Youth Advocate - SE SAILS

Our Youth Advocates play a vital role in guiding youth toward stability, confidence, and success—while gaining meaningful experience in human services. The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to work with youth, a commitment to youth empowerment and advocacy, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Driving is required
• Spending time with and supervising 9 youth in a small home-like environment
• Providing support and encouragement to youth
• Ensuring the overall safety of youth in the program
• Assist youth with their service goals including homework help, coping skills and behavior management
• Acting as a positive role model to support youths’ wellbeing

Full Time, 40 hours per week. Sun/Mon/Tue 3 pm
-11 pm, Wed, 10a-6pm, and Sat or Sun 7am
-3 pm

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance
• Eye-Med Vision Benefits
• Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• Employee Assistance Program

• 35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days, 12 Holidays and 8 Sick Days)

• Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
• Opportunities for Reduced Tuition for Clinical Master's Degree
• Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Pet Insurance

• Two-Week Orientation, Training, and Shadowing
• Weekly Group Supervision
• Weekly Individual Supervision
• Daily Mentoring and Support
• Immediate Access to Comprehensive Online Self-Paced CEU Trainings
• Opportunities for Certification in Evidence-Based Practices

• The desire to work with youth
• Valid MA driver’s license with acceptable driving record

• Experience working with youth
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Child Development, or Teaching
• Residential Experience

Bay State Community Services (BSCS) is fully committed to diversity, inclusion, and social justice. We provide an environment that is free from harassment of any kind, an environment of mutual respect, where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We firmly believe that diversity and inclusion, and social justice is an action, and as such seek to operationalize policies, procedures, and systems, that support a talented, and diverse workforce.