Youth Development Coach-AMIKids Pinellas

Position Summary

The Youth Development Coach (YDC) works in community-based settings, focusing on empowering youth to build resilience, set goals, and navigate systems successfully; providing support related to life skills development for youth involved in the child welfare system; trauma responsive services and safely supervise youth utilizing AMIkids Personal Growth Model and the key elements of Positive Youth Development. All interactions follow AMIkids Way and Guiding Principles of Kids First, Safety and Family. The YDC.

Essential Job Duties

• Actively ensure interactions reflect Kids First, Safety, Family, Relationships, Meaningful Participation, Challenge and Engaged environment and Community Involvement,
• Effectively implement AMIkids Way (Kids First, Safety, and Family) and key elements of Positive Youth Development (Relationships, Meaningful Participation, Community Involvement, and Challenged & Engaged Programming) and the AMIkids Personal Growth Model (PGM) in all interactions with students,
• Actively ensure all interactions reflect Kids First, Safety, Family, Relationships, Meaningful Participation, Challenge and Engaged environment and Community Involvement,
• Interactions with youth shall maintain an environment that provides a physically/emotionally safe space for youth and effective learning, growth, and progress toward individualized goals,
• Model supportive, consistent, respectful behavior with all parties to ensure an atmosphere that fosters healthy relationships, trust, and mutual respect; set clear boundaries and provide observations and reflection to youth while fostering equity and diversity,
• Maintain an environment that provides a physically /emotionally safe space for youth and effective learning, growth, and progress toward individualized goals,
• Provide guidance in behavior choices by teaching healthy social-emotional skills, self-care, academic, communication, and daily living skills aligned with youth's individualized care plan, and personal responsibility,
• Communicate expectations, provide recognition and positive reinforcement,
• Promote youth voice and choice by providing opportunities for youth to make choices in their daily activities and opportunities for the youth to provide feedback about the programming experience,
• Utilize prevention-based de-escalation skills to reduce/prevent youth altercations/incidents in accordance with established procedures,
• Document youth behavior, Team Member interventions and all required reporting in a timely manner in accordance with established procedures,
• Lead youth in daily and/or weekly advisory sessions to monitor youth progress,
• Empower youth through effective incentives and monitoring strategies,
• Attend and maintain CPR and First Aid certification by nationally recognized organization,
• Administer first aid and CPR during emergencies in accordance with National standards,
• Attend and maintain appropriate crisis intervention/de-escalation training and certification as defined by state and contract requirements,
• Actively participate in transportation, supervision on day trips and special activities,
• Assist with special projects and other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience

• High school diploma/GED (degree preferred),
• One year child welfare experience, within foster youth or related youth service program,
• Behavior Tech Certification or at minimum related experience preferred,
• Effective communication skills (verbal & written),
• Comfortable using technology.