Benefits

At Rising Ground, we encourage everyone to live a healthier life. When you enroll in health care benefits — medical, dental, and vision care, you and your family can take advantage of each plan’s preventive services, which will help everyone to stay well. Another way to remain healthy is to eat right and keep active. Ultimately, we all benefit when we make the right choices, whether through diet and exercise or health care services. You can also take advantage of other important benefits, including life and accident, disability benefits, the retirement savings plan, and the employee assistance program.

• Serves as youth’s supervisor with responsibility for the safety, personal conduct, and care of the youth, providing therapeutic interventions.
• Maintains security in buildings, grounds, and other posts; intervenes during emergencies or crisis situations.
• Supervises movement of the youth inside and outside the facility policy and procedures.
• Supervises movement of youth inside and outside the facility; takes periodic counts of youth.
• Monitors youth during recreational and various activities; (i.e., educational studies, independent living, religious etc.), and conducts inspections for health and safety hazards.
• Interacts critically and constructively with other staff members to develop and implement successful interventions techniques.
• Develops effective relationships with youth, co-workers, and team members.
• Assist youth with their personal issues and refers issues to the grouo in accordance with the principles of the program.
• Observes and keeps staff informed daily of significant behavioral conditions known about an individual and/or the group.
• Assists in preparing reports regarding each youth’s adjustment and progress.
• Prepares log entries and reports in a timely manner.
• Escorts and/or transports youth to predetermined locations.
• Exercises judgment and discretion in the performance of duties within departmental rules, regulations, and policies.
• Weekend and evening shifts
• Performs other related work as assigned.
• Implements the tenants of PBIS with the children (providing the explanation to the children of the PBIS model, ensuring recording of behaviors and distributing Gotchas)

• Preferred – A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university within one or a combination of the following: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social work.
• One or more years of work experience in residential treatment program;
• Two or more years of experience in a group work which involved direct care and interaction with youth such as YMCA, schools, recreational facilities, or residential care programs.
• Preferred: Valid vehicle operator’s license, clean driving record.
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) Required
• High School Diploma
• Yonkers Location