Youth Skills Coach

About the role

The Youth Skills Coach plays a crucial role in facilitating various programs aimed at youth aged 6-17 years old. This position involves recruiting and retaining community partners and youth, and providing both curricular and non-curricular programming.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and retain community partners and the youth they serve, to participate in Youth Leadership Development curriculum, PHSR curriculum, and ancillary services.
• Facilitate the above-listed curricula to youth in community-based groups and within the BCFS offices.
• Complete intake assessments and pre- and post-tests required by the program.
• Ensure a welcoming and deliberately inclusive environment for all participants.
• Participate in the annual Community Strengths and Needs Assessment process, including distributing surveys, facilitating focus groups and interviews, providing direct feedback, and compiling/analyzing program data.
• Continuously abide by Positive Youth Development framework principles and employ Trust Based Relational Intervention strategies.
• Frequently works evenings and weekends to accommodate the needs of student participants.
• Train in and facilitate other program curricula, including violence prevention, independent living skills development, and substance use prevention content.
• Maintain BCFS HHS professional and ethical standards of conduct outlined in the employee handbook.
• Meet or exceed enrollment numbers and meeting frequency (either in-person or virtually when approved) specified by the grant.
• Maintain 95% quality assurance compliance, including timely and accurate data entry, curricula and TBRI fidelity adherence, form completion, budget adherence/financial reporting, and other reporting as required by the program.
• Maintain 85% or more positive youth satisfaction survey scores.
• 90% or more of youth instructed by this position demonstrate increased knowledge following life skills instruction.
• 90% or more of youth instructed by this position demonstrate attitudinal change following life skills instruction.
• 100% of youth participating in programming remain safe and do not participate in delinquent behavior while receiving services.
• Demonstrate the ability to: Respond sensitively and competently to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics. Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English. Work in a fast-paced environment. Maintain computer literacy required to meet the responsibilities of the position. Work effectively and without intensive supervision both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team. Travel as needed.

Requirements

• Maintain certificates required for the position including but not limited to First Aid and CPR.
• Valid Texas Driver’s license with a clear driving record and reliable transportation.
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen and random drug screens.
• Provide proof or work eligibility status upon request.
• Pass a pre-employment and biennial criminal background and motor vehicle check (fingerprints needed if applicant has lived out of state within the past 5 years).

Qualifications

• Education: Required – Associate’s degree from an accredited college/university in a related field. Preferred – Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in one of the following areas: social work, psychology, education or any human services field.
• Experience: Required – 2 years of experience working with youth aged 6-17 years old.