Site Supervisor/Teacher

About the role

The Youth Mentoring Program (YMP) is a unique employment and professional development program for the high school age children of eligible 1199SEIU members. It aims to expose youth to the many opportunities available in the health care professions and encourage them to pursue the educational paths leading to employment in the field. The program supports youth in developing life skills such as financial literacy, decision making, goal setting, social emotional learning concepts, and time management.

Essential Duties

• Responsible for the implementation of the YMP program and oversight of their assigned participants at their host hospital or nursing home
• Facilitate the Professional Development Program seminars and provide instruction based on the approved curriculum
• Foster positive working relationships with participants, YMP staff, and institutional contacts
• Foster positive relationships with participant site mentors and unit supervisors
• Diffuse and manage challenging situations between participants and site staff
• Maintain and ensure proper program attendance processes including tracking absent interns
• Create and submit activities/lesson plans for review as requested
• Complete Weekly Activity Sheets to reflect participant progress and session feedback
• Meet each intern on a regular basis to support and monitor their progress
• Conduct participant evaluation process
• Discuss issues, concerns related to the intern with their assigned Regional Coordinators and YMP administrative staff (as necessary)
• Attend all staff training and meetings
• Identify resources and guest speakers to serve as career role models for professional development

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 years previous work experience with youth aged 14 – 18-year-old; group/workshop facilitation a plus
• Strong teaching, counseling, and youth development experience
• Strong group/class management experience
• Workshop planning, implementation, and facilitation experience
• Ability to connect with youth, diffuse conflicts, mediate resolution of conflicts, and provide support to participants necessary
• Familiarity with social, emotional, learning, and executive function concepts
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with a variety of stakeholders
• Familiar with trends in youth development, workplace literacy, healthcare, and cultural competency