Transitional Specialist

***This is an internal opportunity, only available for current Youth Guidance employees***

Position Summary**:** Transitional Specialist will focus on training new counselors with the knowledge and experience they have developed. Key focus is to be able to transition from one school site to another to ensure BAM culture is functioning at an elevated level. Transitional Specialist will engage new counselors with systemic assistance, curriculum, youth engagement, data input. Transitional Specialist will perform in the capacity of counselor when counselor vacancies arise.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist with staffing, planning, development, and implementation of group activities.
• Collaborate with BAM Counselor(s) and program leadership to build relationships with youth and school administration.
• Partner with Bam Training Academy and Regional Managers to serve as a training/shadow site for developing new counselors.
• Lead and facilitate 4-5 weekly group counseling sessions utilizing the program curriculum during the school day.
• Host high-profile site visits.
• Serve as leads in peer case review.
• Provide leadership in identified committees.
• Document group activities, as dictated by agency and grant specific standards.
• Orient newly assigned counselors for the duration necessary.
• Other duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/Experience/Training

• Bachelor degree, master's preferred

• 3 years of BAM Counselor experience

• 1 year of Senior Counselor experience

• Knowledgeable of BAM Curriculum

• Completion and understanding of Salesforce Trainings

Skills/Abilities

• Able to communicate fidelity
• Able to travel to any BAM programming school site

Core Competencies

• Continuous improvement-minded:  Takes initiative to identify and execute strategies and processes to continuously improve one’s leadership to strengthen organization’s overall impact.​
• Develops and motivates others: Motivates others and supports their development through strong coaching and mentoring. Effectively stewards self and others through both small and large scale change**.** ​
• External representation and relationship building: Represents the organization among external stakeholders, and builds strong, trusting relationships with stakeholders​
• Leads with vision: Has an inspiring vision for the future of the organization, beyond the status quo, and communicates it effectively; leads with courage and willingness to take risks in service of impact​
• Manages with data: Understands data; analyzes data and identifies insights and implications​
• Strategic thinking and resource management:  Considers the future of the organization proactively and responsively; weighs diverse inputs to inform strategies; identifies innovative opportunities when relevant; makes and communicates decisions that effectively balance tradeoffs between financial sustainability and impact​
• Team building: Builds strong relationships with teams and colleagues; fosters effective teams and collaborative interactions​

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This job operates in a professional office environment, school setting, and working with the public, all Youth Guidance employees must be fully vaccinated or approved for a medical or religious exemption
• Occasional local and national travel

DEIB Statement

At Youth Guidance, we understand that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) are fundamental to realizing our vision of bright and successful futures for all young people. We celebrate the diversity of youth and recognize them as empowered leaders, problem-solvers, and experts of their own experiences. At the same time, we acknowledge that many systems and institutions meant to support youth are inequitable and unjust.

As such, we are committed to advancing DE&I through our words and our actions, both internally and externally, by:

• Strengthening cultural competence as well as policies, practices, and organizational structures that foster belonging and leverage the unique backgrounds and talents of staff;
• Offering youth-centered programs that are accessible and responsive to people from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, language, and cultural and religious beliefs and practices;
• Influencing systems that youth, their families, and communities are impacted by, such as schools, organizational networks, governmental bodies, researchers, and the funding community, to apply approaches that embrace DEI in addressing the needs and supporting the aspirations of young people.