Youth Development Professional - Davis

The professional assists 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. Responsibilities include ensuring program activities are inclusive, promoting youth leadership and engagement, maintaining a safe environment according to policy, 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, and mandated reporter training within six months. Higher levels require increasing amounts of related college credits, specific course completions, and progressively more direct experience working with youth in licensed programs, with a bachelor's degree preferred for level 4.