Youth Support Specialist

Job overview

The Youth Support Specialist role is onsite in Randolph, NY, and pays $19.00–$20.00 per hour in the first year, with guaranteed raises for full-time positions. The role supports Residential Services, which provides 24/7 care for youth who need consistency, safety, and support. This position provides direct supervision, counseling, and support to youth ages 12–18 in a residential setting. It helps young people build life skills and pursue academic and social goals while maintaining a trauma-informed environment that promotes safety, self-regulation, and growth.

What you'll do

• Supervise youth and support their daily physical and emotional needs
• provide individual and group support toward therapeutic and developmental goals
• maintain a trauma-informed therapeutic environment
• dispense prescribed medication under nurse supervision
• provide crisis intervention
• communicate observations to the treatment team and document incidents
• participate in treatment planning
• support routines, life-skills training, and safe living spaces
• attend required training and meetings.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

youth support specialist

residential services

youth ages 12–18

trauma-informed care

direct supervision

counseling

crisis intervention

life skills

full-time

randolph ny

new directions youth & family services

$19–$20/hr

high school diploma or ged required

driver’s license required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and life insurance
• 401(k) with up to 3% agency match
• 120 hours of paid time off in the first year
• 13 agency holidays
• professional development and advancement opportunities
• $250 bonus after six months.

Why this role

Includes Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and First Aid/CPR training, professional development, and a $250 bonus after six months. Medical, dental, and life insurance; 401(k) with up to 3% agency match; 120 hours of first-year paid time off and 13 agency holidays.

About the employer

New Directions Youth & Family Services, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.