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Purpose:
The Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Sabbath Counselor works over the Sabbath period (Friday afternoon through Saturday night) and on Jewish Holidays. The Sabbath Counselor is responsible for providing a spiritual environment and culturally sensitive services for the individuals in the division.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conducts religious services with the individual(s) in the synagogue environment.
• Ensure that clients attending services wear appropriate religious attire.
• Says the appropriate blessings (with the individual(s), required for consumption of specific food items.
• Sings Sabbath and Holiday appropriate songs with the individual(s).
• May go on walks over the Sabbath or holiday where appropriate.
• Conducts a Sabbath party/ceremony on Saturday or holiday afternoon with refreshments and singing.
• Oversees the food service delivery on Friday evening and Saturday morning/afternoon as well as holiday to ensure proper kosher standards are kept at all times.
• Required to dress in appropriate Sabbath and Jewish Holiday attire.

• Compassion, empathy, patience, and genuine desire to make a positive impact on individual’s lives.
• Excellent client engagement skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong knowledge of spiritual environment and culturally traditions with Orthodox Jewish practices.

• Must be at least 18 years old, no educational requirements, must have knowledge of Orthodox Jewish laws, traditions and practices.

• Experience working with individuals with Intellectual Disabilities preferred.

• Basic computer skills required (Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel).

• There are no specific requirements in this area.

• The position entails some lifting and moving related to food service.
• Pushing a wheelchair and walking clients from one residence to another.

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.