Residential Advisor

Equus

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

San Marcos, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Residential Advisor supervises students to ensure they follow center schedules, maintain hygiene, and adhere to safety protocols. They also provide mentorship, facilitate life skills training, and document student progress and behavior.

Qualifications

Job Description

Company Description

Our Job Corps programs provide life-changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities. We accomplish this through an intense commitment to safety, quality service, excellence, and partnerships.

Job Description

  • Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification and acting as a mentor.  

  • Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for training or work assignment.  

  • Ensures students are adequately prepared for the training day, e.g., dressed appropriately.  

  • Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, and other activities.  

  • Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection ready.  

  • Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.  

  • Documents student records according to PRH, inputting all relevant student data.  

  • Maintains and ensures student rooms and bulletin boards are updated with student and center information per established standards.  

  • Facilitates groups in life skills including budgeting, renter's rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.  

  • Facilitates small group discussions on life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.  

  • Participates in ESPs for students in assigned dormitory.  

  • Contacts family members for consent for pass system as required.  

  • Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.  

  • Meets individually a minimum of once a month with students on assigned dorm, documenting the meeting.  

  • Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security.  

  • Facilitates daily Morning Accountability Checks (MAC's). 

  • Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of the dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security, if safe to do so. 

  • Conduct daily roll calls and accountability checks in the dorms. 

  • Ensures that all minors sign the minor accountability form to indicate their presence at the 

  • center. 

  • Reports information for shift briefings.  

  • Ensures assigned dormitory and its outdoor area are maintained in good repair, cleanliness, and order.  

  • Clearly communicates and consistently models appropriate CSS and employability skills. 

  • Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property. 

  • Adheres to safety practices in all areas of responsibility. 

  • Fosters and sustains a conducive environment at the center, ensuring it remains free from harassment, intimidation, and disrespect, thereby ensuring a safe space for both staff and students to engage in work and learning. 

  • Attends all required staff training opportunities. 

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or general education degree (GED). 

  • One-year related experience preferred.  

  • Experience working with youth. 

  • A valid driver’s license in the state of employment with an acceptable driving record. 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.

  • Job Title: Resident Advisor (200509)
  • State Location: TX
  • Equus

    Equus Workforce Solutions® has a rich history of collaborating with local, regional, and national partners in the development, design, and delivery of workforce solutions that create opportunities through family support services, education, training, job search assistance, placement, and retention. Our communities of practice, quality management system and company-wide experts gather and give life to best practices in the industry while developing innovative approaches. We do all this through our philosophy: We use leadership, collaboration, innovation, and performance to empower our teams to build customized workforce solutions.
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