Job Description
Job Type
Part-time
Description
Pay Rate: 18.50 Per Hour
Type: Seasonal Part Time (16 - 20 Hours Per Week)
Shift: 2:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: 1 Rutherford Pointe Cir. LaVergne, TN 37086
Catholic Charities was founded in 1962 with the mission of providing wholistic care within Middle Tennessee. Our programs consist of the following' homelessness prevention, re-housing, food distribution, emergency materials, utility payments, refugee resettlement, clinical counseling, adoption, and family support, parenting, and multi-pronged community support through neighborhood embedded family resource centers. Catholic Charities is an establish non-profit, and is still growing year after year. If you are seeking a job with purpose then you are finally home.
Job Summary: Catholic Charities has an opening for the position of Refugee Youth Afterschool Program Staff for the fall semester in its New Americans Department. The primary functions of this position are to assist in program implementation of the Refugee Youth Program (RYP). Program participants in the after-school program range from 5-14 years old.
This is a seasonal position; there is no after school program in the following months; December, May, and August.
Job Duties: - Assists in program implementation, management, and evaluation of program activities and curriculum for the refugee youth program.
- Plans and implements daily activities for refugee youth in the afterschool program such as facilitating completion of homework assignments, engaging in recreational activities, etc.
- Promotes the program within the community.
- Maintains accurate client/program records regarding services provided according to Agency guidelines.
- Actively participates in supervision sessions, periodic team meetings, and training.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Job Requirements: - Must be at least 21 years old.
- Current driver's license required. Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and provide own transportation.
- High School Diploma or GED with 2 or more years of related experience OR associate degree, preferable in social work.
- Prefer prior experience working with refugees and/or youth.
- Prior experience tutoring or teaching is desirable.
- Proficiency in one or more refugee language with a preference for Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Dari, Arabic, Burmese, Somalia, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, or Kurdish.
- Knowledge of child behavior and development
- Sufficient maturity for providing leadership to children.
- Trauma training certification or experience is desirable.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to handle confidential information with extreme professionalism.
- Ability to plan and organize work, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work well as a team and independently with minimal direction.
- Knowledge in CPR with knowledge of basic first aid preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to learn databases and other systems.
Salary Description
$18.50 per Hour
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Part time, Seasonal work, Shift work,