Youth Enrichment Services

Title: Manager of Diversion and Restorative Services

Reports to: Executive Director

FLSA Status: Exempt

Youth Enrichment Services (YES) is a community-based organization whose primary mission is to empower youth through mentorship, education, and enrichment. As a 30-year-old agency, we are excited about our organizational history and are recruiting highly qualified individuals to help us chart new territory and fulfill our mission.

YES is seeking a Manager of Diversion and Restorative Services to develop, design, and implement programming and services to support justice-involved and pre-justice involved youth in building life skills, diverting from deviant behavior, and moving toward productive lives.

The responsibilities of this position more specifically include:

Diversion and Extended Diversion Programming

Direct Services - Youth and Family Relations

• Mentor, monitor, and supervise pre-adjudicated youth awaiting court hearing.
• Conduct school visits and promote school attendance, good grades, and positive behavior.
• Conduct home visits, promote parental guidelines for youth, and cultivate effective, communicative relationships with client families
• Attend court hearings and advocate on youths’ behalf.
• Establish daily contact and build mentoring relationships with all clients on caseload
• Encourage clients with positive alternatives to reduce recidivism and negative behavior.
• Oversee curfew requirements of clients.
• Expose clients to cultural and recreational activities
• Transition youth from Diversion Program into Extended Diversion and Mentoring Partnership Programming
• Coordinate and plan weekly life skills for youth in Diversion and Restorative Practices Programming

Program Capacity and Infrastructure Building

• Establish and maintain working relationships with personnel and stakeholders in Probation and Juvenile Court System
• Build program infrastructure and capacity
• Implement innovative practices and approaches to supporting justice involved youth
• Remain familiar and up to date on the science supporting Diversion and alternative-to Diversion programs

Supervision

• Supervise intervention specialists and support their service delivery
• Facilitate training and professional developments to support the skill building of intervention specialists
• Provide support and monitoring to intervention specialists “in the field”
• Assess the service provision implemented by intervention specialists

Data and Reporting

• Maintain and manage case management systems, client trackers, billing documents and other Diversion files
• Oversee and asses monthly client service plans and identify necessary resources to support client and family needs
• Meet reporting and billing deadlines
• Generate monthly and quarterly reports on client status and performance
• Evaluate and assess program according to goals and objectives
• Facilitate weekly and monthly Diversion meetings to report on client outcomes
• Perform other duties as assigned

Mentoring Partnerships – Voices to Men

• Design, plan, and implement Voices to Men mentoring programming for male youth
• Coordinate and plan field trips and outings that will expose youth to cultural and recreational activities
• Document program data using electronic case management system
• Establish and maintain community support and working relationships within schools. Recruit youth from schools and communities to participate in our programs
• Recruit volunteers to assist on special projects, cultural activities, and other related programs
• Attend relevant trainings, conferences, and meetings to position as well as youth
• Perform other duties as assigned

Restorative Practice Programming

• Design, structure, and implement restorative practice programming
• Develop relationships with schools seeking program intervention
• Evaluate and assess program effectiveness
• Perform other duties as assigned

Interested applicants should email an up-to-date resume and a cover letter detailing their ability to perform the duties as assigned to Denise Jones at dljones@yespgh.org.

Role will begin in mid-June.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• After school
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person