Senior Residential Counselor bei Cincinnati Job Corps Center

Description

We offer a competitive salary and a full comprehensive benefit package to full-time employees: 

· Medical – 3 Tier Options - Health Savings Account – Live Health Online

· Dental

· Vision

· Employer Paid Life and AD&D – 1 x annual Earnings

· Employer Paid Short-term Disability

· Employer Paid Long-term Disability

· Voluntary Life Insurance

· Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness

· Employee Assistance Program

· 401K - Safe Harbor match of 100% up to 3% of pay and then 50% on the next 2% of pay

· Tuition Reimbursement

· Bereavement Leave

· Sick Time

· Vacation Time

· 12 Paid Holidays 

Job Summary: Responsible for delivering counseling services, in a residential setting to residential students in personal and social development, career development, and behavior. Provides individual and group counseling, training and crisis intervention to all students.

Duties:

• Organizes and conducts career technical/academic, social and personal career development counseling sessions to individuals and groups during evening and weekend hours.
• Assists students in seeking advanced training opportunities, i.e., technical training or college admittance.
• Ensures orderly, clean-living conditions by scheduling and supervising clean up and submitting repair requests.
• Provides supervision for the cafeteria, laundry, special activities (on and off Center) and other areas of the program as scheduled or assigned.
• Conducts social development training.
• Maintains communication with students’ counselors, instructors, and with other staff members.
• Maintains and documents communications with parents, guardians and Admissions Counselors in regard to the resolution of students’ problems.
• Establishes meaningful working relationships with other staff members and acts as a resource person to help these individuals deal positively with student behavior.
• Establish meaningful working relationships with counselors, instructors, SPO and residential advisors and acts as a liaison between students and these departments.
• Provides information to the Student Personnel Officer (SPO) and, upon request, represents the students at review panels as requested.
• Meets with SPO for consultation on individual and group problems.
• Develops referrals and receives copies of all individual progress reports and disciplinary hearings from instructors, disciplinary officers, Residential Supervisors and other staff and provides follow-up information.
• Serves as a member of committees to review policies and procedures relating to the counseling program and the Center’s operation as directed.
• Administers leaves and passes in CIS to adhere to DOL policies.
• Assist staff in completing Evaluations of Student Progress (ESP’s).
• Transports students to and from bus stations and other scheduled appointments when necessary.
• Act as residential Supervisor in their absence. 
• Works toward meeting performance management goals.
• Follows the CDSS/CSS/BMS plans and procedures daily.
• Conduct and document UA follow up by PRH requirements.
• Maintains updated monthly CIS case notes in required format on assigned students.
• Maintains good housekeeping in all areas and complies with safety practices.
• Complies with all DOL guidelines, OFCCP regulations, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and Center policies and procedures.
• Models, mentors, and monitors appropriate career success standards.  
• Helps students become more employable through continuous reinforcement.
• Participates in PRH mandated staff training. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Experience: Minimum of one year experience in counseling or related field plus one year experience working with youth and young adults. 

Education: Bachelor’s degree, including 15 semester hours of instruction in social services-related instruction.  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid State Driver’s License.