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Restorative Justice Specialist II

3 months ago

Chicago, United States Alternatives, Inc. Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

Restorative Justice Specialist 2

Reports To: Restorative Justice Supervisor

Status: Full-time; Exempt with benefits: Blue Cross Medical/Dental/Vision, 403(b) retirement plan, Holidays, 4 weeks Paid Time Off, 10 weeks paid Parental leave

Salary: $55,120


Alternatives Inc. Overview


Since 1971, Alternatives has been a leading provider of youth development programs, restorative justice initiatives, and behavioral health services for youth. Our mission is to inspire young people to create a just future through practices that heal individuals, restore communities, and transform systems. We serve youth in some of Chicago’s most vulnerable communities on the far north and south sides. Our highly trained staff create culturally responsive environments in which young people build knowledge, skills, and abilities through positive youth development, trauma-informed care, leadership development, and community-based healing.

Our Restorative Justice (RJ) programs provide direct support, training, leadership development, and capacity-building to schools and organizations that seek to become restorative. This position facilitates restorative and social justice-based youth leadership development programs for youth ages 18-24: Full Circle and Peace Ambassadors.


Responsibilities

Perform the following from a racial, gender, sexuality, and ability equity lens:

  • Provide weekly supervision and professional development to assigned Peace Ambassadors
  • Lead professional development initiatives for Peace Ambassadors and interns.
  • Run multiple assigned youth leadership development groups. This includes developing curriculum, recruiting participants, organizing program logistics, developing partnerships and working with volunteers and interns. The Specialist is also responsible for completing all program documentation and reporting.
  • Build restorative mindset and skills for school and community-based youth.
  • Foster youth-led evaluations of program activities within the Youth Advisory Committee. This includes engaging participants in dialogue about what outcomes they have for each project and working with them to identify tools for tracking progress. The Specialist is responsible for administering evaluation tools and working with participants to compile, analyze, and report results.
  • Facilitate trainings for youth and adults at schools and community-based organizations as needed
  • Create and track project plans
  • Proactively address questions and concerns staff, youth, and community stakeholders have about Youth Development and Restorative Justice and implement strategies to gain stakeholder buy-in
  • Attend and actively participate in all-agency and team staff meetings, in-service training, supervision sessions and collaborative meetings.
  • Participate in agency fundraising initiatives as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.



Requirements:
  1. Experience engaging with high risk youth (justice involved, homeless, and/or DCFS systems involved)
  2. Ability to implement school-wide training initiatives and trauma informed practices within restorative justice programming.
  3. Cultural competency with Black and Latinx youth
  4. Experience with gender specific programming preferred
  5. Strong skills for recruitment of youth within a community setting.
  6. Curriculum development skills for programming on social justice
  7. Experience working in schools and community-based organizations (a background in social service, student support, or community organizing also considered)
  8. Ability to maintain healthy boundaries while building trust in a limited time.
  9. Ability to handle multiple projects and work in multiple sites
  10. Competency with Google Drive, Microsoft Office and virtual meeting tools like Zoom.
  11. Professionalism in the areas of punctuality, documentation, organization, and phone/email responsiveness
  12. Capable of working independently and within a team.
  13. Bachelor of Arts degree preferred or 2 years of relevant experience (supervision/leadership experience preferred)
  14. The COVID vaccine is mandatory for all employees to the full extent permissible under applicable law.