SWITCH Youth Life Coach - Memphis Allies
Company: Youth Villages
Location: Memphis
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
Who is Youth Villages?Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization
striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully. We
are a team of 3,000 individuals who've come together across over 20
states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile
justice across the country. Our work involves providing an array of
counseling and treatment services to youth with severe emotional
and behavioral problems. Eighty-four percent of those who go
through treatment are succeeding two years after leaving our
program. These youth are living at home, remaining in school, and
are not experiencing trouble with the law.We believe strongly in
investing in and supporting our employees. We offer candidates
opportunities to develop a career and be part of a positive change
in our country's treatment of at-risk youth and families. Program
OverviewLaunched by Youth Villages, Memphis Allies is a bold
collaborative initiative, bringing together community groups and
resources to reduce gun violence and create safer neighborhoods and
more opportunity for adults and their families. Responsibilities
The SWITCH Youth Life Coach's main responsibility is to help reduce
gun violence in the city.
- Carries a minimum caseload of 6 youth, this could fluctuate
depending on youth's needs.
- Life Coach will be responsible for holding sessions twice per
week.
- Life Coaches will adhere to a preset 24-hour documentation
cycle time. All documentation will be entered into Evolv.
- Successfully establish a relationship with a prospective youth
and enroll him/her in SWITCH Youth program
- Help the youth develop their personalized life plan: will work
with client to understand his/her expressed short- and long-term
goals (developing job skills, securing employment); lay out key
milestones in achieving those goals; and work closely with the Case
manager to determine necessary services for attaining milestones.
- Transformative Mentorship: Provide mentorship and unconditional
support including:
- Supporting youth through hardship during times of difficulty,
and even of great loss
- Day-to-day encouragement, guidance, and listening
- Creating hope and clarifying a path forward for clients
- Celebrating clients, who deserve to not only feel supported in
times of challenge - but also recognized and appreciated for
achievements, milestones, and important events.
- Have an initial sole focus on establishing a positive and
trusting relationship with each youth.
- Collaborate with Clinical Specialist to create a Life
Plan.
- Use relationships with each youth to begin influence their
decision making in order to improve outcomes
- Attend all mandatory meetings and training courses, including
weekly staff meetings, team meetings, consultations, etc.
Salary$48,000-$52,000 Qualifications Requirements:
- High School Diploma/ or equivalent required
- Credibility and cultural competency. Life Coaches' work is
fundamentally about trust, for which these assets and skills will
be critical. This means that many Life Coaches will share lived
experience with clients.
- Transformative mentorship. SWITCH Youth believe that the
mentorship Life Coaches will provide is a service.
- Like all services, effective mentorship requires diverse skills
including motivational interviewing, strengths identification, and
basic familiarity with cognitive-behavioral interventions.
- 24/7 availability. Life Coaches will be fully committed to
meeting the needs of their clients, whatever those needs may be and
whenever they might arise. Life Coaches will therefore be available
at all times to help their clients - but will also be supported in
making time and space away from their work, as necessary.
BenefitsMedical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and
Vision401(k)2 weeks paid vacation12 paid sick days per year11 paid
holidaysPaid Parental LeaveMileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when
applicable)Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervisionGrowth &
development through continuous trainingClinical and administrative
advancement opportunitiesYouth Villages is an equal opportunity
employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all
employees and applicants for employment and prohibits
discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race,
color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status,
genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state or local laws.Youth Villages is committed to not
only advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
but also in our work with children and young adults. We know that
children, families and young people of color can face inequity in
child welfare and justice systems, and we train our employees to
build the skills they need to work with the communities that we
serve, as well as, other employees from different cultures and
backgrounds. Youth Villages is opposed to racism in any of its
forms and is committed to inclusion, equity, and diversity. We
believe that respect for each other is crucial in the work that we
do each day.
Keywords: Youth Villages, Memphis , SWITCH Youth Life Coach - Memphis Allies, Education / Teaching , Memphis, Tennessee
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