Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you have a passion for helping people, or you love to see youth and young adults work hard to reach their full potential? Want to provide at-risk-youth with the tools to begin their process of change and be successful?

Come work with us as a Youth Counselor and contribute to the positive transformation of the at-risk teens in our adolescent residential academy program located in Yanceyville, NC!

Make more than a Living, Make a Difference

We are proud to offer:

• Low-Cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid short-term and long-term disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary term life insurance

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise, direct, and evaluate subordinates. Provide or arrange for their training as necessary to meet job requirements and regulatory standards.
• Ensure that subordinates monitor individual group’s dorms at prescribed intervals.
• Conduct “spot checks” of dorms at frequent, irregular intervals.
• Ensure that subordinates document each observation of each youth as it occurs, and maintain independent documentation of security of overall premises.
• Notify the Facility Director or on-call management team member immediately of anything out of the ordinary, and carry out all instructions given by the on-call manager.
• Assist direct care staff in containing and/or resolving behavior management issues affecting the safety and security of youth or staff.
• Ensure radio communications are maintained at all times.
• Provide periodic relief or “break” coverage for subordinates.
• Does camp laundry and other cleaning functions, to include:
• Clean office areas including ladies’ and men's rest rooms. Replenish with tissue, toweling and soap as necessary.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of college in a social or human service field or a high school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of two years’ prior experience working with youth is required. Bachelor’s degree, from an accredited College or University, in social or behavioral services or outdoor recreation specialties preferred.
• Must be 21 years of age or older per DJJ requirements. Experience with an at-risk youth population and one year of supervisory experience is required.
• Must be able to stay awake throughout the night. Must be able to document surveillance activities and unsafe conditions, and perform frequent checks without being predictable. Must be able, with appropriate training, to provide CPR and first aid.
• Must be able to meet requirements for Eckerd’s Auto Insurance and be able to drive for business purposes.
• Prolonged periods of standing and walking considerable distances. Must be free of communicable diseases as defined by the appropriate state and to the extent that data is attainable under federal law.
• Required to pass a drug screen in compliance with our Substance Abuse and Drug-Free Workplace policy.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Residential Academy:

Eckerd Connects' Short-Term Juvenile Justice Residential program is a complete rehabilitative experience delivered in 4 to 6 months to 40 adjudicated male youth, ages 13 to 17, referred by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Juvenile Justice. This residential treatment concept combines promising and evidence-based practices with a strong family transition component and signifies a public-private partnership with the Division of Juvenile Justice which has produced an innovative shift in the way youth are served in North Carolina's juvenile justice system. Intensive, short-term services include individualized treatment and academic plans that combine formal and experiential education, community service, behavioral health, and family counseling in a non-punitive environment designed to address the youth's behavioral challenges through a strength-based approach. Youth also receive accredited education on-site and work together in small group settings with assigned counselors.

Girls Residential Academy at Kerr Lake

633 Shepards Way Lane

Manson, NC 27553

About Us Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHTa-sBxJI&t=25s

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