Youth Program Specialist
Youth Program Specialist
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Job Description
Department: Our Club
Reports to: Youth Program Coordinator
Employment Type: InPerson FullTime Hourly NonExempt
Schedule: 9:00am6:00pm MondayFriday on school days 7:30am5:30pm MondayFriday on school out days
About Our House
Our House empowers homeless and nearhomeless families and individuals to succeed in the workforce in school and in life through hard work wise decisionmaking and active participation in the community. The Our House team has defined a set of seven Guiding Principles that characterize our culture and that we intentionally seek to uphold: Hard Work Wise DecisionMaking Community Initiative Integrity Safety and Heart.
About the Role
You will be responsible for providing a safe and enriching outofschool time program for Kindergarten12th grade in accordance with Arkansas Minimum Licensing Standards for School Age Programs. Our Club operates every day after school and all day during school breaks (winter break spring break summer break) and teacher inservice days. Additionally the Youth Program Specialist will incorporate the twogeneration approach to ensure families enrolled in our programs have access to Our Club services and family support.
What Youll Do
- Integrate Positive Youth Development in our program including physical and emotional safety appropriate structure and schedule supportive relationships opportunities to belong positive social norms opportunities for community service opportunities for skill building and the integration of family school and community
- Create an enriching fun and safe environment for youth and families in Our Club
- Ensure that best practices are used in the classroom actively seek youth input and observe a traumainformed approach to engaging with youth and families
- Supervise AmeriCorps Members and ensure that programmatic norms and procedures are followed in the classroom
- Integrate special needs youth in a positive and respectful manner
- Support the meal service by providing meals to youth and completing paperwork
- Maintain clean and organized classroom and program spaces
- Observe and enforce safety procedures when working on and offcampus
- Support academic success of youth and help bridge the gap between school and home
- Help youth with homework and tutoring when needed and incorporate Arkansas Department of Education K12 Frameworks
- Conduct local school visits to build relationships with youth and school partners
- Implement SPARK Curriculum (Our Clubs social emotional curriculum)
- Plan enrichment activities that engage youth and integrate a twogeneration approach.
- Develop programming and interest clubs in areas of STEAM Sports & Fitness Youth Voice/Leadership Literacy Life Skills Sex Education Financial Literacy
- Supervise the implementation of enrichment activities by AmeriCorps Members.
- Plan and execute fun and educational field trips during school breaks and outofschool days
- Plan special events like Family Fun Night Parenting Education Black History Program
- Regularly communicate with parents about youth needs successes and progress
- Communicate through the program communication app Bloomz
- Discuss youths development and behavior with supervisor and parents on a daily basis as needed
- Collaborate with other Our House teams including Case Managers and Mental Health Therapists about shared client needs goals and available resources
- Maintain important program documents including youth signin/signout sheet records program bulletin boards and monthly calendars and newsletters for Literacy
- Assist with data tracking performance measurement and complete required professional development for Our Club
- Conduct literacy assessments collect quarterly report cards and complete Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire assessments to measure progress
- Monitor attendance and input youth daily attendance into Our House Database
- Attend at least 30 hours of professional development each year including participating in Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA).
- Follow all grant requirements and Arkansas Minimum Licensing requirements
- Conduct other duties as assigned to fulfill Our Houses mission
What Youll Bring
- Ability to work effectively with diverse staff parents and community members
- Actionoriented entrepreneurial adaptable and innovative approach to planning
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
- Passion idealism integrity positive attitude missiondriven and selfdirection
- Some supervisory experience with youth and staff
- Ability to develop relationships with the youth and nurture them through behavior and family challenges
Requirements
- High School diploma required; Bachelors degree preferred
- A background or college courses in education social work or psychology preferred
- At least 2 years of experience working with youth is required
- Ability to swim is preferred
- Obtain CPR / First Aid certification within first 90 days of employment
- Must be able to lift 30 lbs
- Complete Youth Worker Certification within 6 months of hire
- Complete the Arkansas New Staff Orientation within 90 days of hire
- Must be able to pass criminal background checks child and adult maltreatment registry checks sex offender registry checks and a preemployment drug screen
Benefits & Perks
- Insurance benefits are available on the first day of the month following start date:
- 95% employerpaid premiums for employee health insurance
- Optional employeepaid dental vision and life insurance
- 401(k) match up to 4% after one year of employment
- 10 days of annual leave and 10 holidays per year including a birthday holiday
- 15 days additional leave for requirements of life
- Employee Assistance Program
- Eligible for tuition discount at UA Little Rock
Our House is a drugfree workplace.
Our House is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. People of color and members of the LGBTQ community are encouraged to apply.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
