Group Facilitator

About Rising Ground

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, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually. We do this through 101 programs across 138 sites, throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is shown not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.

About the Role

JustUs is an ACS-funded Gender Responsive Diversion Program facilitated by Rising Ground. This holistic, gender-responsive initiative serves girls, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary (TGNBNC) youth who are involved in, or at high risk of involvement in, the youth justice system.

Grounded in healing-centered and anti-oppressive practice, JustUs integrates highly skilled individual coaching, evidence-based clinical interventions, group-based programming, economic empowerment skill-building, and community-building spaces. All elements of the program are intentionally designed to support young people in cultivating leadership skills, building self-reliance, developing healthy social relationships, avoiding engagement in criminalized behaviors, and enhancing their educational and employment opportunities.

The Part-Time Group Facilitator

The Part-Time Group Facilitator provides youth-driven, healing-centered, and anti-oppressive clinical and emotional support within a group setting and contributes to the development of a program designed to serve as a national model.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and implementation of group curriculum for TGNBNC youth
• Intentionally recruit and engage young people within the program for cohort-based groups
• Co-facilitate groups on topics including identity exploration, activism, healthy relationships, and leadership development
• Participate in a rotating schedule to help staff the Teen Hub on weekends
• Collaborate and coordinate with project staff and external stakeholders
• Participate in weekly supervision, team meetings, group supervision, and required meetings
• Maintain accurate and timely program documentation, case files, and funder reports
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and values collaboration
• Strategic thinker with sound judgment and the ability to implement program vision
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback effectively
• Strong attention to detail, systems, and processes
• Flexible, accountable, independent team member with passion and humor
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered and anti-oppressive stance
• Lived experience within systems impacting program participants (including the youth justice or criminal legal system) strongly preferred but not required
• Applicants with creative talents are encouraged to apply

Note

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Personal days
• Insurance Coverage
• Medical - 3 plan options
• Dental - 2 plan options
• Vision - 1 plan option

Work Environment

• Office/Community-Based Setting (including Teen Hub and program sites)
• Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a part-time position, 15 hours per week. Compensation is $25.00 per hour. Tuesdays 3pm-6pm, Wednesdays 10:30am-6:30pm, and Thursdays 3pm-6pm. Please note the days and hours can shift based on group schedules and program needs.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.