Friday and Saturday Youth Mentor

Part-Time Boys Adolescent Support Specialist - Job #488
Litchfield, CT 06759
$19.81 per hour
Friday and Saturday noon-10:00pm

About the Job
The Adolescent Support Specialist provides direct care, supervision, and support to adolescent boys in a short-term transitional living program. They act as positive role models, fostering a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environment that supports each youth’s social, emotional, and academic development. The Specialist reinforces individualized treatment plans, facilitates appropriate groups, and conducts therapeutic programming under the supervision of the Clinician and Shift Supervisor. 
The role requires sensitivity to issues such as mental health, suicide, and contraband, and includes advocating for youth while communicating regularly with parents and guardians.

• Maintaining constant sight and sound supervision of youths within established program expectations and guidelines
• Ensure physical safety of youth and provide crisis intervention as needed
• Following established routines, schedules, and structure, like wake up and bedtimes, and transition to school
• Recording observations and maintaining records and reports, daily documentation and logs
• Monitoring access to and ensuring personal hygiene of youths, and maintenance/upkeep of bedrooms
• Monitoring and reporting healthcare needs or concerns, and ensuring compliance with daily medication regimen through support, encouragement, and self-care education
• Accompanying youths between facilities, meetings, appointments and/or other activities
• Ensuring 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
• May assist in the pre-orientation, admission, and intake process
• May assist in the facilitation of groups and may lead the facilitation of psychoeducational groups
• May provide transportation to adolescents and families as programmatic needs dictate

Schedule and Rate of Pay:

• Friday and Saturday noon-10:00pm = 20 hours per week
• $19.81 per hour
• Overtime / Time and a half eligible
• Able to pick up additional hours if you’d like

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Minimum High school diploma or equivalent - Required
• Minimum 6 months’ experience working with at-risk or court-involved adolescents in a Direct Care setting - Required
• Must have valid driver’s license to utilize a company provided work vehicle - Required

Part-Time Benefits:
At CJR, we pride ourselves on creating a compassionate, culturally responsive work environment and offering a comprehensive benefits package that encourages and supports a healthy work/life balance. Joining our team, full-time employees 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

About CJR:
A career at CJR is focused on working to ensure that every young person has an opportunity to thrive! CJR reaches across the state of Connecticut to deliver a broad continuum of care through our residential, education, wellness, and community-based programs. At CJR, you will experience a fulfilling career with an employer that encourages advancement, respects diversity, and rewards excellence!

 

CJR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry. We embrace the competitive advantage of diversity.