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Royal Mentoring Group exemplifies how mentoring and community involvement can make a real difference, to help reduce teen gang violence by providing mentoring services to at-risk youth. Our programming aims to inspire and equip young individuals with the skills and mindset to pursue mental wellbeing and entrepreneurship, steering them away from the dangers of criminal activities.

Core Responsibilities

1. Behavioral Health Support

• Provide community-based behavioral health support within the QBHA's training, qualifications, and authorized scope of practice.
• Support youth in developing coping skills, emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, and other identified life skills.
• Reinforce strategies and goals established through the participant's individualized service or treatment plan.
• Assist participants in practicing healthy behaviors and skills in real-world settings.
• Provide encouragement, structure, and accountability.
• Recognize changes in participant behavior, functioning, or engagement and communicate concerns to the appropriate supervisor or clinical team.
• Support crisis prevention and appropriate escalation in accordance with RMG policies and established safety protocols.
• Do not independently diagnose, provide psychotherapy, or perform clinical functions outside the contractor's authorized scope.

2. Relationship-Based Youth Engagement

• Establish trusting, consistent, and professional relationships with youth and young adults.
• Meet participants where they are while maintaining appropriate professional expectations and boundaries.
• Use active listening, motivational interviewing techniques, strengths-based approaches, and trauma-informed engagement strategies as appropriate.
• Encourage youth voice, choice, participation, and self-advocacy.
• Support participants who may be reluctant or hesitant to engage with behavioral health services.
• Build relationships that promote safety, trust, accountability, and hope.

3. Lived Experience

RMG recognizes lived experience as a valuable form of expertise and welcomes qualified individuals whose personal experiences may strengthen their ability to connect with the youth and communities served. The QBHA may appropriately draw upon lived experience to:

• Build authentic relationships and reduce stigma surrounding behavioral health services.
• Help participants feel understood and respected.
• Demonstrate resilience, accountability, personal growth, and the possibility of change.
• Help youth understand and navigate systems the mentor has personally experienced.
• Model healthy coping, decision-making, and help-seeking behaviors.

The QBHA is expected to:

• Share personal experiences intentionally and only when doing so benefits the participant.
• Avoid making assumptions that a participant's experience is the same as their own.
• Keep the participant's needs and goals at the center of the relationship.
• Maintain professional boundaries when discussing personal experiences.
• Never require or pressure youth to disclose trauma or personal information.
• Understand that lived experience compliments professional training and does not replace clinical supervision, organizational policies, or professional responsibilities.

A degree or traditional professional pathway should not automatically outweigh demonstrated competency, relevant experience, and lived expertise when evaluating candidates, provided the individual meets all applicable requirements for the QBHA role.

4. Individualized Goal Support

• Assist participants in working toward goals identified in their individualized service plan or other approved plan.
• Support youth in identifying strengths, interests, and areas for growth.
• Help participants practice skills related to emotional regulation, communication, relationships, decision-making, conflict resolution, and daily functioning.
• Encourage educational, employment, career, and positive community goals.
• Reinforce progress and recognize participant strengths and accomplishments.

5. Care Coordination & Community Resource Navigation

• Assist participants in connecting with appropriate community-based resources.
• Coordinate with authorized members of the participant's support team.
• Support communication between participants, families, schools, behavioral health providers, and community partners when authorized.
• Help identify barriers to services and communicate those barriers to the appropriate RMG staff.
• Support continuity of care and engagement with approved services.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality and obtain required releases of information before sharing protected information.

6. Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain timely, accurate, and professional documentation of services provided.
• Complete required progress notes, contact notes, service documentation, and other records according to RMG and applicable program requirements.
• Document participant progress toward identified goals.
• Report significant changes, safety concerns, incidents, or barriers to the designated supervisor.
• Participate in required supervision, training, case consultation, and team meetings related to contracted services.
• Follow all applicable federal, state, local, organizational, and program-specific requirements.

Youth Safety & Professional Boundaries

The QBHA will have direct contact with youth and must maintain a high standard of safety, ethics, and professionalism.

The contractor must:

• Complete all required background checks, screenings, credential verification, and youth-protection training.
• Follow RMG policies regarding youth safety, mandated reporting, confidentiality, transportation, communication, and professional boundaries.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries with all participants.
• Never engage in sexual, romantic, exploitative, abusive, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate conduct with a participant.
• Never use participant relationships for personal, financial, political, or other inappropriate benefit.
• Use approved methods of communication with youth.
• Protect confidential and protected health information.
• Report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, threats of harm, or other safety concerns in accordance with applicable law and organizational policy.
• Follow all crisis and safety protocols established by RMG and the participant's care team.

Collaboration & Team Participation

The QBHA will work collaboratively with RMG staff and other authorized professionals involved in participant support.

Responsibilities may include:

• Participating in team meetings and case consultation.
• Communicating relevant participant updates to the appropriate supervisor.
• Collaborating with behavioral health providers and community partners.
• Supporting continuity between behavioral health services and community-based mentoring.
• Participating in program planning and participant engagement activities.
• Maintaining clear communication regarding scheduling, service delivery, concerns, and participant progress.

Qualifications

Candidates should demonstrate a combination of relevant education, training, professional experience, and/or lived experience appropriate to the contracted role.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Current qualification as a Qualified Behavioral Health Assistant
• To include required insurance
• Education, training, or experience in behavioral health, social work, psychology, counseling, human services, youth development, or a related field.
• Experience working with youth, young adults, families, or individuals experiencing behavioral health challenges.
• Experience working in community-based or school-based settings.
• Experience supporting individuals impacted by trauma, substance use, justice-system involvement, housing instability, or other social barriers.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based practices.
• Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
• Ability to work independently while remaining connected to supervision and the broader care team.
• Reliable transportation when required by the contracted scope of work.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills are a plus.

Core Competencies

• Relationship Building | Establishes trust and authentic connection with youth.
• Lived Experience | Uses personal experience appropriately to build empathy, credibility, hope, and connection.
• Behavioral Health Support | Understands and appropriately applies behavioral health support strategies within the scope of the role.
• Youth-Centered Practice | Centers youth voice, strengths, goals, and autonomy.
• Trauma-Informed Practice | Understands how trauma and adverse experiences can affect behavior, relationships, and engagement.
• Cultural Responsiveness | Respects the cultural backgrounds, identities, values, and lived experiences of participants.
• Professional Boundaries | Maintains appropriate boundaries and understands the distinction between support, mentoring, and clinical services.
• Documentation | Completes accurate, timely, and professional service documentation.
• Communication | Communicates effectively with participants, families, supervisors, providers, and community partners.
• Reliability & Accountability | Follows through on contracted responsibilities and participant commitments.

Independent Contractor & Compensation

The QBHA position is structured as an independent contractor engagement.

The contractor will be compensated according to the rate and payment schedule established in the executed Independent Contractor Agreement.

This is a non-commissioned position. Compensation is not based on:

• Participant recruitment;
• Number of participants enrolled;
• Referrals generated;
• Services referred;
• Grant awards;
• Fundraising;
• Sales;
• Participant outcomes; or
• Any other commission-based activity.

Payment will be based solely on the contracted services, hours, deliverables, or other compensation structure established in the Independent Contractor Agreement.

The contractor is responsible for maintaining any required licenses, certifications, insurance, taxes, and other obligations associated with independent contractor status.