Youth Mentor: Rebound

Access Services is hiring a Youth Mentor to join our Rebound program, based out of our Orwigsburg, PA office, and serving adolescents across Schuylkill County.

Our Youth Mentors provide services to youth (ages 10 to 18), helping them build life skills and resiliency, and empowering them to find purpose and direction. We support youth who have behavioral health needs, are experiencing challenging family dynamics, and/or pending juvenile charges. By promoting positive social interaction, educational growth, life skills and coping skills, we encourage youth resiliency to overcome trauma. Rebound reduces the need for youth to be placed outside of their homes. If you are passionate about supporting and mentoring youth to overcome life's challenges, we encourage you to apply!

As a Youth Mentor, you will work directly with youth who are referred by various children's services, such as Children & Youth Services (CYS), Juvenile Probation Office (JPO), and mental health providers. Part of your role will be to assist youth face-to-face – you will help with homework, teach household skills, display positive coping skills, etc. The other part of your role will focus on administrative and advocacy tasks such as assisting with intake, reaching out to school staff, and communicating with referral sources and partnering agencies about client progress.

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, generally 12am-8 PM

This schedule will be focused on the needs of adolescents and will change slightly between the school year and summer. It will include some flexibility for evenings and occasional weekends to meet the needs of adolescents.

Key Responsibilities of Youth Mentor:

• Engage youth who are referred and help them identify and achieve goals towards success and independence by building rapport, maintaining appropriate boundaries and providing an environment conducive to learning.

• Develop, implement, and update individual goal plans in collaboration with youth and the team.
• Maintain case notes, files, releases, and progress reports.
• Participate in the referral process by initiating the intake process and completing assessments.
• Connect youth to resources and activities in the community.
• Develop and facilitate life skills lessons for individual and group interactions

• Provide testimony at all hearings deemed necessary by collaborative agencies.
• Obtain and review academic records related to attendance, grades, discipline, and missing assignments.
• Provide regular case updates to referring agency.
• Collaborate and coordinate services to meet client needs with external providers and partners.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferably in human services, social work, psychology, education, criminal justice, or related field plus 2 years of work experience working directly with youth

OR

• Associate degree plus a minimum of 5 years of work experience working directly with youth required.

Experience:

• Two (2) or more years of experience working with youth who have had social, behavioral, and mental health concerns AND/OR

• Two (2) or more years of experience working with the juvenile justice system.
• Proficiency in additional languages (ex: Spanish) is a benefit to any candidate who applies, and may negotiate for higher pay rates.

Transportation:

• Valid driver’s license with 2+ years of driving experience, no suspensions, reliable vehicle, and car insurance (required)
• Willingness to drive throughout Schuylkill County during the workday to meet with clients (required - mileage reimbursement provided)
• Willingness to transport young adults in your vehicle as needed (required)

Benefits

Pay:

• Starting pay is $18/hourly, negotiable based on education and experience in the field
• Reimbursement for youth activities/food/meals when serving with youth
• Mileage reimbursement for work related travel

Our full-time comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances, HSA/FSA, 401k program.
• Tuition Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance.
• 20 days PTO (vacation/sick), 7 agency holidays, 2 floating holidays.
• Mileage/Toll Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites.
• Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability, Catastrophic Sick Leave, Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (telehealth/in person).
• Referral Bonuses up to $750 per hire.
• College tuition discounts, Credit Union perks, retail discounts.

Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.