NOW HIRING: Mentors Wanted

Program Title: Mentoring Initiative (MI)

Position Title: Contractual Mentor

Status: PRN

Location: Maryland State-wide

Reports to: Mentoring Program Manager

Position Summary:

The Contractual Mentor (CM) is responsible for providing support to the program by working directly with designated participants to implement development goals that improve quality of life, help each participant gain positive competency skills, and works within the program and organizational policies.

Primary Function:

Supports the Mentor Initiative, participants, and success of the program by executing the following:

  • In collaboration with the participants implements programs, goals and plans, and recommends suggestions to assist participants with a higher level of functioning.
  • Plans and implements learning opportunities for participants with a goal toward improving the performance and social interactions of program participants.
  • Enhance life skills for participants to transition into adulthood successfully.
  • Conducts learning related activities such as support groups, hands-on activities, exposure to new life experiences to enhance life, social, competency, and behavioral skills.
  • Attends monthly company training and supervision as required.
  • Collaborates with community partners to ensure adequate and appropriate programming is provided for participants.
  • Complies with organization policy.
  • Documentation as required by the organization in SharedVillage per interaction with participant.
  • Attends professional development opportunities.
  • Other duties as assigned

Education:

  • Five years’ experience working with emotionally challenged youth, adults, and the child welfare and/or criminal justice system.

Skills:

  • Must have strong problem-solving skills
  • Makes timely decisions and exhibits sound and accurate judgment
  • Demonstrate skills in positive communication in interactions with others
  • Is considered and Innovative thinker and can think out of the box

Working Schedule:

  • PRN per participant and per specified mentor program.

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In Honor of Women’s History Month: 5 Women Who Changed the World

In honor of National Women’s Month, we would love to highlight some important women throughout our history who’ve contributed to women’s rights, scientific breakthroughs and real social justice. Their contributions, no matter how long ago, still affect us to this day. These women created a solid base for our humanity to lean on and learn from. Celebrate with Lead4Life this month and continue to learn more about our world which leads to real change.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Throughout her career, Ginsburg was a strong advocate for women’s rights and was a tireless champion of gender equality. She wrote numerous influential opinions, including a seminal dissent in the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., in which she argued that women’s rights to equal pay under the law were being violated. Her work helped to lay the foundation for the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009.

Ginsburg’s legacy continues to live on, and she is remembered as one of the most important women in American legal history. She inspired countless people with her commitment to justice, her unyielding spirit, and her unwavering belief in the power of the law to effect change. Today, she is widely regarded as a cultural icon and a symbol of hope and progress for women and minorities everywhere.

Anna Freud: Anna Freud was a pioneer in the field of child psychoanalysis and made many important contributions to the understanding of child development and the treatment of children with mental health problems. She is best known for her work in the Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic, which she founded in London in 1952. At the clinic, she developed new techniques for working with children and helped to establish child psychoanalysis as a distinct discipline within the field of psychoanalysis.

Her contributions to our understanding of youth mental health and developing childcare techniques is still valued and used to this day.

Rosa Parks: American civil rights changed forever when Rosa Parks made her powerful decision almost 70 years ago. She was an American civil rights activist who is best known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1955, Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, sparking a boycott of the city’s buses that lasted for more than a year. Her actions helped to bring about the end of segregation in public transportation and were a major catalyst for the civil rights movement in the United States. Parks’ bravery and determination inspired many other civil rights activists and helped to bring about much-needed change in American society.

Malala Yousafzai: Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who campaigns for girls’ education. She gained international attention in 2012 when she was shot by the Taliban for speaking out about the importance of education for girls. Despite being seriously injured, she recovered and continued her activism, becoming a powerful voice for girls’ education around the world. In 2014, she became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and her efforts have helped to bring about increased access to education for girls in many countries.

Harriet Tubman: Born into slavery in around 1822, Harriet Tubman emerged as one of the most important figures in American Black History to make impactful changes on the people around her. Obviously, she’s famous for her bravery in freeing enslaved people and bringing them to the North, even crossing the border to Canada frequently, but she also accomplished much more. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was enacted, meaning that all captured slaves must be returned to their owner, no matter if you’re found in a free state. With this in mind, Tubman utilized the famous Underground Railroad and was able to free almost 100 people by the cloak of night, and the trail of outposts and checkpoints. When slavery was ratified in 1865, Tubman went to focus on women’s suffrage and equal rights. She was able to leave an impression and a legacy Americans will never forget.

These important women have made huge impacts on our world but these do not shadow over what people accomplish today. Even helping in your community impacts the world as a whole. You can help with Lead4Life in many different ways from donating to our cause, to sponsoring youth around Maryland.

