Director-Education & Career Resources; Walsh

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Join our team today! At Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, we are dedicated to empowering youth, fostering hope, and creating brighter futures. Our mission is to be advocates, educators, coaches, and role models for the youth we serve. We strongly believe that every young individual deserves a chance to thrive and reach their full potential.

As one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Chicago according to the Chicago Tribune for the past 13 consecutive years, Mercy Home prides itself on prioritizing the growth and well-being of our team. We provide comprehensive training as well as ongoing professional development opportunities throughout your time here.

If you're passionate, driven, and dedicated to making the world a better place, then we want you on our team. The committed workers at Mercy Home provide healing, guidance, and opportunity to young men and women in need.

You will manage education and career resources, in conjunction with clinical interventions offered through Residential Programs, to promote positive youth development. Provide supervision and support to the After School Programs, Post-Secondary Options, Career Resources and Education Resources team on the Walsh campus and actively collaborate with other department co-workers.

• Develop, implement, manage and monitor all operational, administrative and programmatic processes and activities related to education planning for youth.
• With Vice President and Directors, identify new elementary and high schools (private, charter, CPS, therapeutic, alternative), and update and maintain database for use by Education Resources Coordinators as new schools are identified.
• With Vice President and Directors, create presentations to introduce identified new school options to the department
• Establish professional relationships with area schools where residential youth can be enrolled
• Ensure that youth’s educational needs are assessed in a trauma-informed manner.
• Ensure holistic education treatment to support, and develop academic and social-emotional skills for youth in collaboration with program treatment team
• Identify educational resources (both for internal and external use by Youth) to be utilized by program and youth as supplemental resources during the school year and summer months.
• Actively collaborate with youth’s treatment team to ensure matriculation to next grade level
• Advocate for specialized academic supports, i.e. 504 Plans, IEP’s, paraprofessionals to support youth’s academic progression

• Collaborate with the After School Programs (educational and enrichment programs and Craft Cottage) team to plan and execute programming to enrich youth.
• Knowledge of After School Programs resources and offerings for each program and how these will provide support to educational progress and interpersonal development of youth
• Ensure successful implementation of Executive Functions program.
• Ensure ASP offerings support the overall treatment plan for youth
• Collaborate with community resources to develop consistent partnerships for individual youth and entire Walsh Campus enrichment.
• Communicate effectively across departments, as necessary, regarding need for new tutors and any on-going tutor challenges that may be addressed during the application process moving forward.
• Ensure that the tutoring program effectively meets the educational needs of youth.
• Plan and execute Summer Enrichment program.

• Develop, implement, manage and monitor all operational, administrative and programmatic processes and activities related to career and post-secondary education planning for youth.
• Oversee implementation of Financial Literacy and Job Skills Training.
• Ensure consistent career readiness programming with West Loop Campus (Career Cruising, job skills activities, etc)
• Support youth as they develop job skills, attain on campus or off-campus work/internships, and develop aspirations for career development.
• Oversee payroll for all Mercy Home youth employment.
• Support and implement the policy and philosophy of the program and Agency, which…