Youth Development Professional - Howard Fuller

The professional will assist in planning, organizing, and implementing programs focused on empowering members to make healthy choices, gain accurate knowledge about adolescent development, and develop coping mechanisms for stress, bullying, and trauma. Key duties include demonstrating program philosophy, facilitating youth leadership activities, ensuring a safe environment, tracking member progress, and collaborating with families and community partners.

Requirements vary by pay grade level, starting with a high school diploma or equivalent for level 1, requiring cpr/First aid/Scan_mart training within six months. Higher levels require increasing college credits, specific dcf-Approved classes, and direct experience working with youth in licensed programs, with level 4 preferring a bachelor's degree.