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About the Role
The Police Athletic League (PAL) of New York City is seeking part-time Life Skills Activity Specialists to facilitate engaging social-emotional learning, wellness, and personal development activities for middle and high school students. Specialists will lead workshops focused on stress management, self-awareness, healthy relationships, decision-making, resilience, and positive coping strategies, creating a safe and supportive environment for students.
Responsibilities
- Foster social and emotional competencies and mental and physical well-being in a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and nurturing environment.
- Facilitate stress management, wellness, and life skills workshops using NYC Department of Health-designed curriculum and other approved social-emotional learning resources.
- Collaborate with program staff, school personnel, mental health professionals, and community partners to support youth wellness and maintain appropriate documentation.
- Be aware of students with IEPs and medical conditions and follow support plans.
- Respond appropriately to time-sensitive mental health needs such as suicide prevention, grief, and loss.
- Provide referrals to appropriate mental health services as needed.
- Work cooperatively with Group Leaders, professional staff, teachers, and other Program and school staff.
- Build positive relationships with youth and caretakers and serve as a role model.
- Attend meetings with staff, caretakers, volunteers, and community residents as needed.
- Interact with caretakers and keep open lines of communication.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Currently enrolled in college coursework in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Human Services, Education, Public Health, or a related field.
- Minimum of two years of experience working with high school-aged youth in after-school, mentoring, educational, community-based, or youth development settings preferred.
- Knowledge of adolescent development, social-emotional learning, mental health awareness, and youth wellness practices.
- Experience facilitating workshops, group discussions, or activities focused on stress management, coping skills, wellness, or personal development preferred.
- Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.
- Bi-lingual in Spanish, French, or Chinese preferred.
- Open to learning and growing.
- Ability to complete DOHMH/DOE clearances and fingerprints.
- An annual physical has been completed in the last year.
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of all lawful pre-employment checks, including a background check.
Skills
- Social-emotional learning
- Wellness
- Personal development
- Stress management
- Self-awareness
- Healthy relationships
- Decision-making
- Resilience
- Positive coping strategies
- Mental health awareness
- Youth wellness practices
- Workshop facilitation
- Group discussion facilitation
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese
Location
- Harlem Center 28th Precinct - New York, NY
- Harlem Center – 441 Manhattan Avenue, New York, NY
Work Type
- Part Time
- 10 hrs/week
Experience Level
- Minimum of two years of experience working with high school-aged youth preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Currently enrolled in college coursework in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Human Services, Education, Public Health, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $30.00 - $30.00 Hourly
About the Company
- The Police Athletic League (PAL) of New York City is an independent youth development nonprofit organization serving as an effective, critical bridge between police and communities across all five boroughs of the City since 1914.
- PAL operates diverse programs for children as young as 2 years old to young adults, including Head Start, after-school programs, summer day camps, evening teen centers, college readiness programs, youth employment, and juvenile justice programs.
- A cornerstone of PAL’s youth development strategy includes offering competitive and recreational sports for children of all ages.
- At PAL, we’re devoted to empowering communities and building the best places to work, and that goes for our own teams too.
- At the Police Athletic League, we seek people who are talented, creative and passionate to help create a more inclusive city and better futures for our youth.
Equal Opportunity
- The Police Athletic League is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected characteristic including, but not limited to, an individual’s sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.