Juv Justice Yth Mntr SUBS

For over 50 years, MHMR has provided community‑based services for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), mental‑health conditions, and substance‑use disorders, as well as babies and young children with developmental delays. MHMR employees use a person‑centered approach to fulfill the mission:
We Change Lives! Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.

Have you felt called to walk alongside teenagers who are struggling to figure out who they are and who they want to be? Are you passionate about serving others and making an impact that’s bigger than yourself? If so, come join us and experience the most rewarding career of your life!

The Juvenile Justice (JJ) Youth Mentor provides mentoring services on weeknights, weekends, and weekend evenings to moderate and high‑risk youth and families to support youth’s efforts in successfully completing their probationary period and reducing recidivism by providing academic support, emotional development, and opportunities for pro‑social activities and prosocial peer engagement. In this role, JJ Youth Mentor will work closely with youth and families involved with Tarrant County Juvenile Services (TCJS) and other team members.

JJ Youth Mentor will also maintain frequent communication with the youth probation officer (as necessary) and provide written monthly updates about the youth’s progress and the services they are receiving. JJ Youth Mentor will provide individualized, trauma‑informed, culturally, and linguistically competent community‑based services to the individuals we serve.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma/GED

Preferences: Lived experience navigating the juvenile justice system;
Bilingual – Spanish;
Candidates with unique skill sets with varied educational level preferred

License/

Certifications:

Valid Texas Driver’s License

MHMR offers an excellent and competitive benefits package designed to support the wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits include a retirement plan with company matching, day one PTO accrual, ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday, employee assistance programs, and comprehensive wellness programs that promote physical, mental, and financial health. MHMR is committed to your future; we’re a qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs which offers long‑term financial relief opportunities for eligible team members.

We are committed to providing strong, meaningful benefits that make a real difference in the lives of employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work‑life balance, personal wellbeing, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.

• We Connect People in Our Community
• We Provide Access to Services
• We Link People to Resources
• We Empower People

• Respect for people who are active in planning their services
• Recovery is a life‑long process of better health
• Success as positive outcomes for each person
• Participation of people and their families in the process
• Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
• Safe, ethical, and cost‑effective services
• Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial, and organizational fields
• Collaboration with other organizations for better services
• Compassion, trauma‑informed care, and safety practices including suicide safe care.

MHMR offers maximum compensation for each position based on candidates’ education, experience, and internal equities of the agency. This practice reduces potential for biases in compensation and assists hires and/or promotions on pay equity in their appropriate position(s) at MHMR.

MHMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MHMR prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, covered veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. This applies to all agency employment practices and decisions, including but not limited to, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, transferring, reassigning, promoting, demoting, compensation, benefits, terminating and other terms and conditions of employment.