Student Mentor Coordinator (SPURS)

Description

JOB TITLE: Student Mentor Coordinator (SPURS)

LOCATION: Heppner or Boardman

FLSA: .875 FTE (35 hours/wk until October of 2025) will then drop to .75 FTE (30 hours/wk)

SUPERVISOR: Clinical Supervisor/Director or Site Manager depending on location

PAY GRADE: B05 ($18.65 - $25.77 per hour, depending on experience)

Community Counseling Solutions provides a team-based Servant Leadership environment! Located in Eastern Oregon with year-round recreation based near the Columbia River and at the base of the Blue Mountains. Big city amenities in rural family-oriented communities. 

Apply Directly at https://ccswebsite.org/employment/
 

Our mission is to provide dynamic, progressive, and diverse supports to improve the well-being of our communities and we’re looking for motivated employees to help us continue our vision!

 CCS has a benefit package including, but not limited to:

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 6% initial 401K match
• Potential for tuition reimbursement
• Generous paid vacation, floating holiday, mental health days, etc. 
• Paid holidays
• Relocation Benefit of up to $4,000 if moving over 100 miles, $ depending on distance
• Student loan forgiveness
• Paid licensure supervision.
• Employee Assistance & Wellness Benefits 

DESCRIPTION

Coordinates the student mentor program. Works closely with schools to identify, screen and assign student mentors to identified students who would benefit from mentoring. Develops/identifies activities for mentors to use when working with students that will facilitate healthy communication skills, relationship building and positive school and home interactions, and life choices. This position will understand and respect each client’s point of view, experiences and preferences, and work with other CCS staff to maximize client choice, self-determination and decision making. 

SUPERVISION

Supervision Received

Depending upon location, this position is supervised by either the Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Director, or Site Manager. 

Supervision Exercised

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with schools to identify and screen perspective mentors and mentees. Work closely with HR to enroll perspective mentors as volunteers.
• Train mentors on what it means to be a student mentor and appropriate roles/activities. Pair mentors with mentees.
• Provide ongoing training and coordinating to mentors, ensuring that mentors are working within scope and providing quality mentoring services.
• Participate and attend on-going trainings, conferences and workshops, when needed or requested.
• Complete evaluation surveys, as requested.
•  Recognize role as a mandated reporter and report any problematic issues.
•  Ensure accurate, timely and complete documentation of all documents and subsequent data entry when required.
•  Maintain updated rosters for all mentees in the group. Serve as a back-up resource for all mentors in the group. Participate as requested in supervision.
•  Create monthly Coordinator reports.
•  Adhere to all program policies and procedures.
•  Provide transportation to mentors/mentees when recommended to assist clients in access to services or when providing mentoring activities in the community.
•  Communicate regularly with supervisor and other members of the team and get constructive feedback regarding mentoring activities.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and/or Experience

This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certifications

No certifications are required for this position.

Other Skills and Abilities

•  Be encouraging and supportive of the mentor.
•  Work with mentors to build self-esteem and motivation.
•  Must have the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
•  Serve as a positive role model by modeling desirable behaviors—e.g. patience, tolerance, dependability, reliability, and reflective listening.
•  Ability to develop positive working relationships with team members, co-workers, community partners, and the public.
•  Ability to lead a team of diverse individuals.
•  Ability to represent CCS within the community and at State or regional meetings, including the ability to speak in public and make presentations for a wide variety of public meetings.
•  Must have excellent typing skills, knowledge of basic office software programs and ability to effectively use such software.
•  Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats. Must have the ability to present and exchange information internally across teams and co-workers, and externally with customers and the public. Information communicated ranges from routine/basic to complex and confidential information.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537 and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007-0380.

In addition to a pre-employment background check, each employee, volunteer and contractor shall be checked on a monthly basis against the OIG and GSA exclusion lists, as well as other federal and state agency lists. If it is discovered that an employee, volunteer or contractor is excluded or sanctioned it will be the cause for immediate termination of employment, volunteering, or the termination of the contract.

PERSONAL AUTO INSURANCE

Must hold a valid driver’s license as well as personal auto insurance for privately owned Vehicles utilized for CCS business such as client service purposes, travel between business offices and the community, to attend required meetings and trainings.

Must show proof of $300,000 or more liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage, and maintain said level of coverage for the duration of employment at CCS.

The employee’s insurance is primary with CCS insurance being secondary. CCS reserves the right to deny any employee the use of a vehicle owned by CCS.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use office automation including computer and phone systems that require find manipulation, grasping, typing and reaching.

The employee is also regularly required to sit; talk and hear; use hands and fingers and handle, smell or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel and/or squat when adjusting equipment or retrieving supplies.

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in an office environment and in many community settings such as schools, other public agencies and community groups in a variety of locations. The noise level is usually moderate, but occasionally may be exposed to loud noise such as raised voice levels and alarms.

This position is exposed to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as an office (i.e., moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and electrical shock).

Community Counseling Solutions

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