Shadee.Care Ltd – Youth Mentor and Counsellor

Job Highlights

• Work on trendy and exciting youth outreach campaigns, projects and events such as Cosplay Festival, E-sports, Kpop etc. 
• Work remotely and at various youth spaces.
• Contribute to the well-being of young people by befriending and mentoring them
• Part-time or project basis leading to full-time employment.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage, interact with and mentor youths in events and online
• Conceptualise, plan and conduct community out-reach activities to create awareness on mental-wellness and promote early help seeking.
• Develop and conduct enrichment workshops for social emotional learning.
• Facilitate group sessions online and off-line, mentor, counsel and manage group dynamics to achieve the stated objectives.
• Identify and assess psycho-social health status for escalation.
• Work with other mental-health personals in providing interventions to individuals where necessary.
• Grow community engagement by working with Institutions of learning, youth organisations, partners and stakeholders.
• Documentation, report writing and program evaluation

Personnel Requirement

• Enjoy working with youths and familiar with the latest Gen Z, Millennial trends.
• Interest in Gen Z activities such as Cosplay, Kpop, Dance, Gaming, etc
• Independent, responsible and self-motivated, while able to work in a team.
• Outgoing personality with strong inter-personal and communication skills, preferably familiar with online youth lingo.
• Knowledge and experience in mentoring or counselling youths.
• Savvy with social media, online communication and IT.
• Creative and adventurous. Able to conceptualise and conduct novel activities that trends with Gen Z’s and Millennials
• Able to liase and coordinate with leaders of partnering organisations and Institutions
• Able to work on weeknights and weekends where required.

Qualification and Experience

• Diploma level in counselling, youth related studies or any relevant field of study.
• Experience in working with teenagers or young adults either as a volunteer, placement or job.
• Experience or involvement in relevant Gen Z activities such as Dance(Street), Cosplay, Gaming (Discord), TikTok, or have been in groups such as NYC, YouthCorp would be preferred.