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YouthPlaces
Job Description
For
Coach
(Part-Time Position)

Location: 2934 Smallman Street, 2nd floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Reports To: Program Director

Summary
YouthPlaces is a non-profit organization that services at-risk youth ages 12-18 in seventeen different City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County neighborhoods by providing after-school and summer programs. We promote positive development of youth as a means of enhancing their potential to become productive adults.

The Coach must:
· Actively work and involve youth in site-based programs that support their academic achievement and personal development
Outreach and mentor to community youth and connect them with the curriculum and various resources

Key Responsibilities:
Help develop strategies to recruit youth to participate in youth programs year round

· Help create effective skill building programs utilizing our curriculum
· Facilitate group mentoring sessions a minimum of

twice a week (with some sites up to four times)

· Monitor day-to-day behavior of youth & their participation in program activities

· Help develop goal plans/service plans with youth whom have been identified

· Review goal plans, attendance, participation, progress and

create intervention & prevention plans with youth bi-weekly

· Work with schools and site staff to assess and document youth progress

Additional Responsibilities:
· Work with and coordinate community partnerships/resources
· Work with site staff to develop and implement programs
· Complete required documentation and reports as required
· Must participate in monthly staff meetings, trainings, and site visits

Qualifications:
· Experience working with at-risk youth & community organizations would be a plus
· Degree in or majoring in Education/Social Service/Counseling, etc also a plus
· Must be able to pass act 33/34 clearances

Salary

$15/hour

Please send resume to Tyra Good, Program Director, via e-mail to tgood@youthplaces.org

or via fax to 412-281-6683 by Friday, September 3, 2004.