Building Your Power Mentor | Alexandria Court Service Unit

 

Building Your Power Mentor
Location: Alexandria, VA
Job Number: 2024-00443
Salary: $23.46 Hourly
Closing Date: June 12, 2024

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
• Mentors will work one-on-one with up to three youths to build social, emotional, and academic skills needed to help them thrive
• 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