Youth Mentor (Bilingual Spanish)

The Opportunity

The Youth Mentor will work for the Empowerment Through Wellness to Prevent Gun Violence Initiative, which delivers youth-focused gun violence prevention and community violence intervention programming.

The mentor will be providing mentoring services to youth charged with gun-related offenses. Among other things, this will include assisting participants with developing positive socialization and decision making skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly face to face mentoring sessions with participants.
• Identify high risk behaviors in youth and provide mentoring services to intervene in continued high risk activity.
• Participate in case conference meetings as scheduled and work collaboratively with case manager, therapeutic counselor, court staff and community resources working with participant.
• Respond to participant emergency notifications 
• Risk-Reduction Planning- to modify high-risk behaviors documented every 90 days in the database
• Attend participant case management meetings when needed to support participants in goal accomplishment.
• Serve as linkages and support for individuals to enhance their assistance and use of opportunities and programs in the community (e.g. job programs, GED, drug treatment, and mentoring).
• Attend mandatory training and professional development trainings
• Assume other tasks and responsibilities as assigned to ensure the effective operation

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED, required.
• Bilingual-English/Spanish, required.
• Lived experience, required.
• Proficient computer skill with MS Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 2 years of experience working with at risk populations.
• Valid and clean New York State Driver's License

Compensation

The competitive compensation range is reflected with FCA's framework, culture, and values. Individual pay decisions will vary based on skills and experience' while still allowing for growth.

Additional Information

• Salary: $27.47/Hour
• Schedule: (Monday-Friday), evening and weekend hours, as needed

Benefits

• Full Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 403(b); with generous employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet Insurance
• Short Term (STD) and Long Term (LTD) Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

FCA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.