Youth Group Facilitator

Boys & Girls Club•Arecibo, PR

17h

About The Position

The Youth Group Facilitator manages social intervention, leadership, and socio-emotional programs to help participants reach their potential. The facilitator plans and delivers workshops, presentations, and learning activities that develop participants’ social, emotional, and leadership skills. The role also supports program administration, participant safety, and assessment of participant development.

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 meaning and spelling, composition, and grammar.
Knowledge of customer and personal service principles, including assessing needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and measuring training effects.
Knowledge of 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, orientation, and guidance.
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their histories and origins.
Ability to provide personal assistance, emotional support, or other personal care to others.
Ability to provide consultation, guidance, and expert advice to management or groups on technical, systems, or process-related issues.
Ability to understand 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 skills such as decision-making, emotional intelligence, violence prevention, socio-emotional awareness, trauma response, and crisis management.
Implement and assess social pillar program initiatives according to club operational service levels and needs, including programs such as Keystone, SMART Leaders, Triple Play, Torch Club, Passport to Man Hood, and/or Girl Circle.
Facilitate seminars and activities for the Youth of the Year module, if applicable.
Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, community service, volunteer activities, and academic contests.
Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, guest-speaker visits, and other experiential activities, and guide participants’ learning from those activities.
Collaborate with coworkers to plan and schedule learning activities based on participant needs and promote leadership, social, and socio-emotional skills.
Use computers, audiovisual aids, 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 participants 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.
Stay informed about trends in leadership, education, emotions, trauma, behavioral and cognitive therapy, social development, and relevant subject matter specialties.
Perform other tasks requested by the supervisor.