Overnight Resident Advisor

About the Company

For over 50 years, Covenant House New York (CHNY) has been at the forefront of transforming lives by providing comprehensive shelter, housing, and wrap-around support services for vulnerable homeless, runaway, and exploited youth. CHNY impacts the lives of over 1,500 young people aged 16-24 every year.

Responsibilities

• Directly engages, supervises, and supports youth residing at the ROP site
• Ensures the site and youth rooms are clean and kept in a safe condition
• Welcomes and orients youth to site expectations and child protection protocols
• Assists youth with daily preparation, including ensuring they are awake and fed
• Monitors program and client activities to ensure a safe and secure environment
• Cooks or assists in the cooking of meals for the youth
• Provides support to Case Managers with paperwork, filing, and compliance
• Maintains records in the Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) computer system
• Escorts youth to other agencies and services such as hospitals or school visits
• Leads or participates in recreational and holiday activities
• Completes incident reports and de-escalates crises following agency protocol

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or one year of relevant work experience
• Interest in working with youth who have experienced homelessness
• Strong multi-tasking skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and problem-solving abilities
• Strong focus on child protection and resident safety
• Flexibility to work weekends, evenings, and holidays

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience working with at-risk youth
• Driver's license with comfortability driving a 7-passenger van

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance
• Life and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term disability insurance
• PTO including three weeks of vacation in the first year, ten holidays, 13 sick days, and five personal days
• 403b with employer contribution after 12 months