"Female Friend" Professional Mentor, Friends of the Children, NYC

"Female Friend" Professional Mentor

Posted on: February 4, 2013

Posted by: Friends of the Children New York

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A Friend works intensively with eight (8) highly at-risk elementary school girls K - 6. This Friend must be female; serving as a positive adult role model to develop loving, caring, and sustained, relationships with each child. For each child a Friend will set positive expectations; nurture and promote each child's strengths, talents and abilities; help assure physical and emotional well-being; teach life and academic skills; provide enrichment activities; and model responsible behavior. A Friend will fully document activities and participate in the ongoing evaluation process. Friends will work primarily one-on-one with their children. A Friend must know, understand, honor and support the organization's mission, vision, values and principles and be able to clearly articulate the organization's function.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: • Develop and sustain a long-term, caring, protective and loving relationship with each child; • Spend time with children, one on one, as outlined in the Employee Manual; • Set realistic expectations/goals based on each child's strengths, talents, abilities and needs; • Teach life skills and help develop a talent/skill/area of interest with each child; • Provide enrichment resources and activities which include opportunities for cultural awareness; • Develop positive relationships with families, teachers and others involved in each child's life; • Reinforce basic academic skills; • Maintain 40-hour work schedule that includes afternoons, evenings and weekends (normal working days are Tuesday through Saturday with Sundays and Mondays off); • Maintain spending within budgetary guidelines; • Attend I.E.P meetings, Complete E.T.O paper work. (data entry, expense reports, asset deficit goals, evaluation materials and N.I.H materials accurately and in a timely manner; • Attend and actively participate in team meetings and staff functions; • Maintain First Aid/CPR certification; • Provide information and support to the program's development team and related activities as needed; • Fulfill other responsibilities as considered necessary. Background check and drug screening required.

Essential Skills and Attributes: Willingness to Commit for 3 Years and 2 years experience working with children plus: • Ability to relate to and love children; • Strong interpersonal skills; • Demonstrated ability to work with children in varied capacities and settings; • Ability to develop trusting relationships; • Ability to work independently in diverse environments with limited supervision; • Ability to work as a team player; • Ability to manage several concurrent issues and solve problems effectively; • Ability to complete paperwork and meet deadlines; • Ability to work evenings and weekends; • Strong written and verbal communication skills; organizational and time management skills

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Email cover letter & resume to: Kareem Wright, Program Director, Friends of the Children New York:klw@FriendsoftheChildrenNY.org .

Please submit resume and cover letter by email only. We regret that the volume of responses may prevent us from acknowledging every submission. No phone calls. Thanks for your interest.

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204A West 115th Street, Harlem, New York, 10026, United States

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Application deadline

February 22, 2013

Education requirements

4-year degree, education, Education Or Related Field, Sociology

Languages needed

English, Spanish a plus

Level of language proficiency

Spanish a plus

Employment type

Full time

Professional level

Professional

Salary details

Salary $35k plus comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits

Job function

Youth, Direct social services, Elementary School, Advocacy

Owner's areas of focus

Youth, Urban, Education, Family