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Therapeutic Mentor

3 months ago

Staunton, United States Elk Hill Farm Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Would you like to work for a non-profit organization where your contributions make a major impact on the lives of the children and families that we serve? Join a family of experienced mental health professionals and counselors dedicated to providing kids, and each other, the kindness, respect, and encouragement they need to succeed.

Elk Hill was honored as a 2024 Top Workplace USA. The Top Workplace USA winners are chosen based solely on employee feedback. Winners of the Top Workplaces USA are recognized for the great culture that exists at every level of the organization.

If you would like to work for a Top Workplace USA organization where the decisions YOU make can impact youth and families of Central Virginia, then Elk Hill Farm, Inc. is the place for you

We are an organization that:

  • Is honored as a 2024 Top Workplace USA
  • Is a Top Workplace Meaningfulness Award recipient
  • Has talented, hardworking employees
  • Advocates for mental health issues
  • Offers competitive benefits, pay and pet insurance for full-time staff
  • Has a generous time-off and holiday package
  • Offers a 401(k) plan with 5% employer match for full-time staff
  • Tuition assistance
  • Elk Hill is celebrating 50+ years of supporting youth and families across the Commonwealth of Virginia Stability. Adaptability. Longevity.


Primary Function of a Therapeutic Mentor:

Serve as a positive role model for youth, providing support, coaching, training, and supervision within a healthy, positive relationship. This position will be working directly with the GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training) program. This is an evidence-based and effective gang and violence prevention program built around school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curricula. The program is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership for children in the years immediately before the prime ages for introduction into gangs and delinquent behavior.

Responsibilities of a Therapeutic Mentor:

  • Work with youth to develop interpersonal, communication, social, and problem-solving skills, as well as age-appropriate behaviors and constructive use of leisure time
  • Provide and supervise recreational and social activities based on the goals established collaboratively with the youth, parents, and placing agency
  • Demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of youth, flexibility, a non-threatening manner, respect for youth’s autonomy, confidentiality, socio-cultural values, personal goals, lifestyle choices, and family interactions, and appropriate professional boundaries and ethics
  • Provide the number of hours per month/week contracted by the placing agency
  • Complete session progress notes for each session and provide to supervisor, as required
  • Attend FAPT, treatment team, or family engagement meetings as requested by supervisor
  • Maintain current certification in CPR and First Aid
  • Maintain a driving record that meets the requirements of Elk Hill
  • Maintain liability coverage, at the level required by Elk Hill, on personal auto insurance policy
  • Participate in face-to-face supervision with supervisor at least once per month
  • Work cooperatively with all Elk Hill staff to improve the quality of the whole organization

Qualifications:

  • Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
  • Experience working with children and/or adolescents
  • Willingness to travel and work non-traditional business hours
  • Exhibit consistent personal integrity in dealings with youth, families, co-workers, and agency personnel


Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of what we do at Elk Hill, and we enforce respectful communication and cooperation between all. Elk Hill does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Note: Elk Hill reserves the right to change or reassign job duties or combine positions at any time.