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Eliot Community Human Services Bilingual Therapeutic Mentor - Fee For Service/Per diem in Saugus, Massachusetts

Description

Eliot is currently seeking Bilingual (English with Spanish, Mandarin, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Arabic) fee for service therapeutic mentor to act as a positive role model, to engage the youth in activities, to meet with them and their families in their home. Ideal candidates should be self directed, motivated, creative and have experience mentoring youth.

Our Child, Youth and Family Behavioral Health Services encompass multiple service systems that include: Intensive Care Coordination, Family Support and Training, In-Home Therapy, Therapeutic Mentoring, Outpatient Counseling and Psychiatry, & other community based programming. Service delivery is collaborative, family driven & youth guided, with a focus on individual & family strengths, needs, & preferences.

Responsibilities:

  • Offer youth structured, one-to-one, strength-based support services for the purpose of addressing daily living, social and communication needs.

  • Assist the youth in developing communication skills, enhancing conflict resolution skills and teaching of pro-social strategies through targeted activities.

  • Support, coach and train the youth in age-appropriate behaviors, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution, and relating appropriately to other children and adolescents and adults in recreational and social activities pursuant to a behavioral health treatment plan.

  • Expose youth to social situations in which age appropriate skills can be acquired and practiced, through role playing and behavioral rehearsals.

  • Provide services to the youth in the home and the community.

  • Engage the youth in activities that teach alternative strategies, develop communication skills, and enhance conflict resolution skills.

  • Meet with the youth’s family to share skill building activities, update on progress and engage in treatment goals.Meet established productivity target.

  • Acquire training in areas that will enhance skill base including: Wraparound, Community Resources and Services, Trauma Informed Care, behavior management support and interventions and safety planning.

Schedule: Varied

Pay rate: $23.59 per hour(includes a 6% bilingual incentive).

Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.

Qualifications

Skills

Preferred

  • Experience with population: Intermediate

  • Computer Software Skills: Intermediate

  • Communication Skills: Intermediate

Behaviors

Preferred

  • Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

  • Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

  • High School or better

Preferred

  • Bachelors or better in Psychology

Licenses & Certifications

Required

  • MA Driver's License

Experience

Preferred

  • 1 year: Working with youth
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