Afterschool Program Peer Mentors- ASP temp hires

Get to Know Us

Salt Lake County Youth Services provides support to schools and families through Afterschool Programs, Summer Programming, and Parental Support. Our programs are offered on site at schools located in Kearns, Magna, West Valley City, and Millcreek.

Our goals are to keep kids safe, provide healthy adult role models, teach new skills, and give youth confidence in themselves through a variety of enrichment activities. These goals are achieved by working closely with school administration and ensuring our staff are active participants in helping to make positive changes within the communities served. 

What You’ll Do Here

As an Afterschool Program Peer Mentor your team will work directly with youth from diverse backgrounds in a school setting to provide a safe and healthy environment by:

• Being a peer mentor to youth using Positive Behavior Support techniques while assisting with guiding groups of up to 15 youth.
• Assist with daily activities based on school day support and enrichment focus areas including STEM, Arts and Culture, Character Education, Healthy Living, and College and Career Exploration resulting in the enrichment of the youth’s education and daily life activities.

What We Need from You

Must be between 15-17 years of age.

What We Give You

Opportunity to develop skills in youth mentorship, assisting with the facilitation of activities, while providing safe and healthy environments. You will gain invaluable work experience in youth development, conflict resolution, engaging appropriately with youth, youth services programs and local resources, and programming and quality assurance.  

Pay: $13.65 per hour*

*Potential increase to $14.00 per hour after 90 days upon completion of up to 10 hours of required trainings including: Child Abuse Prevention, CPR/First Aid, Workplace Ethics, Sexual Harassment Prevention, and Site-Specific Trainings.

Schedule: Varies based on location following a school year calendar.  School year are afternoons Monday- Friday, start time varies between 2:00 to 3:00 pm and end time varies between 5:30 – 6:00 pm, for about 15-20 hours a week. Hours vary depending upon program and individual availability. 

Summer hours are M-TH from about 9am-4pm, plus prep and planning time for about 28 hours a week for our 6-week program.  You will have about 4 weeks off in mid July- mid August.

Work Location:

Various schools in Kearns, Magna, and West Valley

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment
• Positive attitude – ability to move forward during difficult situations and motivate others