Sr Direct Support Professional

PURPOSE: The Jewish Boards Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate high quality evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff uses a culturally competent person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning to instill hope and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities. Our childrens community residences are single site residences that provide a group living for eight children and/or adolescents. The program provides a supervised trauma informed therapeutic environment which seeks to develop the residents skills and capacity to live in the community and attend school/work as OVERVIEW: The senior direct support professional (SDSP) works with children and adolescents in the community residence and is responsible for the supervision care and skill building related to the youths individual service and treatment plans. The SDSP serves as a positive role model while providing therapeutic support trauma informed care and supervision. All responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with the standards of regulatory bodies and of the Jewish ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Function as a senior member of the DSP department. Responsible for the day-to-day care of the youth in the program including but not limited to assisting youth with: maintenance of their personal hygiene social skill guidance development of life skills use of leisure/recreation time meal planning and preparation and service plan objectives. Develop supervise and implement therapeutic recreational activities. Accompany and supervise youth on recreational trips and be called upon to work one-on-one with a youth who is displaying significant stress or assist with management of crisis related to the safety and care of the clients. This may include managing environmental issues. Drive escort and supervise the youth to medical behavioral health providers school socialization or other required appointments. Provide feedback and insights to the supervisor and treatment team such as observations of the youth and response to interventions. Feedback must be provided verbally and through documentation to the supervisor and members of the treatment team. ***Unusual and crisis oriented behaviors must be reported live/immediately to a supervisor immediately. SDSPs are required to prepare and cook meals for residents and fellow CR staff within their in maintaining a safe and clean environment. Work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary therapeutic team by implementing culturally affirming and trauma informed interventions and skill building as outlined in treatment and service with families schools healthcare providers hospitals criminal justice and other community agencies in order to provide appropriate care and supervision of youth. Perform these services in the community residence family/resources home community and via telehealth (when applicable). Participate in clinical treatment team meetings staff meetings trainings and all documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board regulatory agencies and/or funding sourcesMaintain professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing board relevant professional association and the Jewish Board policies and ability to travel and navigate the community in order to provide services where the youth and family will benefit most from the services in orienting families/resources of the youth to the services provided by and in collaboration with the program. Provide crisis duties as FUNCTIONS MAY INCLUDE:Must attend participate and successfully complete the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification and recertifications. Must attend participate and successfully complete MAT training (Medication Administration Training). Must attend and participate in the ongoing training and consultation of the evidenced based model utilized within the program. Provide supervision of youth and oversight of the program. EDUCATIONAL /TRAINING REQUIRED: High school diploma or equivalent. A valid drivers license is requiredto meet all insurance requirements. CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:Excellent engagement skillsStrong verbal and written communication skillsAttention to detailAbility to work independently as well as with a team COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:Ability to utilize an electronic health record and Microsoft Office EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:Bilingual Spanish/English a plusVerbal and communication skills Ability to work as a team playerVISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation and/or ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT:Services are provided in the community and the office While the offices of the Jewish Board are accessible in accordance with the ADA the sites to which staff may need to travel may or may not beRisks/hazards associated with the position are those which may be encountered traveling aroundNew York AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:Ability to read printed and electronic documents and perform substantial data entry across multiple computer ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:Ability to safely navigate to travel between program locations including CR and SILP to accompany youth on public to attend meetings outside the program as you join us youll have these great benefits:Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick daysAffordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plansTuition assistance and educational loan forgivenessFree continuing education opportunities403(b) retirement benefits and a pensionFlexible spending accounts for health and transportation27/7 Accessible Employee Assistance ProgramLife and disability insuranceWho we are:The Jewish Board delivers innovative high-quality and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children teens and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions races cultural backgrounds gender expressions and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse equitable and inclusive teams to help support our mission and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with on Equal Opportunity: