Youth Mentor - Anthem Program

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: Youth Mentor (Anthem Program)

TIME COMMITMENT: Full-time, 32-40 hours per week

SCHEDULE: 5 shifts per week, including Sundays

REPORTS TO: Shift Supervisor

PAY: $17.00-$19.00 depending on education and experience

This position qualifies for a $1.00/hour additional Shift Differential for swing shifts (3:00pm-11:00pm)

A mentor is directly responsible for the physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, educational, social, safety and security needs of each student.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Enforcing student rules
• Monitoring and carrying out consequences under the direction of the shift supervisor
• Charting in each student’s medical record on the HQ database
• Communicating and reporting to shift supervisor
• Supporting and assisting other Telos departments in their job descriptions (i.e.: nursing appointments, education testing, grading, tutoring, general cleaning and maintenance, answering telephones, shopping, transporting) as allowed by staffing ratios
• Participating on assigned committees or special assignments
• Assisting with runaway retrieval
• Participating in therapeutic holds and restraints
• Attending and maintaining current certifications such as CPR and first aid

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Ideal for former athletes, coaches, military personnel, or those comfortable with confrontation and de-escalation
• Requires strong presence, emotional control, and ability to influence behavior in real time
• Exceptional relationship skills
• Timely, dependable, reliable
• Ability to hold appropriate boundaries.
• Ability to receive and carry out instruction.
• Genuine care and concern for others
• Drivers license
• Can pass a BCI
• College education preferred