Youth Development Counselor Manager – Loysville Youth Development Center – Perry

THE POSITION

Do you have experience working with at‑risk youth and want to have a positive impact on their lives and those you work with every day? The Department of Human Services, (BJJS), Loysville Youth Development Center is seeking a hardworking, enthusiastic, compassionate, and caring manager who is committed to providing services that directly impact the lives of court‑adjudicated youth. If you take pride in knowing your work helps the youth entrusted to your care, we encourage you to join our management team and apply today!

Join the management team at Loysville Youth Development Center by taking pride in knowing your quality work is helping the youth entrusted to our care.

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As a Youth Development Counselor Manager, you will plan, organize and direct residential care and treatment, as well as the social development and rehabilitation programs for adjudicated youth housed at the facility. You will oversee a safe, secure, clean, and comfortable environment in accordance with institutional and DHS policies and regulations.

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Hours may change based on operational needs.
• Travel may be required.
• Overtime as needed.
• Must be willing to accept employment at Loysville Youth Development Center and commute to this location in Perry County.
• Free parking!
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $77,379.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of experience as a Youth Development Counselor Supervisor (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of professional counseling experience with court adjudicated or socially maladjusted individuals in an organized program, one of which was supervisory, and a bachelor’s degree in the behavioral sciences, special education, juvenile justice, or criminal justice; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of professional counseling experience, one of which was supervisory, with court adjudicated or socially maladjusted individuals in an organized program.

• You must meet the legal residency requirements for Pennsylvania. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the website and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
• Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to the Veterans website.

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