Dormitory Counselor
Job details
- Location
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Work type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $41,506 - $61,927/yr
- Posted
- 1 week ago
- Apply on
- governmentjobs.com
About this role
About the Department
Start a rewarding career as a Dormitory Counselor at the Hiram G. Andrews Center. You will play an important role in creating a safe, supportive, and welcoming living environment for students. From mentoring and supervision to helping students navigate daily challenges, your work will make a meaningful difference. Bring your people skills and commitment to service to a role that helps shape student success.
Position Duties
As a Dormitory Counselor, you will support students living on campus by promoting safety, encouraging positive behavior, and assisting with daily residential activities. You will have the opportunity to work closely with students and staff to help maintain an environment that supports rehabilitation, learning, and personal development. In this role, you will perform the following duties:
- Student Guidance: Counsel and advise students on social, interpersonal, and adjustment concerns while referring issues for additional support when needed
- Residential Support: Orient new students to dormitory life, assist with room assignments, and help them become familiar with campus resources and routines
- Safety Monitoring: Tour dormitory and outdoor areas, identify potential hazards, and help maintain a safe and orderly living environment
- Behavior Supervision: Monitor student conduct in dormitories and other center areas and document incidents when necessary
- Emergency Response: Respond to medical, psychological, and evacuation situations and obtain assistance based on the circumstances
- Daily Operations: Complete reports, assist with student services, distribute mail, and support recreational and community-related activities
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Irregular work hours: 7 days per week and rotating shifts. Shifts include 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 4:00 PM to Midnight, and Midnight to 8:00 AM with a 30-minute lunch period. Overtime will be required.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Minimum Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Three years of experience in working with school age children (aged 6 to 21)* or adults in an organized physical, recreational, educational, or related program; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- 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.
How to Apply:
- 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).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- 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.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- 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 www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Other Qualifications
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.
Benefits
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Health & Wellness
We offer multiple health plans so our employees can choose what works best for themselves and their families. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health coverage, vision, dental, and wellness programs.*
Compensation & Financial Planning
We invest in our employees by providing competitive wages and encouraging financial wellness by offering multiple ways to save money and ensure peace of mind including multiple retirement and investment plan options.
Work/Life Balance
We know there’s more to life than just work! Our generous paid leave benefits include paid vacation, paid sick leave, eight weeks of paid parental leave, military leave, and paid time off for most major U.S. holidays, as well as flexible work schedules and work-from-home opportunities.*
Values and Culture
We believe in the work we do and provide continual opportunities for our employees to grow and contribute to the greater good. As one of the largest employers in the state, we provide opportunities for internal mobility, professional development, and the opportunity to give back by participating in workplace charitable giving.
Employee Perks
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For more information on all of these Total Rewards benefits, please visit www.employment.pa.gov and click on the benefits box.
*Eligibility rules apply.
Supplemental Questions
- 3 or more years
- 2 to less than 3 years
- 1 to less than 2 years
- Less than 1 year
- None
If you are claiming credits/degree, you must upload a copy of your college transcript(s) for this education to be considered in the eligibility decision. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. You must attach your transcript(s) prior to the submission of your application by using the "Attachments" tab on the left. You will not be able to add a transcript(s) to the application after it has been submitted.
If your education was acquired outside of the United States, you must upload a copy of your foreign credential evaluation report. We can only accept foreign credential evaluations from organizations that are members of the National Association of Credential Services (NACES). A list of current NACES members can be found by visiting www.naces.org and clicking the Evaluation Services Link.
You must attach your documentation prior to the submission of your application by using the "Attachments" tab on the left. You will not be able to add a document to the application after it has been submitted.
- 120 credits or more
- 90 but less than 120 credits
- 60 but less than 90 credits
- 30 but less than 60 credits
- Less than 30 credits
- None
All information you provide on your application and supplemental questions is subject to verification. Any misrepresentation, falsification or omission of material facts is subject to penalty. If requested, you must provide documentation, including names, addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals who can verify the validity of the information you provide in the application and supplemental questions.
