Prevention and Training Facilitator

full time, hourly, non-exempt, in-person position, some weekend and evening (rotation)

$62,188–$68,900

misssey, works to prevent girls and gender-expansive youth from ever entering circumstances of sexual exploitation and violence. We also support young people who are experiencing exploitation to exit. Once they’ve exited, we partner with them so that they may avoid re-entering sexually exploitative circumstances and live free of harmful transactional relationships. As an organization, we value healing, youth voice, integrity, and relationships.

Our service model is focused on healing through trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and youth-focused approaches. We recognize the crucial voices of survivors in facilitating healing in victims of commercial sexual exploitation and the value of young people empowering other young people. Our work with youth is a partnership, helping them transition from victim to survivor to leader, encouraging their long-term stability and success in whatever path they choose.

Misssey believes that with the right opportunities and support, youth can overcome the circumstances of their exploitation and thrive.

for more information about misssey, please go to our website ssey.org.

misssey is excited to continue expanding our training institute team by adding a prevention and training facilitator.

the prevention and training facilitator reports to the training institute manager and plays a vital role in misssey’s systemic change and community-facing work, interfacing with youth, community members, and youth-serving organizations.

1) delivery and facilitation of workshops to vulnerable youth, while providing a safe space for participants to reflect, discover and co-create the knowledge necessary to prevent sexual exploitation and trafficking of youth before it begins and

2) to grow the training institute by providing youth and partners learning opportunities, support and tangible resources to prevent human trafficking and exploitation.

• be highly skilled in youth facilitation, positive youth development, crisis intervention, and social-emotional learning.
• have the ability to co-create a strong, reflective, highly productive, caring, supportive, and loving culture.
• be a continual learner deeply invested in women and girls.
• have solid experience working with black girls and other youth of color who have experienced homelessness, gender-based violence, trafficking, and abuse.
• be skilled at de-escalation, restorative practices, interpersonal relationships, and resiliency building, and harm reduction theory and practice.
• have experience building relationships with schools and other community partners and coordinating activities that engage adults and youth.

prevention workshops and direct services (65%)

• ensure that best practices in learning, change, and positive youth development are used to deliver impactful training and services that reflect innovation and leading trends in practice with trafficked youth and those that have experienced sexual violence (emotional and psychological distress and substance abuse), trauma, strengths-based strategies emotional and psychological well-being and, integrated health.
• independently deliver assigned youth training and workshops (in english and/or spanish) on topics related to cse, sexual violence, youth development, gender-based violence, and sexuality.
• facilitate connection to peer community, support, and building new networks of support.
• assess participants’ vulnerability to / or experience with commercial sexual exploitation.
• maintain transparency and assist participants in making…