Professional Mentor

Friends of the Children Lane County is a vibrant active chapter of a 30yearold national professional mentoring organization. Our model is proven to break the cycle of generational poverty for children who face the most barriers by providing paid professional mentors to work with youth for 12 years fromkindergarten through high school graduation no matter what.

Friends Lane County is looking for passionate committed Professional Mentors (who we call Friends) to support our mission. AFriendworks intensively with eight 8 children as a positive adult role model to develop a caring trusting and sustained relationship with each child. Friendswill work primarily oneonone with their children. Eligible candidates will be fierce advocates for children and will be equally effective in working with parents and caregivers to achieve their hopes and dreams.

At Friends of the Children Lane County we put children first and use our values to change the way the world treats and views youth facing great a Friend you will nurture longterm relationships from a foundation of love empowerment and diligence.

Are you looking to make a difference in the lives of children who need it most

We will hire extraordinary individuals who have knowledge of Lane County and are looking to develop intensive longterm trusting relationships with children in our innovative program. A Friend will work with eight 8 children and will:

• Set positive expectations.
• Nurture and promote the childs individual strengths talents and abilities.
• Help assure physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Teach life and academic skills.
• Provide enrichment activities.
• Model responsible behavior.
• Document activities and participate in an ongoing evaluation process.
• Simultaneously manage multiple priorities to ensure goals are met in a timely manner.

Friends spend approximately four 4 hours per week in service to each child and will report directly to the Program Director.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 2 or 4year degree plus one to three years experience working/volunteering with children mentoring experience is preferred.
• Alternatively comparable work experience with youth in a professional social service; education or therapeutic setting or work with trauma impacted families.
• Experience with traumainformed care.
• Experience with utilizing social and emotional learning curricula.
• Superior scheduling and time management skills.
• Data entry and database management skills.

What youll experience:

• Youll be part of a friendly and collaborative workplace where worklife balance is respected.
• Youll be part of a dynamic and supportive national network with a proven evidencebased mentoring model.
• Youll have new challenges daily. We commit to supporting you in every way helping you serve our kids and keeping your batteries charged.
• Youll be supported through training around working with traumaimpacted populations effective behavioral health interventions and a wide range of other topics.
• Most of all youll play a critical role in helping Lane Countys children facing great barriers change the trajectories of their lives!

Work hours are flexible and will vary depending on the needs of the youth. Friends must provide their own childsafe vehicle and insurance; we reimburse for mileage.

If you are this amazing person heres what we have to offer:

Position Details

Salary: $44500

Comprehensive Benefits Package including healthcare dental paid vacation sick leave and 401(k).

Timing:

Friends of the Children has some flexibility in the start date for this position with the potential to hire immediately but can also consider a delayed start date for applicants that may have existing summer obligations.

Intrigued Want to know moreTo learn more about the positions responsibilities and qualifications see below:

The following statements are intended to describethe general nature and level of work to be performed by individuals assigned tothis position. They are not intended as a comprehensive list of allresponsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Core Job Accountabilities:

• Develop and sustain a long term caring trusting and accepting relationship with each child.
• Spend time with children oneonone and in the classroom.
• Develop maintain and follow a Roadmap or Smart Goals for each child.
• Set ageappropriate expectations and goals based on each childs strengths talents abilities and needs.
• Teach life skills and healthy habits to contribute both to basic development and learning and to contribute to building positive selfidentity.
• Develop a talent/skill/area of interest with each child to experience growing confidence.
• Provide enrichment resources and activities which include opportunities for cultural awareness diversity and community service.
• Contribute to children acquiring social competencies including interpersonal competence resistance skills peaceful conflict resolution behavioral management skills empathy respect for others.
• Develop positive supports including relationships with families teachers and others involved in each childs life.
• Reinforce basic academic skills and commitment to learning.
• Model and promote positive values including good problem solving and decisionmaking skills.
• Participate in the programming and resources available through the organization effectively utilizing program resources to meet the needs of each child.
• Maintain spending within budgetary guidelines.
• Complete distribute and collect time summaries activity journals short term plans expense reports and evaluation materials accurately and in a timely manner.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings and staff functions.
• Provide information and support to the development team and related activities as needed.
• Fulfill other responsibilities as required.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to partner with parents/caregiver to provide concrete and social emotional support for the family.
• Ability to connect with and develop trusting relationships with children families teachers and others involved in each childs support network.
• Ability to relate to children and to develop and sustain trusting supportive relationships with them.
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• Demonstrated ability to work with children in varied capacities and settings to help them learn and grow.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and communicate appropriately within the workplace.
• Ability to use creativity and initiative in planning activities to continually develop children.
• Ability to work independently in diverse environments with limited supervision.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Ability to manage several concurrent issues and solve problems effectively exercising appropriate discretion and judgment.
• Ability to set goals and develop plans to meet those goals to ensure the development of each child.
• Ability to selforganize and create an effective system to keep track of youth and families in your cohort.
• Ability to complete administrative tasks accurately and on time.
• Ability to handle high mobility and driving demands safely and with good judgment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; organizational and time management skills.
• Basic computer and keyboarding skills proficiency with email systems familiarity with MS Outlook and Access (or other database applications).
• Ability to exercise good judgment independently in various situations and environments and under varying levels of stress.
• Bilingual or Multilingual is a plus.
• Willingness to obtain or work towards a QMHA certification.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Maintain current drivers license good driving record and vehicle insurance.
• Maintain First Aid/CPR certification.
• Transport children in well maintained personal vehicle as required for mentoring activities.

Working Hours and Conditions:

This is a fulltime exempt position. Due to the nature of aFriendsrole the work hours are somewhat nontraditional and include late afternoon and evening work and possibly weekends. We recognize that eachFriendsworking schedule will balance the various elements of a unique role the needs of the individual children and families and the Chapters schedule. Each Friend is expected to exercise appropriate discretion in this regard. The Program requires that you see each of your assigned children both in and outside of school for an average of four hours each week although how you accomplish that is at your discretion within established Program guidelines.

Because deep relationships will develop between the Mentor/Friend and their youth we ask that candidates be willing to commit to the work for at least three years.

Education and Experience Required:

2 or 4year degree plus one to three years experience working/volunteering with children mentoring experience is preferred.

• Alternatively comparable work experience with youth in a professional social service; education or therapeutic setting or work with trauma impacted families.

Benefits:

Friends of the Children Lane County cares about the health and wellbeing of our employees We offer generous vacation and sick leave paid time off paid holidays a comprehensive medical benefits package a 401(k)retirement plan and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Employees can add optional plans at employee expense which include medical coverage for dependents a Flexible Spending Account and supplemental life insurance.

Compensation:

$44500 annually

Friends of the Children Lane County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The equal employment opportunity policy of Friends of the Children Lane County provides fair and equal opportunities for all employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable federal state and local law. Friends of the Children Lane County hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.