Overnight Youth Counselor

Mount Prospect AcademyJob Title: Awake Overnight Counselor (Overnight Direct Youth Professional)

Job Summary: We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Overnight Youth Counselor to join our team at Mount Prospect Academy. As a key member of our residential facility, you will play a pivotal role in providing a safe and nurturing environment for our residents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Second Shift Faculty: Collaborate with second shift staff to ensure a seamless transition of care during bedtime and wake-up routines.
• Prepare Students for the Day: Assist students with morning hygiene and preparation for the day ahead.
• Seek Information and Provide Support: Gather information about students' acute issues and provide support during overnight hours.
• Conduct Bedchecks: Conduct 15-minute bedchecks with compassion and in accordance with policy.
• Provide Crisis Support: Offer floating crisis support to students engaging in unsafe behaviors.
• Encourage Student Success: Engage students in meaningful and life-relevant programming to promote their success.
• Practice 100% Supervision: Maintain 100% supervision of students at all times.
• Celebrate Student Successes: Celebrate students' successes and reinforce positive behavior.
• Engage with Students: Develop trusting relationships with students and facilitate experiences that promote their ability to self-regulate.
• Gain TCI Certification: Obtain TCI certification and practice TCI principles.
• Utilize ARC Framework: Apply an understanding of ARC to provide a framework for student success.
• Manage Crises: Manage students' crises with compassion and understanding, seeking positive outcomes.
• Facilitate Residential Routine: Collaborate with staff to facilitate the residential routine with intention and thoughtful planning.
• Attend Pre-Shift Meetings: Participate in pre-shift meetings to ensure a smooth start to the shift.
• Plan and Execute Programming: Plan and execute life-relevant and meaningful programming to promote student success.
• Internalize Daily Schedule: Understand and internalize the daily schedule, programmatic rituals, and routines.
• Encourage Stewardship: Encourage students to engage in stewardship of their environment and themselves.
• Understand Risk Factors: Understand and apply knowledge of risk factors, protective factors, and mental health in the execution of the program's residential treatment model.
• Learn and Understand Trauma: Learn and understand the effect of trauma, medical, psychological, and other risk factors.
• Participate in Residential Treatment Model: Participate in the program's residential treatment model.
• Seek Student-Specific Information: Gather student-specific information through ITPs, training, and assessments.
• Practice Negotiation and Cooperation: Practice negotiation, cooperation, and collaboration with students towards the program's goals.
• Document Service Delivery: Professionally document service delivery and behavior-related incidents in a timely manner.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance for employees.
• Dental Insurance: Dental insurance for employees.
• Vision Insurance: Vision insurance for employees.
• Retirement Plan (403B): Retirement plan for employees.
• STD & LTD: Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance.
• Life Insurance: Life insurance for employees.
• AD & D: Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Comprehensive Wellness Initiatives: Comprehensive wellness initiatives for employees.
• Paid Time Off: Paid time off for employees.
• Employee Discount Program: Employee discount program.
• Expense Reimbursement: Expense reimbursement for employees.
• Further Education Opportunities: Opportunities for further education and professional development.

About Mount Prospect Academy:

Our Mission: Mount Prospect Academy is a rapidly growing alliance of nonprofit agencies founded in 2003. Our mission 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.

Our Approach: 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.

Qualifications:

• Associate or Bachelor's Degree: Associate or bachelor's degree or 60 college credits.
• OR Equivalent Experience: OR the equivalent of 2 years of full-time experience working with children.
• OR Combination of Credits and Experience: OR any combination of credits in human services & experience with children that totals 2 years.
• OR Parenting Experience: OR 7 years of parenting experience.

Requirements:

• Valid Driver's License: Valid driver's license preferred & 21+ years of age.
• Authorized to Work in the US: Authorized to work in the United States (Required).
• Satisfactory Background Check: Satisfactory completion of background and applicable pre-employment checks.

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