Group Facilitator

About Rising Ground

Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. Each year, Rising Ground positively impacts the lives of more than 72,000 individuals through 101 programs across 138 sites in New York City and Westchester. Our strong commitment to diversity is reflected in our staff, which mirrors the communities we serve.

Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.

About The Role

JustUs is an ACS-funded Gender Responsive Diversion Program facilitated by Rising Ground. This holistic, gender-responsive initiative serves girls, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary (TGNBNC) youth who are involved in, or at high risk of involvement in, the youth justice system. Grounded in healing-centered and anti-oppressive practice, JustUs integrates highly skilled individual coaching, evidence-based clinical interventions, group-based programming, economic empowerment skill-building, and community-building spaces. All elements of the program are intentionally designed to support young people in cultivating leadership skills, building self-reliance, developing healthy social relationships, avoiding engagement in criminalized behaviors, and enhancing their educational and employment opportunities.

The Part-Time Group Facilitator provides youth-driven, healing-centered, and anti-oppressive clinical and emotional support within a group setting and contributes to the development of a program designed to serve as a national model.

Your Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and values collaboration
• Strategic thinker with sound judgment and the ability to implement program vision
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback effectively
• Strong attention to detail, systems, and processes
• Flexible, accountable, independent team member with passion and humor
• Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered and anti-oppressive stance
• Lived experience within systems impacting program participants (including the youth justice or criminal legal system) strongly preferred but not required

What You’ll Do

• Aid in the development and implementation of group curriculum for TGNBNC youth
• Intentionally recruit and engage young people within the program for cohort-based groups
• Co-facilitate groups on topics including identity exploration, activism, healthy relationships, and leadership development
• Participate in a rotating schedule to help staff the Teen Hub on weekends
• Collaborate and coordinate with project staff and external stakeholders
• Participate in weekly supervision, team meetings, group supervision, and required meetings
• Maintain accurate and timely program documentation, case files, and funder reports
• Perform other duties as assigned