Mount Prospect Academy

Youth Counselor Job Description Reports To: Program Director Pay Rate up to $18.00hr

Shared Employee Affordable Housing Available

Company Background

Welcome to Mount Prospect Academy (MPA), a rapidly growing alliance of nonprofit agencies founded in 2003, with the goal of helping struggling adolescents find a zest for life" and succeed in the business of life. MPA has evolved to offer a variety of mental health support services to a diverse population of hard to treat and difficult to place adolescents. Our targeted services include home and community-based treatment, residential treatment programs, group homes, and special education schools. MPA is known for its ability to achieve successful outcomes with difficult-to-serve individuals throughout New England.

Mission: MPAsmission is to provide a caring, safe therapeutic environment where students have the opportunity to grow and acquire the skills they need to reach their educational and social potential. We aim to develop trusting relationships with students and facilitate experiences that promote their ability to self-regulate; manage thoughts and feelings; and develop feelings of safety, confidence, and competency.

Youth Counselor Summary: Our programming offers youth development services for children and adolescents and gives themthe opportunity to build meaningful relationships with others, to grow and discover their gifts, and realize their potential to thrive. As a Youth Residential Counselor, you will be the centerpiece of making our commitment a reality. You will have many opportunities to grow as a professional and to impact the lives of our residents including, but not limited to:

Responsibilities:

Provide supervision and mentor students, including role modeling appropriate behavior, redirection and crisis management.

Freedom to implement social/recreational activities and involve residents as part of programming.

Provides care and psychosocial education as prescribed by each individual's treatment plan.

Deliver direct services to the residents which include daily living skills, meal preparation, hygiene practices, recreational, social activities, and any other duties necessary to reintegrate and reunify our residents into the community and with their families.

Refine students social skills, interpersonal skills, habilitation skills, and coping mechanisms through the development of respectful and positive relationships.

Be a positive role model to help shape growth and build trust.

Development of polite communication skills and respectfulness of authority.

Be their first line of support to provide emotional stability during moments of crisis.

Discover meaningful coping mechanisms for students to deal with crisis or high stress situations.

Facilitate the residential routine with intention and thoughtful planning.

Attend work with punctuality, and manage time effectively

Participate in pre-shift meetings

Plan and execute life-relevant and meaningful programming

Internalize daily schedule, show understanding of programmatic rituals and routines

Encourage and teach students to engage in stewardship of their environment and themselves

Understand and apply knowledge of risk factors, protective factors, and mental health in the execution of the programs residential treatment model.

Learn and understand the effect of trauma, medical, psychological, and other risk factors

Participate in the programs residential treatment model

Seek student specific information through ITPs, training, and assessments

Practice negotiation, cooperation, and collaboration with students towards the programs goals

Professionally document service delivery and behavior-related incidents in a timely manner

Chore logs, and community-specific documentation

Incident Reports, FYIs Pro-Socials

Administrator On-Duty Reports

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