East Los Angeles, CAToday
Develop and sustain a long term, caring, trusting and accepting relationship with each child; Spend time with or on behalf of the child one-on-one in the classroom and in the community; Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents/caregivers, extended family, teachers, and others involved in each child’s life; advocating for youth and empowering youth to advocate for themselves; Partner with parents/caregivers to provide concrete and social emotional supports for the family, and links to appropriate community resources; Teach life skills and healthy habits to contribute both to basic development and learning, and to contribute to building positive self-esteem, behavioral management skills, tolerance, respect for others, courtesies and compassion; Develop realistic expectations and goals based on each child’s strengths, talents, abilities and needs; Provide enrichment resources and activities which include opportunities for cultural awareness, diversity and community service; Reinforce basic academic skills and learning; Model and promote good problem solving and decision-making skills to children and families; Participate in the programming and resources available through the organization, effectively utilizing program resources to meet the needs of each child and their families; Maintain spending within allocated youth budget; Complete, distribute and collect time summaries, activity journals, short term plans, expense reports and evaluation materials accurately and in a timely manner; Attend and actively participate in team meetings, staff functions, and trainings; Provide information and support to development team and related activities as needed; Fulfill other responsibilities as required. The East Los Angeles site of Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends L.A.) is looking for passionate, committed, professional mentors, who we call Friends, to support our mission to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with trained full-time professional mentors—12+ years—no matter what.