YOUTH SUPPORT
ELMCREST CHILDRENS CENTER INC · Main Campus - Syracuse, NY 13224
The Respite Youth Support (RYS) plays an essential role with children, ages 5-18, staying in a Children’s Crisis Residence at Elmcrest. Having the greatest amount of contact with youth, the RYS utilizes a child-centered approach and makes every effort to work in the best interest of children while facilitating the individual and environmental conditions that are necessary to stabilize mental health symptoms. The RYS is charged with providing a safe and nurturing environment while continuously using natural, everyday opportunities to teach, guide, and support youth in managing their unique situations so that they can return home and avoid hospitalization. The RYS is scheduled in a manner that best accommodates the staff ratio and coverage requirement of programs. A regular, set schedule can be expected. Schedules are categorized as: daytime, evening, and overnight. Full-time, part-time, and relief positions exist.
Responsibilities:
- Create and support an environment by which each youth can be successful in making his/her own unique behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental gains by:
- Teaching and fostering a youth’s skill development relative to his/her individual needs, i.e., behavior support.
- Interacting and intervening with youth in accordance with their treatment plans working toward a return home.
- Maintain a physically and emotionally safe & supportive environment by:
- Developing and providing a safe and secure physical environment for each youth.
- Providing continuous supervision of youth.
- Using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques (proximity, time and space, caring gestures, etc.).
- Develop appropriate and positive relationships with youth by:
- Demonstrating appropriate social boundaries.
- Having supportive demeanor and an unconditional positive regard for the youth.
- Actively involving youth in all facets of programming.
- Transporting and accompanying youth to school, work, and appointments in the community.
- Perform other essential functions of the job including:
- Complete all assigned paperwork (progress notes, shift logs, etc.) accurately and on time.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Assist in maintaining a program that is clean, organized, hazard-free, and complies with regulatory standards (e.g. Department of Health, OMH, Fire/Safety, etc.).
- Follow all agency and department policies & procedures.
- Other Duties as Assigned: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Department & Program Specifics:
- Respite Youth Support I: A Respite Youth Support in a part-time schedule or without a Bachelor’s Degree related to human services is compensated $20.00-$21.00 per hour.
- Respite Youth Support II: A Respite Youth Support in a full-time schedule with a Bachelor’s Degree related to human services is compensated $21.50-$24.00 per hour. Respite Youth Support II employees are members of the admissions team and are responsible for completing certain associated tasks that require a Bachelor’s Degree.