Senior Therapeutic Mentor

About the position

When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids. For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future. The Safe at Home Program, based in Roslindale seeks a Senior Therapeutic Mentor. Under the direction of the Team Leader, the Senior Therapeutic Mentor offers structured, one-to-one, strength-based support services to youth to address daily living, social, and communication needs at youth's home and in the community. The Senior Therapeutic Mentor also supports with various administrative duties, TM-related projects, and provides supervisions and trainings to Therapeutic Mentors to support with managing CBHI guidelines, paperwork demands and communication with families, hubs and collaterals.

Responsibilities

• Support, coach, and train youth in age-appropriate behaviors, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution.
• Identify skills, supports and resources that could be used to enhance youths' wellness.
• Work closely with clinical referral source and other clinical providers to work towards goals identified by that person.
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision, monthly staff meetings, and other projects on an as needed basis.
• Complete agency and third party payer paperwork requirements.
• Meet certain billing requirements on a weekly basis depending on the program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a human service field from an accredited university and one year experience working with children/adolescents/transition age youth OR
• Associate's degree in a human services field from an accredited school and one year of experience working with children/adolescents/transition age youth OR
• High school diploma or GED and a minimum of two years of experience working with children/adolescents/transition age youth.
• Bilingual candidates preferred.
• Personal experience living with special needs, significant mental health issues, or struggles with systemic issues.
• Computer literate including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer with the ability to learn new software applications.

Benefits

• Generous time off including up to 15 days per year for new full-time employees, plus 11 holidays, and 5 sick days.
• Health and Dental Insurance that is effective immediately upon hire.
• Extensive training to new staff.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,400 per fiscal year.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match.
• Employer paid Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, plus Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.