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About the Role
Provide individualized mentoring and attendance support to students experiencing or at risk of chronic absenteeism. Help identify students needing support, build trusting relationships, and assist students in addressing attendance barriers, developing strategies for success, and strengthening their social-emotional well-being, personal growth, and connection to school.
Responsibilities
- Mentor a caseload of students experiencing or at risk of chronic absenteeism, building positive, trusting relationships as a coach and supportive sounding board.
- Meet regularly with students to address attendance barriers, set goals, identify strengths, develop problem-solving strategies, and support social-emotional growth, leadership, and school engagement.
- Prepare age-appropriate activities, materials, and resources tailored to students’ needs and interests.
- Connect students with school and community resources when additional support is needed.
- Collaborate with the Attendance Coordinator to identify and engage students, assess attendance barriers, and communicate concerns to the Community School team.
- Complete daily attendance outreach calls and follow up with students and families.
- Support the VIP Lounge, attendance incentives, recognition activities, student engagement events, and school-wide initiatives.
- Maintain and update attendance tracking tools and boards as assigned.
- Communicate with students, families, school staff, and program colleagues; promptly document interactions, outreach, concerns, and follow-up, provide student updates, and participate in case discussions.
- Maintain confidentiality and follow policies for student information and records, professional boundaries, and child safety.
- Participate in biweekly individual supervision, team meetings, group check-ins, and training on mentoring, attendance engagement, youth development, leadership, and social-emotional learning.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Demonstrated commitment to young people’s academic, personal, and social goals.
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships with diverse students and promote an inclusive, welcoming, respectful environment.
- Excellent organization and ability to manage a student caseload, multiple responsibilities, accurate records, and timely follow-through.
- Ability to collaborate with students, families, school personnel, and program staff.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and comply with applicable child safety requirements.
- At least one year of experience working with youth.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English.
- Authorization to work in the U.S.
- Ability to work in person in New York City at least three days per week.
- Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites, if required.
- Ability to travel within the community and conduct visits.
Skills
- Mentoring
- Attendance support
- Relationship building
- Communication
- Organization
- Collaboration
- Record keeping
- Youth development
- Social-emotional learning
Location
- Bronx, NY
Work Type
- Per-Diem
- School-based
Experience Level
- 1 year of experience working with youth (preferred)
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $17.50 per hour
About the Company
- Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs.
- Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity.
- Each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually through 101 programs across 138 sites throughout New York City and Westchester.
- Strong belief and commitment to diversity is integral to building a strong staff that reflects the communities served.
- Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.