Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mentor
TIME COMMITMENT: 24-40 hours a week
REPORTS TO: Shift Supervisor
Job Type: At-Will Employee
Pay: Starting $17.00+ an hour, based on training, education, and experience.
$1.00/hour additional Shift Differential for swing shifts (3:00pm-11:00pm)
A Mentor is directly responsible for the physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, educational, social, safety and security needs of each student, and to work together with other staff as a team
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Becoming competent in all Mentor Essentials
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Obtaining and maintaining required certifications such as CPI, CPR, First Aid, Food Handlers, Telos Employee Handbook, etc.
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Establishing healthy relationships and boundaries with students assigned to your Q
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Performing assigned “eyes-on-student” Q15 checks, and documenting checks immediately
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Coaching and Assisting students to achieve their daily basics (Cooperation, Care, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility)
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Coaching and Assisting students in the accomplishment of daily chores and hygiene by working beside them, giving them support, and holding them accountable
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Coaching and Assisting students with Geneva program requirements, policies, and procedures
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Enforcing rules and statuses while on shift - do not hand this off to the next shift
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Monitoring and carrying out consequences under the direction of the Shift Supervisor
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Handing off a clean, organized, and presentable House to the next shift
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Attending the Passdown Meeting, reviewing the Q’s and schedules, and completing Daily Charting for Q students on before the end of shift, and IR’s as required
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Supporting and assisting other Telos departments in their duties (Clinical, Nursing, Telos Academy, Maintenance, Transports, PrTMS, Food Prep, etc.)
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Participating on assigned committees or special assignments
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Assisting with AWOLS, whether or not on shift
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Calling Support Teams, and initiating and participating in CPI compliant therapeutic holds and restraints
Requirements:
Qualifications:
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Ideal for former athletes, coaches, military personnel, or those comfortable with confrontation and de-escalation
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Requires strong presence, emotional control, and ability to influence behavior in real time
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Exceptional relationship skills
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Timely, dependable, reliable
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Ability to hold appropriate boundaries.
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Ability to receive and carry out instruction.
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Genuine care and concern for others
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Drivers license
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Can pass a BCI
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College education preferred
