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Achievement Consultant – Youth & Family Services

Empower Youth. Strengthen Families. Create Lasting Change.

Every Young Person Deserves Someone Who Believes in Them.

At Ruth’s Way, Inc. (RWI), we know that meaningful change begins with meaningful relationships.

We’re seeking a compassionate, motivated, and relationship-focused Achievement Consultant – Youth & Family Services to provide individualized support to adolescent girls and their families through our evidence-informed Achievement Consultation Program.

This is much more than a traditional human services position.

As an Achievement Consultant, you’ll become a trusted partner to youth and families as you help them identify strengths, overcome barriers, set meaningful goals, connect with valuable community resources, and celebrate lasting achievements.

Every family has a story. Every young person has potential. Your role is to help them discover both.

If you’re passionate about empowering others and making a measurable difference in your community, we’d love to meet you.

About Ruth’s Way, Inc.

Ruth’s Way, Inc. is a faith-informed nonprofit Achievement Consulting Agency committed to empowering adolescent girls ages 10–17 to realize their voice, recognize their strengths, overcome barriers, and achieve long-term success.

Through individualized Achievement Consultation, family engagement, school partnerships, and community collaboration, we equip youth and their families with practical tools, supportive relationships, and personalized strategies that promote lifelong success.

Position Summary

As an Achievement Consultant – Youth & Family Services, you’ll provide individualized Achievement Consultation services to adolescent girls and their families in home, school, community, and virtual settings.

Using Ruth’s Way’s signature Blueprint-To-Achievement™ model, you’ll partner with participants and their guardians to identify strengths, address barriers, develop achievable goals, and create individualized plans that promote personal growth, family stability, educational success, and emotional well-being.

Every consultation is personalized because every family is unique.

What You’ll Do

As an Achievement Consultant, you will:

• Build trusting, supportive relationships with youth and their families.
• Conduct individualized Achievement Consultation sessions using a strengths-based, family-centered approach.
• Help participants identify goals and develop personalized Blueprint-To-Achievement™ plans.
• Encourage youth to build confidence, resilience, healthy decision-making skills, and personal responsibility.
• Support parents and guardians by providing encouragement, practical strategies, and ongoing collaboration.
• Connect families with community resources, educational supports, behavioral health providers, and other services as appropriate.
• Collaborate with schools, community organizations, and partner agencies to coordinate participant support.
• Monitor participant progress and celebrate milestones and achievements.
• Maintain accurate documentation, case notes, referrals, attendance records, and required reports.
• Participate in team meetings, supervision, professional development, and agency trainings.
• Represent Ruth’s Way with professionalism, compassion, cultural humility, and integrity.

Why This Role Matters

This position offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people and their families.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Help youth overcome obstacles and discover their strengths.
• Support families during challenging life transitions.
• Develop meaningful mentoring relationships built on trust and encouragement.
• Connect participants with resources that improve long-term outcomes.
• Celebrate real progress as participants achieve personal, educational, and family goals.
• Become part of an organization dedicated to strengthening communities one family at a time.

Every conversation matters.

Every success story begins with someone willing to listen, encourage, and believe.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is…

• Passionate about youth and family empowerment.
• Compassionate, patient, and relationship-oriented.
• A strong communicator who enjoys working one-on-one with individuals and families.
• Organized and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable working independently in community settings.
• Resourceful, dependable, and solution-focused.
• Professional, ethical, and committed to confidentiality.
• Excited to collaborate with schools, families, and community partners.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree preferred in:

• Social Work
• Human Services
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Counseling
• Education
• Family Studies
• Child Development
• Behavioral Health
• Criminal Justice
• Community Health

Equivalent combinations of education and directly related experience will also be considered.

Experience in one or more of the following is highly valued:

• Youth mentoring
• Family support services
• Community outreach
• Behavioral health coordination
• School-based services
• Case coordination
• Crisis intervention
• Resource navigation
• Parent education
• Goal planning
• Strengths-based practice

Professional Development

At Ruth’s Way, we are committed to developing exceptional professionals.

All employees complete the Strengths-Based Family Worker (SFW) Credentialing Program through Temple University and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services Family Development Training Program. This agency-wide requirement reflects our commitment to evidence-informed, family-centered practice and professional excellence.

Additional training and professional development opportunities are provided throughout employment to support continued growth and career advancement.

Why Join Ruth’s Way?

When you join Ruth’s Way, you become part of a mission dedicated to empowering youth, strengthening families, and transforming communities.

We offer:

• Meaningful, purpose-driven work.
• The opportunity to positively impact youth and families every day.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Agency-sponsored professional development and credentialing.
• Opportunities for advancement and leadership.
• A workplace culture built on compassion, integrity, excellence, and empowerment.

If you’re ready to help young people and families build brighter futures, we invite you to apply and become part of the Ruth’s Way team.

Together, we empower potential, strengthen families, and create lasting achievement.

Ruth’s Way, Inc. does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

Ruth’s Way, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.