex (including "gender identity" - which refers to a person’s actual or perceived sex, self-image, appearance, behavior or expression, whether or not different from that traditionally associated with the legal sex assigned to the person at birth), disability, age (21 and over), military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, pregnancy, genetic information or predisposition or genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, unemployment status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence or a sex offenses or stalking, consumer credit history, or any other status protected by federal and state law.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Other

• Individual and Family Services