Description
At Alpine Academy, our Coaches partner with clinical and academic professionals to help transform lives. Working in a home-like residential setting, you'll build genuine relationships with teens who need consistency, empathy, accountability, and guidance. Every day brings real opportunities to help young people heal, grow, and develop the skills they need for a brighter future.
As a Teen Advocate, you will:
- Provide active supervision and maintain a safe, structured environment for students at all times
- Deliver therapeutic teaching and coaching using the Teaching-Family Model, including role-play, skill-building, and real-time feedback
- Implement individualized treatment plans, behavior protocols, and student goals in daily routines
- Build trauma-informed relationships grounded in empathy, consistency, and accountability
- Support students through daily living activities including hygiene, meals, chores, recreation, and bedtime routines
- Administer medications following Alpine Academy's protocols
- Document student progress and incidents clearly and promptly
- Participate in team meetings, staff trainings, and ongoing professional development
- Work toward and maintain Teaching-Family Model certification
We are looking for someone who:
- Leads with confidence and holds boundaries with consistency
- Is empathetic and patient, while understanding that real care sometimes means delivering hard consequences
- Communicates clearly and directly, and stays composed when situations escalate
- Takes ownership of their environment
- Is a collaborative team player who holds themselves and others to a high professional standard
- Actively develops their authoritative leadership style through training, feedback, and self-reflection
- Adapts quickly in a fast-moving environment and brings steadiness when things get unpredictable
The requirements for this role are:
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Valid Utah driver's license and clean motor vehicle record
- Must pass a Residential Treatment level background check
- Physical ability to actively monitor youth, perform restraints, and administer CPR
- Comfortable using Microsoft, Google, and CRM software
In terms of compensation and benefits, we offer:
- A salary of $19+ depending on experience
- Typically 40–45 hours per week
- Overtime paid at 1.5x for hours over 40
- Company holidays paid at 2x
- PTO
- Health insurance and HSA coverage for employee and dependents
- Disability and life insurance
- Retirement contributions paid entirely by Alpine Academy , no out-of-pocket required from you. We contribute 5–15% of your pay directly toward your retirement, and that percentage grows the longer you're with us.