Senior Mentor - 2nd Shift

Community Partners in Action•Hamden, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Community Partners in Action (CPA) is seeking a Senior Mentor for the REGIONS-Site Secure Residential Treatment Program for Male Youth. This program provides a home-like, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, gender-specific, linguistically appropriate, strengths-based, and relationship-driven environment for up to 16 male youth. The goal is to help youth improve their social, physical, and emotional well-being, therapeutically intervene in the cycle of offending, reduce risk factors, and prevent transition into the adult justice system. The program serves high-risk youth who may have a history of violence, pose a significant risk to public safety, and present with complex needs and a history of poor treatment engagement. The ideal candidate will be committed to the agency's BEDI (Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) culture and its mission to champion criminal justice reform and advocate for the dignity of individuals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher with experience working with at risk or court-involved adolescents, residential treatment programs and demonstrated supervisory experience.
In lieu of education, equivalent experience and training with specific experience in a juvenile residential program will be considered.
Knowledge of the juvenile justice system and the operation of juvenile residential programs.
Understanding and knowledge of gender-specific, trauma-informed, culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate issues and needs.
Strong interpersonal, communication, emotional intelligence, decision making and crisis management skills.
Ability to interact effectively with a multi-cultural population.
Must share the belief that people can change and individuals in need deserve quality services and an opportunity to succeed.
Must have and maintain a valid CT driver’s license and have reliable transportation.
Must be able to transport clients to appointments and into the community in mechanical restraints.
Must have the capacity to become medication and Safe Crisis Management (SCM) certified.
Must be able and willing to work evening and/or night shifts, weekends and holidays.
Mandatory overtime is likely.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Bi-lingual ability (Spanish/English) preferred.
Candidates with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Provide supervision of all shift activities including assistance and guidance to Youth Mentors.
Make operational decisions around safety and security of the youth.
Direct supervision of youth in daily activities including school and groups.
Maintain a safe, secure, strengths-based, gender responsive, trauma informed, linguistically appropriate and culturally sensitive environment.
Implement all agency/program policies and procedures governing facility operations to ensure compliance.
Ensure that all necessary logs, incident reports, inspections and forms are completed as required.
Supervise, train, coach, develop and evaluate Youth Mentors.
In the absence of the Assistant Program Manager, assume the operational responsibilities of the program.
Oversee the proper use of equipment, security devices and other program property.
Meet with management team and other staff on a regular basis to clarify operational policies and procedures and review programming.
Maintain accountability for location of the youth at all times.
Mediate and resolve youth problems.
Handle all situations in a manner consistent with relational and strengths-based practices, and in accordance with policies and procedures.
As necessary, utilize approved verbal and/or physical de-escalation techniques to eliminate youth’s harm to self, harm to others, significant property/program destruction and escape, maintaining communication with necessary parties.
Utilize program behavior motivational procedures as needed.
Initiate Egregious Behavior Protocol when needed after hours.
Monitor youth visiting, maintaining professional boundaries with youth and their families/visitors.
Facilitate groups and conduct therapeutic programming under the supervision of the Rehabilitation Therapist.
Reinforce youth’s individual treatment plan.
Serve as a role model to youth and staff modeling pro-social behaviors.
Establish and maintain professional boundaries with all staff, youth and providers.
Conduct both formal and informal counts and complete internal and external facility security and safety checks.
Complete pre-post assignment and all required on-going training.
Conduct investigations as required.
Knowledge of universal precautions and related issues including risks of communicable diseases.
Provide assistance to the Assistant Program Manager with administrative functions as needed.
Conduct “Pat Downs” of Youth and Visitors to maintain security.
Become proficient with the use of mechanical restraints and apply when necessary (e.g. during transport).
Perform other duties as required.