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Organization: Youth & Family Services (YFS) Department: Stronger Youth Program
Position: Youth Educator Status: Full-Time Reports to: Stronger Youth Program Manager Location: Rapid City, SD
Work Schedule:
Work Days: Monday through Friday
Hours/Week: 40 Non-smoking work environment. Wage DOEQ. E.O.E.
Benefits: YFS strives to provide its employees with top-quality benefits. YFS employees are offered medical,
dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance as well as multiple paid holidays, paid vacation and sick
leave, 401K and retirement/pension options, and more!
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in education, human services, child development or related field.
Transport children as assigned and be willing to submit to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with
performance standards and the Substance Abuse/Misuse Policy for Safety Sensitive Positions & Employees
Driving Children. Valid driver’s license and maintain current auto liability insurance. Effective networking with
community resources. Good computer/word processing skills, good interpersonal, and communication skills.
Punctuality, dependability and flexibility. Ability to work with people of all socioeconomic and cultural
backgrounds.
Essential Functions: ? Promote healthy relationships and deliver curriculum to high school participants in area public, private,
and alternative schools as well as other youth serving venues. ? Maintain knowledge of and good working relationships with schools, youth organizations, and
community agencies in order to establish and provide youth outreach services. ? Participate in recruitment activities to ensure target populations are reached. ? Utilize all educational resources (including curriculum, presentations, web sites and all other supporting
information) in a manner that is age appropriate and designed to increase participants' knowledge and
skills. Address the topics of family life challenges, making connections with caring adults, employment
preparation and economic self-sufficiency challenges, building communication skills, and dealing with
emotional experiences and decisions. ? Conduct intake and assessments of family needs, and make necessary referrals. ? Preserve confidentiality of referral information and requests for assistance. ? Participate in staffing as required or requested to facilitate effective service delivery. ? Maintain fidelity of the program. ? Assist with data collection, including applicant characteristics, performance measures, local evaluation
measures, and stories. ? Enter program operations, enrollment, and participation data in nFORM as needed. ? Assist with preparation of quarterly reports to ACF. ? Coordinate with local high schools in scheduling Healthy Relationships curricula.
Additional Functions: Serve as a member of the staffing team to assess the education, health, nutrition, family
services, economic, and disability needs of each participant. Attend meetings of community agencies that act as
resources for families in need. Cultivate and maintain community resources to assist program participants.
Support all activities, programs, and services of YFS. Provide training to staff as requested by supervisor.
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Perform all other tasks as directed by supervisor. Act in accordance with purpose, philosophy, values, goals,
policies, and procedures of YFS.
Environmental Functions: Must work flexible hours, including nights and weekends. Ability to lift up to 50
lbs. Must be able and willing to meet travel needs of position.