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  • Receptionist
    Receptionist
    20 hours ago
    Full-time
    Kingsbridge, The Bronx

    ✨ NOW HIRING: BILINGUAL SALON RECEPTIONIST ✨ Beauty Salon & Spa | Full-Time Position We are looking for a high-energy, reliable, and driven individual to join our beauty salon and spa team. The ideal candidate is a high performer who moves with urgency, learns quickly, takes initiative, and is genuinely enthusiastic about the beauty and aesthetics industry. This is an important guest-facing position for someone who is polished, confident, organized, and ready to contribute to the growth of our business. ⚠️ SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY We are seeking candidates who are genuinely interested in becoming part of our team—not individuals looking for a temporary role. Applicants must be responsive, professional, and prepared to follow through consistently with interviews, training, and scheduled shifts. SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION: • Full-time: 5 days per week, • Hours: 12:00 PM–8:00 PM, • Friday and Saturday availability is required, • Must be flexible to work between our sister salon locations, • $17 per hour, • Must speak English and Spanish SERVICE & GUEST EXPERIENCE: • Deliver attentive, polished service from greeting through checkout, • Welcome every guest with warmth, confidence, and positive energy, • Communicate professionally and thoroughly when answering questions, • Answer phone calls, messages, and client inquiries promptly, • Schedule, confirm, and manage appointments accurately, • Maintain awareness of the salon, client flow, and guest needs, • Accept payments and complete transactions accurately, • Recommend and upsell services and beauty products, • Learn and confidently explain our services, products, and promotions, • Follow all salon systems, standards, and service workflows, • Help maintain a clean, organized, and professional reception area, • Support opening and closing procedures as scheduled ✅ WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • High-energy, positive, and enthusiastic personality, • Reliable, punctual, and accountable, • High performer with a strong work ethic, • Quick learner who can retain and apply new information, • Strong communication and multitasking skills, • Confident, polished, and guest-focused presence, • Ability to remain composed in a busy, fast-paced environment, • Willingness to take initiative without needing constant direction, • Flexibility to support our sister salon locations when needed, • Genuine interest in beauty, wellness, and aesthetics, • Enthusiasm for learning about the beauty industry, • Comfortable recommending and selling services and products, • Consistent follow-through and attention to detail 📸 ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Content creation and assistance with social media may occasionally be required. Previous salon, receptionist, customer-service, hospitality, or sales experience is a plus. However, attitude, reliability, consistency, and a willingness to learn matter most. We are looking for someone who is ready to step in, contribute, grow with our team, and help our business thrive. TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND: 1️⃣ A brief introduction explaining why you are interested2️⃣ Your relevant experience and résumé3️⃣ Your complete weekly availability4️⃣ Your earliest available start date Incomplete inquiries may not receive a response.

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  • Educational Specialist
    Educational Specialist
    1 day ago
    Full-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Pay: From $45,000.00 per year Job description: Overview RENA Family Childcare Network is seeking a dedicated and experienced Early Childhood Education Coach to support Family Child Care (FCC) providers serving infants, toddlers, and 3K students. The ideal candidate will provide instructional coaching, curriculum support, compliance guidance, and family engagement services to ensure high-quality early childhood programming. Responsibilities • Conduct coaching visits to affiliated Family Child Care providers at least twice per month, with each visit lasting a minimum of 90 minutes., • Support the planning and implementation of an evidence-based curriculum within mixed-age, home-based learning environments., • Provide individualized guidance on instructional practices, lesson planning, and classroom management strategies., • Promote responsive teaching practices that support children’s social-emotional development and positive behavior., • Provide support in family engagement strategies to strengthen partnerships between providers and families., • Offer guidance related to mental health awareness, inclusive practices, and supporting the diverse needs of all children., • Assist providers in strengthening overall program quality, compliance, and child outcomes. Required Qualifications • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Infant/Toddler Studies, or a closely related field., • Demonstrated early childhood teaching experience (Birth–5), preferably in center-based or family child care settings. Benefits: • Dental insurance, • Health insurance, • Paid time off, • Retirement plan, • Vision insurance Work Location: In person

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  • Peer Specialist
    Peer Specialist
    6 days ago
    $21.63–$24.04 hourly
    Full-time
    Manhattan, New York

