Careers at LaSalle School

CAREERS AT LASALLE SCHOOL

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LaSalle School we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Clinical Services 

• Community Based Service Provider (Part-time or Per Diem)
  • Positions open in Albany, New York, serving the Warren, Washington, Montgomery, Schoharie, and Fulton counties, and mid-Hudson region. Seeking part time (minimum of 10 hours per week) and per diem (minimum of 5 hours per week) Community Based Service Providers who will be working with youth and families during and after placement to help reduce the length of stay in a residential facility now and to help prevent future out of home placement. Some of the services provided by the Community Based Service Provider could include, but are not limited to: After Care Services, Community-Based Services through Community Psychiatric Supports and Treatment (CPST) and Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Services, and Children and Family Treatment Support Services (CFTSS) array to include Intensive Interventions, Crisis Avoidance, Intermediate Term Crisis Management, Rehabilitative Psychoeducation, Strengths-Based Service Planning, Rehabilitative supports, Personal and Community Competence, Social and Interpersonal Skills, Daily Living Skills, and Community Integration activities. This position is seeking part-time and per diem providers.  This position requires flexibility of work hours (evening and weekends hours are necessary). Additionally, this position provides services to multiple counties in NYS and will require driving of up to an hour to meet with youth and families. This role also requires these skills to be successful: excellent communication with strong interpersonal skills and computer skills, Able to manage multiple tasks, set priorities, and manage deadlines, excellent clinical skills, including assessment, engagement, and therapy, knowledge of community-based services, and able to work as a team member and effectively use crisis management skills.

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• Family Engagement Coordinator
  • The Family Engagement Coordinator is a member of the LaSalle School Treatment Team, responsible for the active and meaningful engagement of families in treatment and therapeutic services. Effective family engagement should be purposeful, helpful, accessible, and flexible. This role will serve to promote and support a family’s meaningful and sustained participation in all aspects of programming, including treatment meetings, visits, special events, etc. The Family Engagement Specialist works collaboratively to support permanency, resilience, and wellness. As a professional with lived experience, this position plays a vital role in the agency to assist in efforts to identify and eliminate unintentional, programmatic, and institutional bias about youth and caregivers.
• Outpatient Therapist (Full or Part-time)
  • The Outpatient Therapist conducts comprehensive evaluations and individualized treatment and coordinates the array of treatment interventions for youth with mental health and substance abuse Issues across LaSalle School’s continuum of care. This therapist also engages in ongoing professional development and other activities to ensure the delivery of effective, integrated, and individualized treatment interventions for all assigned youth and families.

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• Residential Therapist (Social Worker/Mental Health Counselor)
  • The RTC Therapist acts as the clinical team leader for their respective residential dorm. The Therapist conducts comprehensive evaluations, develops individualized treatment plans and coordinates the array of treatment interventions for youth across LaSalle School’s continuum of care. The Therapist engages in ongoing professional development and other activities to ensure the delivery of effective, integrated and individualized treatment interventions for all assigned youth and families.
• Residential Case Manager
  • The Case Manager provides supportive and therapeutic services to youth and families within LaSalle School’s Residential, after care and community-based programming, as assigned. The Case Manager supports all agency efforts to assist youth/families to successfully navigate foster care, juvenile justice, educational and other systems. The case manager partners with assigned clinical and agency staff to advance a youth and family’s treatment and permanency goals. The Case manager assists with all relevant OCFS, court and other required documentation and acts as a liaison between the treatment team and all family and community partners (e.g., family court, DSS, Probation, School District, etc.).  

Residential Services

• Youth Development Specialist
  • The Youth Development Specialist (YDS) works directly with the residents assigned to a particular division to ensure that the daily programs and routines are carried out. This role is responsible for providing a safe, therapeutic residential experience for all youth during each assigned shift by consistently implementing strategies. Primarily looking to fill evening shifts, but other shifts might become available.