Read each question carefully. Determine and select which "Level of Performance" most closely represents your highest level of experience/training. List the employer(s)/training source(s) from your Work or Education sections of the application where you gained this experience/training. The "Level of Performance" you choose must be clearly supported within the description of the experience and training information entered in your application or your score may be lowered. In order to receive credit for experience, you must have worked in a job for at least six months in which the experience claimed was a major function.
If you have read and understand these instructions, please click on the "Yes" button and proceed to the exam questions.
If you have general questions regarding the application and hiring process, please refer to our FAQ page.
- Yes
Oversees, observes, and instructs residents in their daily living activities such as personal hygiene, recreation, eating, performing work assignments, and attending treatment and programmed activities. Instructs and provides guidance on the residents' daily housekeeping duties such as cleaning and caring for furnishings and maintaining a clean and comfortable living environment. Escorts residents to off-site functions as needed.
Levels of Performance
Select the Level of Performance that best describes your claim.
- A. I have experience overseeing the general daily living activities of an individual. I was responsible for providing the initial instructions to residents in completing their daily duties and activities and providing remedial instruction as needed.
- B. I have experience overseeing the general daily living activities of an individual. I was responsible for remedial instruction for individuals regarding the completion of their daily duties and activities; however, someone else provided the initial instruction.
- C. I have NO experience related to this work behavior.
- The name(s) of the employer(s) where you gained this experience.
- The actual duties you performed related to overseeing activities.
- Your level of responsibility.
Communicates with residents regarding life skills, interpersonal skills and social interaction problems and provides guidance to individuals in developing acceptable and responsible behaviors.
Levels of Performance
Select the Level of Performance that best describes your claim.
- A. I have experience communicating with individuals to address problem behaviors. I was responsible for providing guidance to aid in the development of acceptable and responsible behaviors.
- B. I have experience communicating with individuals to address problem behaviors. I provided referrals for someone else to provide guidance in the development of acceptable and responsible behaviors.
- C. I have NO experience related to this work behavior.
- The name(s) of the employer(s) where you gained this experience.
- The actual duties you performed related to communication.
- Your level of responsibility.
Completes reports, logs, shift summaries, weekly notes, and forms in order to maintain accurate records of daily observations of residents' progress in meeting treatment program and individual goals.
Levels of Performance
Select the Level of Performance that best describes your claim.
- A. I have experience completing documents necessary for maintaining accurate records. I was responsible for using that information to monitor case progress and goals.
- B. I have experience completing documents necessary for maintaining accurate records. Someone else was responsible for using the completed documents to monitor case progress and goals.
- C. I have NO experience related to this work behavior.
- The name(s) of the employer(s) where you gained this experience.
- The actual duties you performed related to reporting.
- Your level of responsibility.
Maintains order by intervening with disruptive residents, responding to emergencies, and utilizing appropriate restraint techniques to control aggressiveness, and maintain a safe and secure environment. Routinely tours dorms and outside areas in order to identify conditions that are or could be safety hazards in order to maintain safety and orderliness. Reports deficiencies to ensure staff and residents' personal safety. Reports unlawful activity to security and/or police.
Levels of Performance
Select the Level of Performance that best describes your claim.
- A. I have experience using appropriate methods to maintain a safe and secure environment. I was responsible for maintaining resident security AND building security.
- B. I have experience using appropriate methods to maintain a safe and secure environment. I was responsible for maintaining resident security OR building security.
- C. I have NO experience related to this work behavior.
- The name(s) of the employer(s) where you gained this experience.
- The actual duties you performed related to security.
- Your level of responsibility.
Required Question
Agency Information
EmployerCommonwealth of PennsylvaniaAddress 613 North StreetHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120 Website http://www.employment.pa.gov