Geneva Center: Youth Mentor

JOB DESCRIPTION:  Mentor

TIME COMMITMENT:  24-40 hours a week 

REPORTS TO:  Shift Supervisor

Job Type: At-Will Employee

Pay: Starting $17.00+ an hour, based on training, education, and experience 

A Mentor is directly responsible for the physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, educational, social, safety and security needs of each student, and to work together with other staff as a team  

 Duties and Responsibilities:

• Becoming competent in all Mentor Essentials
• Obtaining and maintaining required certifications such as CPI, CPR, First Aid, Food Handlers, Telos Employee Handbook, etc.
• Establishing healthy relationships and boundaries with students assigned to your Q
• Performing assigned “eyes-on-student” Q15 checks, and documenting checks immediately
• Coaching and Assisting students to achieve their daily basics (Cooperation, Care, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility)
• Coaching and Assisting students in the accomplishment of daily chores and hygiene by working beside them, giving them support, and holding them accountable
• Coaching and Assisting students with Geneva program requirements, policies, and procedures
• Enforcing rules and statuses while on shift - do not hand this off to the next shift
• Monitoring and carrying out consequences under the direction of the Shift Supervisor
• Handing off a clean, organized, and presentable House to the next shift
• Attending the Passdown Meeting, reviewing the Q’s and schedules, and completing Daily Charting for Q students on before the end of shift, and IR’s as required
• Supporting and assisting other Telos departments in their duties (Clinical, Nursing, Telos Academy, Maintenance, Transports, PrTMS, Food Prep, etc.)
• Participating on assigned committees or special assignments
• Assisting with AWOLS, whether or not on shift
• Calling Support Teams, and initiating and participating in CPI compliant therapeutic holds and restraints

 Qualifications:

• Ideal for former athletes, coaches, military personnel, or those comfortable with confrontation and de-escalation
• Requires strong presence, emotional control, and ability to influence behavior in real time
• Exceptional relationship skills
• Timely, dependable, reliable
• Ability to hold appropriate boundaries.
• Ability to receive and carry out instruction.
• Genuine care and concern for others
• Drivers license
• Can pass a BCI
• College education preferred