Educational Services

• Math Teacher (Full-Time, School Calendar) 
  • The Math teacher works directly with day students and residents in the classroom setting teaching in their content area. Successful candidates in this role have the abilities to work effectively with a team of professionals to contribute positively to our therapeutic environment and support each student’s progress in all areas of his placement; ability to work with a diverse population of students; ability to work in a trauma informed environment. Those with content and Special Education certification are highly encouraged to apply! 
• School Counselor
  • The School Counselor supports the agency’s LaSallian mission and philosophies through providing individual and group counseling for students placed in the LaSalle Education Program. They work as a member of the Education team to support a student’s successful engagement in the educational process and supports his progress towards attaining his IEP goals. The School Counselor collaborates with faculty members to assure they have the information needed to successfully work with each student. They assure the parent/guardian is aware of their child’s educational needs, IEP goals, anticipated graduation credential, and the impact of his IEP Classification on his ability to function now and in the future, which enables them to support the student’s success.
• Science Teacher, Physical Sciences/Earth Science (Full-Time, School Calendar)
  • The Science teacher works directly with day students and residents in the classroom setting teaching in their content area. Successful candidates in this role have the abilities to work effectively with a team of professionals to contribute positively to our therapeutic environment and support each student’s progress in all areas of his placement; ability to work with a diverse population of students; ability to work in a trauma informed environment. Those with content and Special Education certification are highly encouraged to apply! 
• Teaching Assistants (TA)
  • The TA is to assist with student achievement and successful engagement in all aspects of their education program. Support provided could be in the classroom, or in other areas of their school day program, as assigned. The TA interventions are to be consistent with the strategies identified in the student’s IEP and Individual Crisis Management Plan (ICMP). While primary instruction rests with the teacher, the TA will support students’ ability to engage in the learning process and display behaviors which foster success. Since non-classroom issues may negatively impact a student’s ability to learn, the TA may be assigned to provide support outside of the classroom or beyond the traditional school day.
• Teacher Aides

  • To provide assistance in the instruction of the assigned subject area to junior and senior high school students and to fulfill non-instructional related duties, as a direct support to both the teacher and the students.

After School Programs (JRFC)

• Youth Development Specialist (Part-Time, Evenings)
  • The Youth Development Specialists introduces skills, activities, and opportunities to at-risk male adolescents tapping into their strengths and fostering appropriate relationships, helping them become successful members of their community. This position provides direct supervision of the participants, monitoring behavior, motivation, attendance and safety within the Juvenile Reporting and Family Center (JRFC). This early intervention program provides youth with a supervised, structured array of enrichment recreational activities during high-risk evening hours. This position reports to work 3-4 Days a Week, from 3:00 pm-9:00 pm. General responsibilities include supervising program participants, completing the necessary documentation, providing progress feedback, and perform TCI strategies when required.   

Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program

• Case Aide
  • The UC Case Aide is responsible for supporting the Case Managers in goals towards the safe and timely release of youth and once their cases have been approved for release to facilitate the release process.
• Clinician
  • The Clinician position conducts mental health assessments, provides ongoing individual and group counseling services, screens for human trafficking concerns, and provides crisis intervention services.
• Lead Clinician
  • The Lead Clinician is responsible for developing and maintaining a safe, therapeutic, and culturally responsive environment for youth. This role also ensures oversight of the delivery of clinical services to the UCs in care, provides supervision and training to Clinical and case management staff, and is responsible for compliance with ORR clinical policies and procedures. This includes, but not limited to, engaging UC to disclose locations of sponsors, contacting families, assessing for trauma, trafficking, and other behavioral health needs, providing individual and group treatment in accordance with the treatment plan or as otherwise indicated. All clinical staff will provide on call behavioral health crisis support as scheduled/ needed and facilitate linkages with appropriate community services as indicated by UC need. 
• Tutor
  
  • The Tutor should have knowledge of and experience with educating and instructing youth with ESL and special education needs. Candidate should have strong computer skills, organizational and time management, excellent written and verbal communication, and efficient documentation and record keeping skills. The Tutor is able to work effectively and collaboratively within a highly diverse multidisciplinary team of service providers and referral agencies, as well as having knowledge of all relevant current, and emerging, regulatory requirements (e.g., ORR, OCFS, etc.).
    
• Youth Development Specialist 
  • The Youth Development Specialist works directly with children in care of LSS and sees that the daily program and routine is carried out. Youth Development Specialist are responsible for providing a safe, therapeutic residential experience for all children during each assigned shift. Consistently implements strategies which provide for the effective supervision of each child. Acts as a member of the team, coordinating daily tasks with colleagues. Develops a working knowledge of each youth and works to support children while in LSS care. Primarily looking to fill weekend and evening shifts, but other shifts might become available.

Administration/Operations/Health Services 

• Primary Front Desk Clerk
  • The clerk will be the primary person to manage front desk responsibilities as well as provide clerical support to Residential/Day Service Intake and the agency as a whole. A wide variety of clerical duties and assignments will be managed considering deadlines and time management needs. Further, the clerk will provide a back-up role for other support staff positions as needed. Additionally, the clerk will manage the Conference Room requests and data entry as assigned.
• Senior Registered Nurse (RN)
  • The Senior RN works directly under the leadership of the DHS. They assist in overseeing the daily delivery of health care services to students and staff. The Senior RN assists with the operation of the Health Office (HO). They serve as the acting DHS in their absence. The Senior RN oversees and ensures HO staff activity and compliance with all relevant OCFS, SED, 29i, DOH and other relevant regulatory guidance. They perform clinical duties as needed.

Questions about available Careers at LaSalle School please contact:

Shakion Melton
Human Resources Manager
smelton@lasalle-school.org

LaSalle School
Human Resources Department
391 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203