Youth Worker

Catholic Charities Boston; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403(b) savings plan

Generous time off

Job summary

Catholic Charities Boston is seeking a Youth Worker to provide outreach to community youth, supervise Teen Center activities, and tutor students while tracking academic performance. The role emphasizes safety, mentoring, and collaboration with program staff to support positive youth development.

The position runs Monday through Friday, 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm, with occasional weekends. It requires maintaining documentation, engaging teens in community service projects, planning lessons, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• One year of experience preferred.
• Ability to work with adolescent population.
• Must possess ability to maintain records.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise youth activities at the Teen Center.
• Provide tutoring assistance to members.
• Track members’ academic performance and progress.
• Complete all documentation when applicable.
• Coordinate services with other components of the Teen Center program.
• Ensure safety and program quality.
• Engage teens in community service projects.
• Plan, organize and implement lessons and activities.
• Attend weekly supervision and staff meetings.

Skills

Linguistic capacity

Adolescent population experience

Record keeping

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Youth Worker will provide outreach to community youth. provide activity and group supervision of Teen Center activities. and provide tutoring and tracking of members' academic performance.

shift Monday - Friday 1:00pm-8:30 pm occasional weekends.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for directing supervising youth activities at the Teen Center


• Responsible for providing tutoring assistance


• Responsible for tracking of members academic performance and progress


• Complete all documentation when applicable


• Coordinate services with other components of the Teen Center program


• Will ensure safety and program quality


• Participate in community initiatives and represent the program in the community


• Ensure the collection and documentation of all needed program and outcome data


• Responsible for ensuring client safety


• Participate in relevant trainings and increase own awareness of youth development best practices


• Will be trained in, and able to implement. crisis de-escalation techniques


• Supervise and monitor the behavior of all participants in relevant programming


• Act as role model advisor for Youth enrolled in program


• Engage teens in community service projects


• Participate in and help organize youth activities, including field trips and Field Day


• Perform school visits on a weekly basis and home visits when necessary


• Participate in Youth Support Services meeting when necessary


• Participate in applicable support services case review's


• Ensure that documentation is meeting best practices standards


• Participate in regional and agency-wide trainings


• Attend weekly supervision and staff meetings


• Run focus groups


• Plan, organize and implement lessons and activities


• Engage and work with Teen Center volunteers to best serve our youth


• Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality


• Attendance at meetings and trainings


• Local travel as needed


• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree


• One year of experience preferred


• Demonstrate the ability to work with adolescent population


• Must possess ability to maintain records


• Valid driver's license preferred


• Must have linguistic capacity to work with identified population

Our benefits are competitive and include a 403(b) savings plan and generous time off (benefits may vary based on position and scheduled hours).

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The base pay range reflects what Catholic Charities reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation in this range may be determined based on other factors, including but not limited to work experience, education and specialty training.

Visit us at: www.ccab.org.