Social Development Specialist 3:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Description

Job Summary: Provides a safe, supportive, and predictable environment in dormitory supervision of Job Corps students in their daily activities, monitoring their progress in attaining performance contract goals and objectives and utilizing behavior management practices.

Available Shifts: Wednesday - Sunday, Friday - Tuesday & Saturday - Wednesday.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Conducts daily safety inspections of assigned area and reports/documents all Facility or Safety related issues.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/ chore assignments, recreations activities, cafeteria monitoring, transportation and programmed activities
• Ensures that students meet required schedule, waking on time and being on time for work or school assignments.
• Prepares reports, forms and annotates logs to ensure accurate documentation of daily observations of student’s progress, performance, behavior, emergency information, staff breaks, communication information, references to critical information contained in folders. 
• Maintains bulletin boards in assigned area with updated student and center information
• May supervise Recreation activities on / off center
• May coach or supervise various sport activities 
• Facilitates small group discussions in Life Skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.
• Attends required trainings
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications:

Minimum: Must have a High School diploma or equivalent.

Preferred: At least one year of experience in education or a similar field, working with students. Model the company Core Values.

Knowledge: Knowledge of methods needed to instill appropriate behavior as well as work and study habits in adolescent students; of housekeeping techniques and management; to read, comprehend, interpret, communicate, and execute instructions or directives fluently in English. Must obtain CPR & 1st aid Certification

Physical Requirements:

Frequently

Seeing

Hearing

Walking

Sitting

Bending 

Standing 

Speaking

Occasionally

Stooping 

Squatting 

Flexibility

Seldom

Climbing 

Lifting 50 pounds

Carrying 

Kneeling 

Pushing/Pulling 

Driving