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At Lead4Life, we strive to empower every participant in our programs so that they may find their purpose, achieve their goals, and become poised, productive members of their community. We advocate for those in need and assist each and every individual by providing compassionate education and valuable resources and tools so that they can make the very best decisions and develop important life, social, and competency skills.

COVID’s Continued Impact on Community and Health

Even in 2023 the destructive echoes of COVID-19 can still be felt in the American healthcare system. Hospitals, daycares, community centers, you name it, (and you remember) that everything was closed or short staffed. Thankfully, the comradery of all our local communities was able to fill in the gaps that official bodies could not. Identifying the problems in existing systems is the first step to making a better one.

The Situation: An already lacking social worker force has become more strained than ever because of the destruction of COVID-19. The impact of the pandemic can still be felt to this day.  In 2020, for example, New York City dealt with a wave of homelessness, filled medical institutions, and a lack of proper assistance.

 “Before the pandemic, the DOE employed only one full-time social worker for every 648 students attending public schools, a ratio more than twice as high as what is recommended by the National Association of Social Workers.”

With a strained system, the city was bound to disaster, but New York wasn’t the only place that had their limits tested. The whole world seemed like it was about to end when the morale and toilet paper was dwindling. Lockdowns became more strict and did not allow for facilities such as daycares and hospitals to be properly staffed, sanitized and maintained. All of this combined into an environment that hardly supported a social structure for societal development and health.

The Social Strain: COVID-19 is more than a physical illness. The epidemic caused an upheaval of many health care and social workers, leaving many out of work and some even on the street. Recent legislation to end the public health emergency for COVID in Mayonly shows a stance that has no concern for the communities that were damaged.

“Although the emergency declarations will remain in place until spring, the federal response to the pandemic has already been scaled back as funding has dried up. Congress has failed for months to pass a White House request for $22.5 billion in additional funding for the Covid response.”

Stressed and overworked healthcare staff can’t keep up with the high demand. “Deaths have dropped dramatically since the pandemic peak during winter 2021, but nearly 4,000 people are still succumbing to the virus every week.”

All of these factors add up to creating a system that is bound to fail its people and its standards.

The Solution: The lack of government aid has forced local citizens to take charge and make real change. It’s understandable that communities around the world are demoralized because of the mental health crisis and its apparent lack of support. But at the most recent State of the Union address, President Biden announced to increase funding towards teacher wages, school infrastructure and an attempt to ban assault weapons. This is an incredible step in the right direction, but this is not enough to help the current impoverished communities. In our opinion, to make real change is to take charge ourselves.

Lead4Life’s services and volunteer programs help local communities around the State but what can YOU do to help?  Well, we can all start by recognizing that March is Social Workers Month.  Help raise awareness to all of the social workers out there making a difference by using social media to tag, share and spread the word of your local organizations that are making a huge difference in our lives.

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The pandemic changed the social dynamic of our youth dramatically with huge consequences. An emphasis on staying home and social distancing bred higher levels of mental illness in our youth than any other generation. Making up for the losses in our system as a community is the best way to move forward.

“Globally, one in seven 10-19-year-olds experiences a mental disorder, accounting for 13% of the global burden of disease in this age group.” –WHO

Human nature and community will overcome the challenges it’s thrown against. Recent change in legislation is a pleasant surprise after a period of worldly distress. Although COVID’s effects are still felt today, promising changes for the future are around the corner.

You can make change in your community with Lead4Life.

At Lead4Life, we strive to empower every participant in our programs so that they may find their purpose, achieve their goals, and become poised, productive members of their community. We advocate for those in need and assist each and every individual by providing compassionate education and valuable resources and tools so that they can make the very best decisions and develop important life, social, and competency skills.

Sources: https://hechingerreport.org/the-pandemic-robbed-thousands-of-new-york-city-children-of-parents-many-arent-getting-the-help-they-need/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/biden-administration-plans-to-end-covid-public-health-emergency-on-may-11.html

https://www.k12dive.com/news/Biden-SOTU-education-policies/642289/

NOW HIRING: Part and Full-Time Youth Worker and Driver

The Evening Reporting Center (ERC) is hiring for full and part-time staff to assist with facilitating the program needs. Youth workers and drivers help facilitate the weekly groups, pick-up and drop off, and provide skill development experiences to youth at the ERC. A Bachelor’s or equivalent is required. Experience with youth involved in the juvenile justice system preferred. Good driving record a must. Hours of operation are 2 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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NOW HIRING: Part-Time Therapist

Part-time LCSW-Cs and LGSWs who are licensed in the state of Maryland to work with individuals at our Evening Reporting Center, in the community, or in one of our offices. Employees are compensated on a fee-for-service basis which allows for flexible hours and high earning potential. Benefits and clinical supervision are also available. Positive and supportive work environment. Part-time employment only, in-state/active MD licensure required.

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