Residential Therapeutic Mentor

Residential Therapeutic Mentor

Service Workers Bremo Bluff, VA, US

7 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $40,000.00 to $48,000.00 annually

Serve as a positive role model for youth, providing support, coaching, training, and supervision within a healthy, positive relationship. This person will primarily mentor female residents. This is a full‑time role with a salary range of $40,000 to $48,000 depending on experience.

• Work with youth to develop interpersonal, communication, social, and problem‑solving skills, as well as age‑appropriate behaviors and constructive use of leisure time.
• Primary group homes served will be Mountain View, Fair Meadows, and Spring Garden. Charlottesville & Fluvanna Areas.
• Work closely with the Program Director to support the youth and meet their needs.
• Provide and supervise recreational and social activities based on the goals established collaboratively with the youth, parents, and placing agency.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of youth, flexibility, a non‑threatening manner, respect for youth’s autonomy, confidentiality, socio‑cultural values, personal goals, lifestyle choices, and family interactions, and appropriate professional boundaries and ethics.
• Provide the number of hours per month/week contracted by the placing agency and as needed.
• Complete session progress notes for each session and provide to supervisor, as required.
• Attend FAPT, treatment team, or family engagement meetings as requested by supervisor.
• Maintain current certification in CPR and First Aid.
• Maintain a driving record that meets the requirements of Elk Hill.
• Maintain liability coverage, at the level required by Elk Hill, on personal auto insurance policy.
• Participate in face‑to‑face supervision with supervisor at least once per month.
• Work cooperatively with all Elk Hill staff to improve the quality of the whole organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Residential:
  Ability to support constructive family contact and involvement in community activities as appropriate.
• Resi:
  Ability to engage, support, and work effectively with others, including but not limited to the treatment team and other internal and external stakeholders.
• The temperament to work with, and care for, children and families with special needs.
• Must demonstrate sensitivity to Elk Hill’s service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Ability to work independently and without direct supervision.
• Ability to provide timely, thorough and accurate documentation of mentoring activities as required.
• Experience working with children and/or adolescents.
• Willingness to travel and work non‑traditional business hours.
• Exhibit consistent personal integrity in dealings with youth, families, co‑workers, and agency personnel.

• Must have up‑to‑date certification in the facility’s Behavior Management Program and have the willingness and ability to apply such skills as needed and/or required in the day‑to‑day interactions with youth (training provided).
• Must have up‑to‑date certifications in approved courses for CPR/First Aid (training provided).
• Must have a valid certificate in an approved medication aide training class (training provided).
• Maintain valid driver's license and good driving record.
• High‑School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Ability and willingness to physically perform all functions of the facility’s Behavior Management Program.
• Good physical health and remain current with annual TB screening and other certifications.
• Ability to traverse inside and outside of the property, and other locations, including uneven terrain and stairs.
• Periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to engage in various.
• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds, regularly lift up to 15 pounds.

• Periodic transportation of a client as needed or required.
• Frequent travel to other locations as needed or required.

Inclusive culture is at the forefront of what we do at Elk Hill, and we enforce respectful communication and cooperation between all. Elk Hill does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex…