Peer Support - Relief

Overview

Looking Glass's Homeless Youth Services Programs are hiring for on-call relief positions!

The Relief staff are responsible for on-call relief counselor work with adolescents in crisis intervention, outreach, and residential programs within Looking Glass.

• Provide crisis intervention, maintain a positive milieu, and create behavior management plans for youth who access services at the Looking Glass PEER Shelter, Station 7, and New Roads Programs.
• Offer culturally informed, effective, quality services to clients and actively support equity, anti-racism, and belonging in all duties.
• Assist with Street Outreach, including greeting youth upon entering New Roads or Rural drop-in center; provide education, prevention services, and referral information on issues relevant to homeless and runaway youth (e.g., sexual abuse, domestic violence, trafficking).
• Assist with classroom presentations, maintain cleanliness of the drop-in center, perform outreach to community groups, and participate in regular street outreach shifts.

• Passion for helping youth and ability to relate to teens from diverse backgrounds, values, and cultures.
• Be a positive youth mentor and role model with strong boundary-setting abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle stressful situations.

Schedule varies and takes your availability into account! Pay ranges from $21.10/hour - $27/hour depending on location

Looking Glass is committed to recruiting employees who reflect the diversity of our community and the youth and families we serve. We value providing the highest level of quality services to our clients and we are committed to the pursuit of cultural awareness. We believe in the abilities of individuals and systems that respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, genders, and abilities in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of individuals, families, and their communities and protects and preserves the dignity of each.