Job Details
Level
Entry
Job Location
Main Campus (Syracuse) – Syracuse, NY
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
2 years College and/or Experience
Salary Range
$17.16 – $20.80 Hourly
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Nonprofit – Social Services
Description
The Student Advocate plays an essential role with children placed at Elmcrest. Having the greatest amount of contact with students, the Student Advocate utilizes a child-centered approach to work in the best interest of children while facilitating the individual and environmental conditions that are necessary to create change. The Student Advocate is charged with providing a safe, secure and nurturing learning environment while continuously using natural, everyday opportunities to teach, guide, and support students with their treatment, goals and academic success. The Student Advocate is scheduled in a manner that best accommodates the staff ratio and coverage requirements of programs. A regular, set schedule can be expected. There are times, however, when schedules are adjusted to accommodate non-school days.
Responsibilities:
- Create, support and engage in a learning environment by which each resident can be successful in making his/her own unique behavioral, emotional, intellectual, developmental and educational gains by:
- Teaching and fostering a resident’s skill development relative to his/her individual needs.
- Interacting and intervening with residents in accordance with their treatment plans, Individualized Crisis Management Plan, and Individual Education Plans.
- Support students as during the wake-up routine in their respective cottage followed by walking them to school.
- Maintain a physically and emotionally safe & supportive environment by:
- Developing and providing a safe and secure physical environment for each resident.
- Providing continuous supervision of residents.
- Using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation techniques (proximity, time and space, caring gestures, etc.)
- Develop and maintain appropriate and positive relationships with residents by:
- Demonstrating appropriate social boundaries.
- Having a non-threatening and supportive demeanor.
- Actively involving residents in all facets of their educational day.
- Perform other essential functions of the job including:
- Complete all assigned paperwork accurately and on time.
- Attend regularly scheduled school meetings.
- Report incidents of child maltreatment, neglect, or abuse.
- Follow all agency and department policies & procedures.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisors.
- All of the Youth Development Professional responsibilities when working in cottages during wake-up routine and during non-school days.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED, College and experience preferred.
- Self-aware. Enjoys and is comfortable with, interacting with children.
- Able to relate to a dynamic environment. Flexible and able to problem-solve as unanticipated challenges present themselves.
- Technically and physically able to provide crisis intervention, including physical restraints. This required training is provided by the agency.
- Must understand and demonstrate the principles of care to which Elmcrest ascribes and trains