Youth Mentor
About The Position
A Youth Mentor provides guidance, encouragement, and positive support to children and adolescents by building healthy relationships that foster personal growth, emotional well-being, life skills, and community involvement. Mentors work one-on-one or in small groups to help youth achieve individualized goals, develop confidence, improve social skills, and connect with positive community resources while ensuring their safety and well-being. This positions functions under the direct supervision of the SEED Mentoring Supervisor. The work that is performed is a team approach and involves direct knowledge of child developmental milestones. This position is responsible for supervising client activity and ensuring that participation in community or group activities are supervised per the guidelines provided through Children and Youth services to ensure the safety and well-being of the children involved.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with children; OR Associate’s Degree with a minimum of one (1) year experience working with children; OR Bachelor’s Degree
- Valid PA driver’s license and a good driving record
Nice To Haves
- Direct knowledge of child developmental milestones.
Responsibilities
- Provides guidance, encouragement, and positive support to children and adolescents.
- Builds healthy relationships that foster personal growth, emotional well-being, life skills, and community involvement.
- Works one-on-one or in small groups to help youth achieve individualized goals.
- Helps youth develop confidence and improve social skills.
- Connects youth with positive community resources.
- Ensures the safety and well-being of youth.
- Supervises client activity.
- Ensures participation in community or group activities is supervised per guidelines.
Benefits
- Paid vacation days that increase with tenure
- Separate sick leave that rolls over each year
- Up to 10 Paid holidays
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options
- DailyPay- Access to your daily earnings without waiting for payday
- Training, Development and Continuing Education Credits for licensure requirements
- 401K
- Free licensure supervision
- Employee Assistance program
- Pet Insurance
- Perks @Clarvida- national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment
- Mileage reimbursement
- Company cellphone
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
