Job Description

 

JOB TITLE: Youth Advisor

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NON-EXEMPT POSITION

DIVISION: Chicago Violence Free Zone

SHIFT: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION: varies

REPORTS TO:  CVFZ Site Supervisor

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SUMMARY:

 

Qualified applicants will work as youth advisors in a junior or high school setting within the Chicago

Violence Free Zone (CVFZ) network.

 

Youth advisors will work as mentors, tutors, hall monitors, teacher assistants, and staff/student or peer

to peer mediators to establish order, minimize class disruptions, and reduce violence within the schools.

 

Youth advisors will provide special attention to the character building of the “high needs” students as

they are identified by school administrators, teachers, counselors, and safety staff.  Youth advisors will

also work with families (i.e. parents, guardians, care givers) of “high needs” students to provide

parenting education sessions, and education on available community resources.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. (Other duties may be assigned. )

 

1. Assist school personnel in the monitoring and regulation of student conduct in large group settings

such as the hallways, cafeteria, arrival and dismissal of students.

 

2. Advise youth of positive ways to manage conflicts and encouraging positive interaction with both

peers and school staff.

 

3. Monitor and maintain appropriate student conduct in assigned large group settings.

 

4. Manage a caseload of students who school personnel identify as exhibiting conduct that is consistently

disruptive or inappropriate.

 

5. Support and/or implement incentive programs to encourage good student conduct on a school wide

basis.

 

6. Attend and participate in, as needed, relevant school wide meeting and events.

 

7. Encourage and assist youth to exchange negative behaviors for positive behaviors, and to access

other school-based supplemental services, such as sports teams, after school enrichment activities,

 tutoring or formal guidance-office counseling.

 

8. Engage in relationship-building strategies with “high-needs” and otherwise identified students so as

to allow them to prevent student conflicts and incidents of violence or other serious disruptions before

they occur.

 

9. Model appropriate communication skills and provide redirection techniques to address inappropriate

 behaviors that maintain the dignity of and respect for youth participating in the CVFZ movement.

 

10. Assist youth to cultivate positive alternatives to anti-social lifestyles, gang activity, or any activity

that is counter-productive to achieving positive educational outcomes.

 

11. Comply with confidentiality, licensing, and legal requirements, as well as the school’s code of

ethics.

12. Perform other duties such as monitoring of in-school disciplinary settings (e.g. detentions,

 in-school suspensions, tardy room etc.).

 

13. Comply with all program monitoring/reporting criteria as set by the CVFZ Director of Resources.

 

14. Reach out to parents and other community-based individuals who are capable of positively

influencing a student’s behavior.

 

15. Meet and network with police, local service agencies, and residents of the surrounding communities

to address issues and promote opportunities that will improve the quality of the environment for

the assigned school.

 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully and individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill,

and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations and/or exceptions may be made on an

individual basis.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of a High School diploma, HSED, or GED required.  If applicant is not in possession of

High School diploma, HSED, or GED at the time of hire, applicant must take the steps necessary to

receive such certification/documentation by the conclusion of the school year worked.  Failure to

comply may result in termination.  In addition, applicants must have a minimum of 2 years in a

youth service capacity.