Youth Mentor

CJR is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Youth Mentor to join our team. As a Youth Mentor, you will play a vital role in the direct supervision of adolescent boys in a short-term transitional living program.

• Provide a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment that supports the social, emotional, and academic development of each participant.
• Offer support, strength-based encouragement, and protection of youth in their care, advocating for youth and sharing information and updates with parents/guardians.
• Maintain constant sight and sound supervision of youths within established program expectations and guidelines.
• Ensure physical safety of youth and provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Follow established routines, schedules, and structure, like wake up and bedtimes, and transition to school.
• Record observations in daily documentation and logs.
• Monitor and reporting healthcare needs or concerns, and ensuring compliance with daily medication regimen through support, encouragement, and self-care education.
• Accompany youths between facilities, meetings, appointments, and/or other activities.
• Ensure living spaces are organized, clean, safe, and free from hazards.
• Supervise youths during mealtimes.
• Support and facilitate the implementation of youths' individualized care plans and schedules.
• Utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) coaching to enhance adolescents' learning and skill use.
• Transport adolescents to appointments and recreation trips.
• Provide transportation to adolescents and families as programmatic needs dictate in order to facilitate family visitation/sessions and home passes.

• High School Diploma (or equivalent) - Required
• Experience working with at-risk or court-involved adolescents - Required
• Must have valid driver's license and no traffic violations on record - Required

CJR offers a comprehensive benefits package that encourages and supports a healthy work/life balance. As a part-time employee, you will enjoy the following benefits:

• Free daily nutritious meals
• Generous Paid Vacation Package (unused time eligible for carry over)
• Generous Paid Sick Time (unused time eligible for carry over)
• Paid Holiday Time (separate from vacation time)
• Floating Holidays (separate from paid vacation time and paid holiday time)
• Annual monetary incentives
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Company Celebrations & Employee Recognition Program
• Employee discounts (cell phone, computer)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Qualified Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Employer Federal Student Aid
• 10%-20% tuition discount at many local educational institutions, including those listed by the CT Nonprofit Alliance