What are the responsibilities and job description for the Therapeutic Mentor position at Allendale Association?
Do you expect something more for your career? Bring your skills and talents to a role where you’ll have the opportunity to make a positive impact. We are looking for a motivated and dedicated professional to fill this role!
If you are adept at multi-tasking and embrace playing an integral role in changing the lives of the youth we want to talk to you!
Responsibilities:
Works directly with youth and their treatment team to provide support and assistance in positively engaging in community activities based upon identified areas of interest in order to develop, apply and improve his/her adaptive and developmental functioning and promote the achievement of established treatment goals from a trauma informed perspective. Emphasis is on the strengthening and application of skills in practical home and community environments and to increase independence and functioning in less restrictive settings. Therapeutic mentors will also provide respite service hours to qualified youth and their families to help support and prevent crisis or escalation within the home.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services or related field or a high school diploma with a minimum of five years documented experience in mental health or human services.
Allendale’s rich heritage is based upon 125 years of meeting society’s needs by determining new ways to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families who have endured tremendous devastation and loss. We embrace challenge; we seek out new ways to learn and to grow along with families, regardless of their circumstance or what brought them to us. That is WHO we have always been, and WHO we continue to be today. Our goal is to provide safe homes, high-quality specialized education and vocational training options; and clinical services to children and their families while recovering from severe childhood trauma. We focus on helping youth who have progressed in treatment and are working toward self-sufficiency or returning to their home environment. Our programs emphasize community involvement and community integration as part of the individualized treatment goals.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $15.00 - $30.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Salary : $15 - $30