Roles and Responsibilities

• Facilitate two 1.5-hour group workshops per week through a model cognitive behavior curriculum.
• Attend monthly meetings with Department of Probation Arches staff.
• Lead daily team meetings.
• Complete intakes and pre- and post-release surveys with participants.
• Share meals with twice weekly with workshop participants.
• Maintain a mentorship relationship with 4 young people at a time.
• Intentional, engaged and supportive one-on-one mentorship, primarily before and after group meetings.
• Respond to any youth contact/request within 24 hours.
• Maintaining a spirit of camaraderie and unconditional care among participants and mentors.
• Maintain ongoing contact and follow-up with Project Coordinator, including reporting any expressed or perceived needs by the youth members or opportunities to leverage youth interests.
• Ensure that connections to needed services and opportunities for positive development/advancement are addressed as they arise through ongoing communication with Project Coordinator
• Attend training as required by YJN and the Department of Probation in cognitive-behavioral curriculum
• Maintain accurate and complete records of service provision and youth outcomes.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Commitment to positive youth development in a caring environment.
• Understanding and experience working with street-involved and/or high risk youth.
• Creative problem solving and thinking, self-motivation, initiative, sound judgment, and the ability to work as part of a team is essential.
• Capacity to strategically help young people change behaviors.
• Familiarity with Harlem essential, residency preferred
• Must be able to work outside of normal business hours (10 hours per week including 2 evenings per week)

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Lived experience in justice, child welfare system
• Experience with criminal justice population, conflict resolution, gang involvement prevention, and motivational interviewing preferred
• Experience with or understanding of trauma-informed practices
• Bilingual ability highly valued

Youth Justice Network is privileged to have a profoundly committed and caring staff – one which believes unconditionally in our youth members’ ability to do right and do well. We take our work very seriously, but we strive to make time for self-care and joy. We look for staff from all walks of life who have integrity, humor, a strong work ethic, are passionate about young people and committed to address the harms caused by mass incarceration.

Salary Range: $23 - $28 / HOUR

All staff must be fully vaccinated at time of hire.