Social Services/Community/Peer support/Youth Outreach (Swing Shift)

Urgent Need

Social Service Assistant/Community support/Peer support/Youth Outreach

Cass Job Corp ------21424 N Hwy 23, Ozark, AR 72949

Social Services Assistant/Dorm Assistant

Location: Cass Job Corp------21424 N Hwy 23, Ozark, AR 72949

Contract role

Rate: 19.60/hr (15/hr Plus 4.60/hr (Health and Wellness)

Swing shift hours are 3.30pm to 11.30pm or Mid night shift hours are 12am to 8am

The SSA assists students, peers, and subordinates in understanding the relevance and promotes the development of positive social skills among students through modeling appropriate behavior, positive intervention, and positively intervening and teaching appropriate employability skills for workplace success. Participates in the Center Behavioral Management System (BMS) and/or the Student Code of Conduct (SCC)
WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:

• SSA serves as an assistant to Social Services Assistant(s) or higher graded employees, providing on-site supervision of students to ensure a safe, healthy atmosphere.
• Sets a positive example as role model to students by displaying appropriate etiquette, timeliness, and dress.
• Maintains order and discipline among students both of assigned group and other groups and observes and reports social, behavioral, or disciplinary problems to supervisor. Ensures student compliance with safety rules and regulations in living and working situations.

• Assigns individual duties by establishing student work rosters on a rotating basis and ensuring that students adhere to assigned tasks.

• Provides leadership and direction to students in performing daily housekeeping duties, work details, physical training, recreation, hygiene, etc. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge Required by the Position:

• General knowledge of the basic rules, regulations, and practices of the Center program to properly assist in carrying out student activities.
• Skill in communicating effectively with students to be able to answer questions and provide information, inspections, and counsel.
• Skill in maintaining order and recognizing social, behavioral or disciplinary problems to be able to promote harmony among students and obtain help for complicated problems.
• Basic knowledge of and utilization of various Job Corps related databases and software in order to perform and process work assignments.

Work Environment:
Everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions are involved. Moderate risks or discomforts may occasionally be encountered in activities such as hiking over rough terrain during camping and field trips. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

Physical Demands:
The work requires some physical exertion in participating in student recreational activities, or may involve periods of sitting and driving.

Skills
1. empathize with others during counseling or related services
2. use teaching techniques
3. advise families with household problems
4. attend to or care for children
5. compile data related to social service programs
6. coordinate social service activities with resource providers
7. determine program eligibility
8. determine social service program status
9. manage detailed case records in a social work setting
10. motivate people
11. relate to clients' socioeconomic conditions
12. work with persons with mental disabilities or illnesses
13. maintain awareness of social trends
14. prepare reports
15. advise clients on financial matters
16. obtain financial information from individuals
17. advise clients or customers
18. communicate visually or verbally
19. fill out business or government forms
20. make presentations
21. obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
22. record client's personal data
23. use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
24. use interpersonal communication techniques
25. use interviewing procedures

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $39,000.00 - $40,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Please be honest with yourself and let us know if offered the job can you show up for work at your schedule time?
• Can you work 3.30pm to 11.30pm (Swing Shift)
• Do you live within driving distance from Cass Job Corp 21424 N Hwy 23, Ozark, AR 72949?

Work Location: In person