Behavioral Health Mentor | Healthy Transitions Program

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. 

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Job Description

• Regularly check on target students’ attendance, grades and behavior, providing regular feedback to students, communicate regularly with families and initiate efforts to keep youth engaged in school.  

•  Collaborate with adults already involved with youth- such as teachers, care coordinators, counselors, probation officers, and social workers 

• Communicate regularly with teachers to gather and share information about student progress 

• Facilitate communication and promote problem solving between home and school. Contact parents via phone, home visits, and email to share information and develop plans to re-engage students in school and promote school success 

• Determine and document student progress and mentor efforts on a regular basis 

• Attend staff meetings and student meetings as required 

• Communicate in a timely manner with student, parents, supervisors and school personnel 

• Serve as a positive role model to mentees 

• Have the ability to establish and maintain professional boundaries with students, parents, teachers, peers, and supervisor 

• Be the ability to interact professionally with representatives of the organizations, agencies and schools  

• Have a strong interest in working to solve problems in the target schools 

• Possess effective communication skills 

• Possess good organizational and the ability to follow through with assigned tasks 

• Be flexible in accepting service assignments 

• Be willing to work independently and/or as a team in addressing community issues 

• Be truthful and timely in reporting your service hours 

• Be able to respond quickly to any inquiries made by supervisors 

• Interest in working with high school students and families 

• Ability and willingness to work with families and adults using a non-blaming approach 

• Reliable means of transportation  

• Interns may also be assigned to individuals who are not currently in school to assist with connecting program participants to resources that will assist with employment and/or alternative education to achieve High School Diploma.  

• Interns will provide support to all mentees assigned to assist in overcoming obstacles.  

Qualifications

Current enrollment or recent graduate of an Associate or Bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university.

Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
 

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. 

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