Bilingual Travel Team Staff

Overview: The Travel Team/ YCW will be responsible for the overall Travel escort and of the transportation needs to reunify a person supported with his/her sponsor. The Travel team /YCW will also coordinate be responsible for all transportation needed for the minors during their placement at Rising Ground. The Travel Team/YCW is responsible for providing direct services and performs various support tasks as part of the youth’s daily care. Responsibilities:

• Serves as youth’s supervisor with responsibility for the safety, personal conduct, and care of the youth, providing therapeutic interventions
• Ensures they are available for travel when notified of travel/transportation needs of minors
• Ensures that all travel needs planned, organized are executed in a timely manner
• Supervises movement of youth inside and outside the facility, vehicle and during airplane travel
• Implements the tenants of PBIS with the children (providing the explanation to the children of the PBIS model, ensuring recording of behaviors and distributing Gotchas)
• Interacts critically and constructively with other staff members to develop and implement successful travel/transportation arrangements
• Assist the Travel Team Coordinator with internet search on the different airlines to find the more suitable tickets for the children and the most cost effective tickets for the agency/family
• Ensure that all children doing a direct flight are escorted by an airline escort
• Coordinate with the Travel Team Coordinator regarding transporting the minors to their sponsors, as needed, to cities close by to NY
• Cover for staffing ratios as needed
• Participate in the program daily check-ins as possible to better plan the transportation for the children
• Maintain daily communication with the Program Director, Assistant Program Director, Lead Case Worker, Shift Leaders and Program Nurse for the full operation of the job
• Communicate with the sponsors when making the contact at minors destination
• Participates and attends all required program related meetings and conferences
• Works effectively with other professionals in the field
• Maintains knowledge of issues affecting UC youth
• Supports and participates in the group interaction process
• Some evening and weekend hours
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Implements the tenants of PBIS with the children (providing the explanation to the children of the PBIS model, ensuring recording of behaviors and distributing Gotchas).

Qualifications:

• Preferred- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university within one or a combination of the following: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social work
• One or more years of work experience in a residential treatment program
• Two or more years of experience in group work which involved direct care and interaction with youth such as UMCA, schools, recreational facilities, or residential care programs
• Knowledge of child welfare and immigration related legislation
• Excellent verbal, written communication and organizational skills are essential
• Valid vehicle operator’s license, clean driving record
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a must