Senior Advocate Counselor

Research Foundation at City College of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Young Adult Borough Center seeks an Advocate Counselor to support at-risk youth in an educational setting. This role involves providing counseling, facilitating access to resources, and coordinating student activities to help students achieve their educational and career goals. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in counseling youth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years Advocate Counseling experience preferably with youth aged 17-21.
• Experience in a high school or post-secondary setting preferred.
• Availability to work evenings and Fridays required.

Responsibilities

• Provides advocate counseling for at-risk students to improve their quality of life.
• Facilitates access to community resources and services.
• Documents all student encounters and contacts.

Skills

Advocate Counseling

Community Resource Facilitation

Student Outreach

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

The Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) and Learning to Work Center at Thomas Jefferson Campus High School is an evening educational / youth development program that provides New York City high school students an alternative pathway to graduation.

Students enrolled in YABC also include young adults who chose to leave daytime classes due to circumstances such as employment or adult responsibilities. YABC offers students an opportunity to participate in a non-traditional educational program geared toward helping them prepare for a high school diploma and making critical career choices (i.e. college, employment or vocational training). This unique program combines academic classroom instruction, tutoring, career exploration, case management, work readiness training, and subsidized internships. Students attend evening classes Monday through Thursday.

In addition to YABC students accumulating credits toward graduation at an accelerated rate, they receive an elective credit for participating in paid internships.

Our overall goal is to provide the students with internships that provide them with the skills necessary to pursue their individual career goals. Once all of the credits toward graduation have been completed students obtain a local and or regents diploma from their sending school.

Other Duties

• Provides advocate counseling for young adult at risk students within a community based educational setting, to improve their quality of life and maintain the highest possible ability to function within the community.
• Facilitates student access to community resources and services; assists students to develop natural resources and make contact with social support networks.
• Perform student attendance outreach, which includes letters, phone calls and occasional home visits.
• Coordinates and monitors services, including tracking student activities in relation to care plan.
• Coordinates external program presentations relative to student support services for the Young Adult Borough Student Population.
• Coordinates student activities such as educational field trips and recreational student events.
• Assists students in developing goals and area of need, and assists in developing individual plans which are assesses regularly.
• Documents all student encounters and contacts.
• Identifies and provides emergency services as necessary; makes assessments and responds according to accepted intervention methods and techniques; coordinates other services as appropriate.
• Maintains and reports applicable statistics regarding programs and student services.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as assigned and deemed necessary by director for functionality of the overall program.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate must possess a minimum Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum 4 years Advocate Counseling experience preferably with youth between the ages of 17-21.
• Experience within a high school or post-secondary setting is highly preferred.
• Applicant must be available to work between the hours of 12pm-8pm Monday through Thursday and 9am-5pm on Fridays.
• Applicant must be fingerprinted.

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY's research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY's services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society's most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY's research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Americans with Disabilities Act / E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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