Transportation Specialist - Memphis Allies

Who is Youth Villages?

Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully. We are a team of 3,000 individuals who’ve come together across over 20 states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile justice across the country.  Our work involves providing an array of counseling and treatment services to youth with severe emotional and behavioral problems. 

Eighty-four percent of those who go through treatment are succeeding two years after leaving our program. These youth are living at home, remaining in school, and are not experiencing trouble with the law.

We believe strongly in investing in and supporting our employees. We offer candidates opportunities to develop a career and be part of a positive change in our country’s treatment of at-risk youth and families. 

Program Overview

Launched by Youth Villages, Memphis Allies is a bold collaborative initiative, bringing together community groups and resources to reduce gun violence and create safer neighborhoods and more opportunity for adults and their families.

Position Overview

The Transportation Specialist transports and supervises participants to scheduled appointments, programming sessions, and sometimes work/school.

Transportation Specialist should be willing to go into different high-risk apartment complexes and neighborhoods to pick up our participants.  They will work on building trust with these participants and build a real bond, learning their individual stories and establishing the trust necessary for dialogue.

Responsibilities:

• Goes to pick up participants who are without transportation to bring them to the site for programming, take them to work/school, and to different appointments when necessary.

·         When there are no transportation responsibilities- This staff member will assist with monitoring group programming and/or assist office manager with needs of the building.

 • May be responsible for maintaining van log notebooks, including inspection logs for completion and accuracy, security of the vehicles and keys.  

• collects and tracks all van safety checklist sheets and provides weekly report.  

• Tracks and schedules outings with SWITCH Team Supervisors

• Maintains daily roster of times, dates, destinations, transporters, length of transport, and other documentations as needed.  

• Ensures daily cleanliness and upkeep of all vehicles assigned to the site, including inspecting for cleanliness, damage, proper equipment and safe operation of vehicle.  Ensures vehicles are properly fueled.

• Reports vehicle damage to office manager and Director of Operations and tracks all vehicle issues in regards to repair.

• MUST maintain a valid driver’s license at all times.

  MUST maintain safe driving practices.

• Attend all mandatory and necessary meetings and trainings, including staff meetings, your team meetings, Case Conferences, and all trainings.

• Follow all directions and guidance from your supervisor

Requirements:

• High School Diploma/ or equivalent required 
• Credibility and cultural competency. Transportation Specialists work is fundamentally about trust, for which these assets and skills will be critical. This means that many Transportation Specialists will share lived experience with clients. 
• Transformative mentorship. SWITCH Youth believe that the mentorship Life Coaches will provide is a service. 
• Like all services, effective mentorship requires diverse skills including motivational interviewing, strengths identification, and basic familiarity with cognitive-behavioral interventions. 
• Flexible availability. Transportation Specialist will be assisting participants with transportation for daily programming but may be required to assist with transportation evening hours for participants to go to work.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
Retirement Savings Pension Plan
401(k)
2 weeks paid vacation
12 paid sick days per year
11 paid holidays

Paid Parental Leave
Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement
Supportive leadership and coworkers

Youth Villages is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Youth Villages is committed to not only advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace but also in our work with children and young adults. We know that children, families and young people of color can face inequity in child welfare and justice systems, and we train our employees to build the skills they need to work with the communities that we serve, as well as, other employees from different cultures and backgrounds. Youth Villages is opposed to racism in any of its forms and is committed to inclusion, equity, and diversity. We believe that respect for each other is crucial in the work that we do each day.