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.
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