YOUTH GROUP FACILITATOR

Boys & Girls Club• Arecibo, Puerto Rico, PR, PR

14h

About The Position

The Youth Group Facilitator manages social intervention, leadership, and socio-emotional programs designed to help participants reach their potential. The role facilitates workshops, presentations, and learning activities that develop participants’ social, emotional, and leadership skills. It is a part-time, hourly, non-exempt position in the Operations area and Social Pillar.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, education, or a related field.
One or more years of experience working with communities, students, or adolescents.
Knowledge of English language structure and content, including word meanings and spelling, composition, and grammar.
Knowledge of customer and personal service principles and processes, including assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of education and training principles and methods, including curriculum and training design, teaching individuals and groups, and measuring training effects.
Knowledge of psychology, including human behavior and performance, individual differences, learning and motivation, psychological research methods, and assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Knowledge of therapy and counseling principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and professional orientation and guidance.
Knowledge of sociology and anthropology, including group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migration, ethnicity, cultures, and their histories and origins.
Ability to provide personal assistance, emotional support, or other personal care to others.
Ability to provide guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems, or process-related issues.
Active learning skills, including understanding the implications of new information for current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Ability to lift 15 pounds using proper lifting techniques.

Responsibilities

Plan and facilitate learning activities that develop decision-making, emotional intelligence, violence prevention, socio-emotional skills, and understanding of trauma and crisis management.
Implement and assess Social Pillar program initiatives in line with the club’s operational service levels and needs, such as Keystone, SMART Leaders, Triple Play, Torch Club, Passport to Man Hood, and/or Girl Circle.
Facilitate Youth of the Year module seminars and activities, if applicable.
Sponsor extracurricular activities, including clubs, student organizations, community service, volunteering, and academic contests.
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, guest-speaker visits, and other experiential activities, and guide participants in learning from them.
Collaborate with coworkers to plan and schedule learning activities based on participants’ needs and focused on leadership, social, and socio-emotional skills.
Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
Manage participant profiles, documentation, folders, and reports required by programs.
Establish and enforce behavior and safety rules to maintain order among participants.
Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
Evaluate and observe participants’ performance, behavior, social and emotional development, and physical and psychological health.
Keep informed about trends in leadership, education, emotions, trauma, behavioral and cognitive therapy, social development, and relevant subject areas.
Perform other tasks requested by the supervisor.