Overnight Youth Counselor Bilingual

Position Overview

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 Overnight Youth Counselors (bilingual preferred) to work in our Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program.

• Team 1 – Sunday through Tuesday and every other Saturday, 10 pm–8 am
• Team 2 – Wednesday through Friday and every other Saturday, 10 pm–8 am

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

Duties include, but are not limited to, general child‑caring responsibilities for daily living in the UC Program, including recreation, light housekeeping, personal care, meal time, community and school activities.

• High school diploma or equivalent degree
• Valid New York State Driver’s License with a good driving record as determined by the Agency
• Minimum of 1 year of employment experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting
• Proficient in computer and documentation skills
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (preferred)

• Related education and experience
• Strong personal interest in a variety of life activities
• Related skills, training, or certificates

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 the 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.

Childrens 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, 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 offense or stalking, consumer credit history or any other status protected by federal and state law.

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