Social Services Assistant

Social Services Assistant

The duties of the Social Services Assistant (SSA) include assisting students and government employees in understanding the relevance and promotes the development of positive social skills among students through modeling appropriate behavior, positive intervention, and positively intervening and teaching appropriate employability skills for workplace success.

The USDA Forest Service operates Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers providing academic, vocational, and life-skills training to at-risk youth and young adults at Centers across the United States, with student populations ranging from roughly 100 to over 300 per Center.

* The start date is approximately August '26, pending contract award*

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in the Center Behavioral Management System (BMS) and/or the Student Code of Conduct (SCC).
• Observes and reports social, behavioral, or disciplinary problems to supervisor.
• Ensures student compliance with safety rules and regulations in living and working situations.
• Assigns individual duties by establishing student work rosters on a rotating basis and ensuring that students adhere to assigned tasks.
• Provides leadership and direction to students in performing daily housekeeping duties, work details, physical training, recreation, hygiene, etc.

Knowledge Required by the Position:

• General knowledge of the basic rules, regulations, and practices of the Center program to properly assist in carrying out student activities.
• Skill in communicating effectively with students to be able to answer questions and provide information, inspections, and counsel.
• Skill in maintaining order and recognizing social, behavioral or disciplinary problems to be able to promote harmony among students and obtain help for complicated problems.
• Basic knowledge of and utilization of various Job Corps related databases and software in order to perform and process work assignments.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or High School Equivalency
• Ability to pass a background check
• Ability to drive students in Government vehicles
• Ability to work onsite at Frenchburg Job Corps Civilian conservation Center site in Frenchburg, KY

Compensation & Benefits

• $34.58 / hourly
• SCA Health & Welfare, 11 federal holidays, vacation and sick leave.