Youth Development Professional

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Regular Full-Time Full Time Yonkers, NY, US 1 Attachments

16 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $21.42 To $22.45 Hourly

In this position, the Youth Development Professional will function as a member of the Treatment Team and will provide Individual Counseling, Group Therapy, Educational Services and Expressive/Art Therapy to children in the designated unit to which the beneficiary is assigned.

In this position, the beneficiary will counsel, observe and provide behavioral training, outreach support, advocacy and treatment to children and their families to facilitate reunification and/or long-term out of home placement. Additional case management duties include ensuring that the individuals served are supported to lead emotionally and physically healthy lifestyles in preparation for long-term placement. This may include, but is not limited to, exercise and nutrition training, community integration, psycho- educational therapeutic counseling, human rights advocacy, medical advocacy, medication administration, social and life-skills training, as well as educational and life planning.

Key duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Participate on the treatment team to support the development of behavior interventions, collect data, and facilitate youth progress. Implement strategies contained within behavior intervention plans identified through functional behavior assessments;
• Implement Trauma Informed Care treatment model (Skills for Life) and/or Applied Behavior Analysis. These services are designed to meet specific therapeutic needs based on individualized annual plans, goals, and objectives;
• Communicate with youth and family members. Document transactions with internal/external care providers and information relevant to social, educational, psychological, or treatment history. Maintain youth records and monitor youth’s progress to facilitate the adjustment of the rehabilitation or treatment plan as necessary;
• Provide training, advocacy, needs assessment, and treatment to youths and their families with the goal of reunification and/or the reduction of long-term out of home placement. Manage a schedule for youth to obtain services, such as medical care, therapeutic recreation, living skills, community integration, and career exploration;
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary clinical team to lead to the development and implementation of individualized comprehensive treatment plans that provide for individual counseling, group therapy, nutrition, medical, recreational, and social programming;
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary educational team to lead to the development and implementation of individualized education plans that provide for individual educational support to include, but not limited to, differentiated instruction, adaptive services such as speech therapy, vocational training, and life skills instruction;
• Teach lessons on of daily living skills. Ensure that the individuals served are supported in preparation for placement in a less restrictive environment. This may include, but is not limited to medication administration, exercise and nutrition training, community integration, human rights advocacy, social and life-skills training, as well as educational and life planning;
• Assist students by the instruction, modeling, and practicing of written/verbal processing relating to behavioral choices and responses. Demonstrate proper verbal and physical intervention techniques per Treatment Model protocol, as well as knowledge of students’ Comprehensive Treatment Plan (CTP) and knowledge of students’ compliance with specific treatment strategies;
• Maintain a therapeutic and professional relationship with students; provide required supervision of students (i.e., eyesight, earshot). Report any instance/allegation of student abuse to Supervisor; comply with Mandated Reporter status; report…