Building Your Power is a new mentoring program that matches culturally diverse, predominately male middle schoolers attending Alexandria City Public Schools with paid adult mentors to work one-on-one with up to three youth to build social, emotional and academic skills needed to help them thrive. Mentors will build trusting relationships with youth who are demonstrating truant, aggressive and/or antisocial behaviors, provide a safe space for youth, and an atmosphere that is supportive of their n...
Building Your Power Mentor
An Overview
Building Your Power is a new mentoring program that matches culturally diverse, predominately male middle schoolers attending Alexandria City Public Schools with paid adult mentors to work one-on-one with up to three youth to build social, emotional and academic skills needed to help them thrive. Mentors will build trusting relationships with youth who are demonstrating truant, aggressive and/or antisocial behaviors, provide a safe space for youth, and an atmosphere that is supportive of their needs. Mentors will support development of individual service plans, participate in and assist with educational, social, athletic and recreational activities, and provide progress reports. No experience is necessary. Training will be provided, along with ongoing support from program managers, school social workers and administrators. The Opportunity Support achievement of service plan goals
Help youth develop healthy social-emotional skills during each outing, using proven strategies of learning, practicing, reflection, and repetition
Review school reports and update service plan goals as needed
Support and supervise youth during in-person activities
Take youth to events in the community including those hosted by the City of Alexandria, Alexandria City Public Schools, and the community
Attend and support youth engagement in monthly program group events, and to metro-accessible areas (ex: Smithsonian and Alexandria museums and historic sites, free Tickets for Kids events, parks, and recreational centers)
Support program initiatives to increase engagement with youth and their family
Maintain communication with each youth’s support network of parents/guardians, teachers, social workers, and school administrators
Engage youth, parents/guardians, and/or community members in program-led or school events
Aid in the maintenance and success of program:
Collaborate with program managers and school staff to collect, record, analyze and monitor youth progress
Actively participate in the monthly staff meetings
Maintain communication of success and challenges with program managers
This position requires mentors to make a commitment to attend in-person events in the City of Alexandria region, as well as virtual meetings
Benefits
Experience and exposure to juvenile justice, social services, and school systems, processes, procedures, and services.
Access to content-rich resources from experts in juvenile justice and mental health professionals
Paid training and hands-on experiences, including Mentoring 101, how to build developmental assets in youth, youth mental health first aid, advocacy and public service
Internal satisfaction of helping a young person
Credit eligibility depending on school's independent study qualifications
Transportation reimbursement
Stipend to pay for outings with youth
About the Department
The Alexandria Court Service Unit (CSU) provides services to youth and families involved in the juvenile and domestic relations court system. Functions of the CSU include intake, probation and parole; domestic relations complaints including custody, visitation and child support; protective orders; family mediation and therapy; and crime prevention programs.
Minimum & Additional Requirements
The candidate must either be enrolled in an accredited college/university and have completed at least two years of academic coursework (60 credit hours or equivalency); have earned a Bachelor's or master's degree within the previous two years; or currently enrolled in an advanced degree program from an accredited college/university; with a beginning, moderate, or intermediate proficiency in MS Office Suite reflective of their tier of education.
Preferred Qualifications
Actively pursuing or recent completion of a degree in sociology, psychology, counseling, social work, criminal justice, legal studies, education, exercise science, or related field.
Passion for supporting prosocial youth development and making a difference in a child’s life.
Exposure to working with diverse socioeconomic groups.
Bilingual.
Applicants from marginalized communities.
Notes
This program is made possible through substance use and youth violence prevention grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Job Abstracts is an independent Job Search Engine. Job Abstracts is not an agent or representative and is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with any employer. Job Abstracts uses proprietary technology to keep the availability and accuracy of its job listings and their details. All trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and job descriptions are the property of their respective holder. Job Abstracts does not have its members apply for a job on the jobabstracts.com website. Additionally, Job Abstracts may provide a list of third-party job listings that may not be affiliated with any employer. Please make sure you understand and agree to the website's Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies you are applying on as they may differ from ours and are not in our control.
Page Limit Reached
Paging is limited to 5 pages for our non registered users. To use this feature you must be Registered and Logged In.
Any time you conduct a search, the system shows you job matches, ranked by their Relevance Score (RS).
The score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that uses Intelligent Machine Learning.
The Relevance Score tells you how well the job opportunity matches your search term or terms.
When not logged in, the system is limited to one search term. Scores for single term matches are usually lower.
When you register, log in, and set up multiple terms prioritized by importance, the jobs found for you will receive a much higher Relevance Score.