    S:US IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Join a team of employees who care about the wellbeing of others. We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement. From health and wellness resources to generous PTO, professional development, and more, explore all that we offer on our Benefits Page and see how S:US invests in you. We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information and including all other statuses protected by Federal, State and Local laws. S:US is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities, including allowance of the use of services animals. Job summary: Experienced Peer Specialist to work on a newly funded innovative Care Transition team that serves participants transitioning to the community from a higher level of care. As a member of the Pathway Home multi-disciplinary team the Peer Specialist position will work under the supervision of the Team Leader. The role will involve facilitating transition from one level of care to the community by addressing the preparatory needs of participants in the early stages of recovery, discharge planning, development of daily living skills, and coping mechanisms through team and individual work in the community. The team will follow individuals into the community using the Pathway Home model of care to ensure that they become both linked and engaged with identified community providers and that their support network is sufficient to meet their needs. The Peer Specialist engages participants in peer-based services to identify and overcome barriers to community integration, utilizing a peer relationship to foster connection, trust, understanding and validation with community providers and supports. The role will require on call coverage and a willingness to work flexible hours. Job Responsibilities: • Engagement beginning from referring location with involvement in transition planning, including a needs assessment of community transition supports essential to stabilizing the participant;, • Individual sessions with participants emphasizing prevention and preparing for independent community living and the promotion of optimum mental and emotional health. May require helping participants deal with issues associated with but not limited to family and social relationships; stress and symptom management; activities of daily living; medication management; and housing readiness;, • Provide intensive emotional and practical support to participants as they transition back into their communities and into a supportive housing and/or living environment;, • Work with participants and their housing providers to resolve clinical issues that are impacting on the participant’s ability to obtain, manage, and retain supportive housing;, • Assist and instruct participants in attending to daily living skills such as personal hygiene, grooming and laundry, nutrition/meal preparation, budgeting, and socialization tasks and skills needed to successfully live and work in the community environments of their choice and also in maintaining a safe living environment;, • Foster and maintain cooperative and collaborative relationships with community providers and network members to facilitate connections or re-connections to services and supports;, • Community navigation including accompanying to first behavioral health and medical appointment, travel training, reengagement in community care, referral to services with ability to identify and address potential services and barriers to obtain and maintain such services;, • Establish collaborative working relationships with referring treatment teams and other partners and plan with them for appropriate discharges for participants;, • Advocate with and for program participants to achieve personal goals and address barriers such as fear, stigma and communication disparities with community providers and supports;, • Provide on-call after hour crisis intervention services when needed to participants and their support network, including respite referrals and other diversion and stabilization services;, • Attend and participate in team meetings and supervisory sessions;, • Develop short-term person-centered treatment plans to assist participant towards achieving their goals;, • Monitor and record participant’s progress and modify plan according to needs and preference;, • Perform various needs assessment for essential ongoing community integration and support;, • Timely and accurate documentation of participant information within Health Information Technology platform, • Comply with all required in-service training and staff development;, • Perform other related duties as assigned; Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: · Knowledge of Behavioral Health systems, Mental health legislation and regulations, and health conditions ·Ability to manage multiple projects and ask for help when needed ·Ability to participate on a team to accomplish tasks ·Serves as a role model to staff and stakeholders ·Ability to work with all stakeholders: participants, network, families, and government staff in a caring and respectful manner, and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences ·Knowledge of treatment, rehabilitation, and community support programs as they relate to members and their families ·Knowledge of techniques for identifying risk, including crisis management techniques Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent or higher. New York State Certified Peer Specialist preferred or required Completion of an internship or comparable training in peer advocacy; experience in providing advocacy services to people who are mentally ill and/or homeless. Past or current participant of behavioral health, substance services or homeless services preferred.

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  • Receptionist
    Receptionist
    23 days ago
    Full-time
    Kingsbridge, The Bronx

    ✨ NOW HIRING: BILINGUAL SALON RECEPTIONIST ✨ Beauty Salon & Spa | Full-Time Position We are looking for a high-energy, reliable, and driven individual to join our beauty salon and spa team. The ideal candidate is a high performer who moves with urgency, learns quickly, takes initiative, and is genuinely enthusiastic about the beauty and aesthetics industry. This is an important guest-facing position for someone who is polished, confident, organized, and ready to contribute to the growth of our business. ⚠️ SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY We are seeking candidates who are genuinely interested in becoming part of our team—not individuals looking for a temporary role. Applicants must be responsive, professional, and prepared to follow through consistently with interviews, training, and scheduled shifts. SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION: • Full-time: 5 days per week, • Hours: 12:00 PM–8:00 PM, • Friday and Saturday availability is required, • Must be flexible to work between our sister salon locations, • $17 per hour, • Must speak English and Spanish SERVICE & GUEST EXPERIENCE: • Deliver attentive, polished service from greeting through checkout, • Welcome every guest with warmth, confidence, and positive energy, • Communicate professionally and thoroughly when answering questions, • Answer phone calls, messages, and client inquiries promptly, • Schedule, confirm, and manage appointments accurately, • Maintain awareness of the salon, client flow, and guest needs, • Accept payments and complete transactions accurately, • Recommend and upsell services and beauty products, • Learn and confidently explain our services, products, and promotions, • Follow all salon systems, standards, and service workflows, • Help maintain a clean, organized, and professional reception area, • Support opening and closing procedures as scheduled ✅ WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: • High-energy, positive, and enthusiastic personality, • Reliable, punctual, and accountable, • High performer with a strong work ethic, • Quick learner who can retain and apply new information, • Strong communication and multitasking skills, • Confident, polished, and guest-focused presence, • Ability to remain composed in a busy, fast-paced environment, • Willingness to take initiative without needing constant direction, • Flexibility to support our sister salon locations when needed, • Genuine interest in beauty, wellness, and aesthetics, • Enthusiasm for learning about the beauty industry, • Comfortable recommending and selling services and products, • Consistent follow-through and attention to detail 📸 ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Content creation and assistance with social media may occasionally be required. Previous salon, receptionist, customer-service, hospitality, or sales experience is a plus. However, attitude, reliability, consistency, and a willingness to learn matter most. We are looking for someone who is ready to step in, contribute, grow with our team, and help our business thrive. TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND: 1️⃣ A brief introduction explaining why you are interested2️⃣ Your relevant experience and résumé3️⃣ Your complete weekly availability4️⃣ Your earliest available start date Incomplete inquiries may not receive a response.

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