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The Youth Restoration Project is a youth employment program that provides youth ages 18-24 the opportunity to learn hard and soft skills (keeping a work schedule, communication, task discipline, etc.) that will contribute to success in the workplace.

In addition to on-the-job training, we provide support and resources to help youth achieve their educational goals. While holding a full-time job with Goodwill®, individuals continue to receive assistance in obtaining a GED, getting into college, or providing a professional path.

Goodwill®’s youth participants are building skills and brighter futures everyday by helping maintain and build out our facilities and sites.

Program Goals

Hard Skills

  • Basic tool knowledge (miter saw, table saw, router, planer, joiner, skill saw, jig saw).
  • Basic Maintenance and Repair skills, HVAC, Sign Install, Equipment Repair
  • Keeping track of supplies and a monthly budget.
  • Learning how to maintain safety at all times in a working shop.

Soft Skills

  • Learning how to show up to work on time and being productive.
  • Learning to compartmentalize disappointments so work is not affected.
  • Taking responsibility for self-improvement in order to reach next level of employment or education.
  • Teamwork
  • Setting of long-term and short-term goals.
  • Effective communication
  • Problem solving

Other

  • GED preparation and other educational support
  • Career and educational pathways through EAP & AZCIS, resume prep
  • Financial counseling
  • Help with navigation of health services through Goodwill or through the state, mental health services, parenting services
  • College preparedness
  • Driver’s Education with eventual attainment of AZ driver’s license through use of company vehicles.
  • Support after graduation from program.

To become a Youth Restoration Associate, you must:

  • Be 18-24 years old
  • Be out-of-school (as this is a full-time job)
  • Fill out an online application. See available job postings on Career page
  • Attend an interview
  • Agree to have a background check performed

Available Youth Restoration Associate positions are posted on the Careers: Current Openings page.