Senior Youth Advocate - 2008350

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 49.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York seeks a Senior Advocate Counselor to support the Program Director in day‑to‑day operations at the program site. The role includes supervising staff in the director's absence and coordinating with the Internship Coordinator to guide teams in the field.

You will help advance program goals within the school community and through partnerships, funders, and the public, provide counseling to students, manage a caseload, and contribute to planning events and

Formación

• Education and/or experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with youth and working in an in-school setting.

Responsabilidades

• Represent program and agency at partnership meetings and other activities with partners, funders and the public when Program Director is not able to do so.
• Assist Program Director in planning trips and activities and formulating strategies to advance programmatic and agency goals and priorities.
• Responsible for a caseload of at least 50 students, including maintaining attendance and educational progress and providing regular individual counseling meetings.
• Conduct attendance outreach through KinvoMessaging, morning wake-up calls, and/or home visits when needed.
• Providing crisis counseling/restorative mediations, as needed.
• Facilitate daily program activities, and support in tracking students’ academic progress using report cards, progress reports, and periodic assessments.
• Maintain progress notes on participants in tracking data system; Collect and complete all necessary documentation and reports related to program activities.
• Provide students with job and career development activities to support employability skills.
• Assist students assess personality traits to develop realistic educational career plans and support their transition after HS.
• Support students in learning about college options and admissions process and assist in completion of college and financial aid applications.
• Assist to maintain the monthly calendar of program activities and workshops.
• Participate in planning and implementation of special activities/events/clubs and field trips.
• Plan and facilitate Advisory sessions twice per week.
• Support new student admission process (intake interviews, orientation, etc.).
• Attend internal and external meetings, trainings, and conferences, as necessary.
• Assess for referrals to community-based support services for students and family members.

Conocimientos

Communication

Organization

Administrative skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in related field

Herramientas

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Summary:In addition to executing the duties and responsibilities of the Advocate Counselor position, the Senior Advocate Counselorassiststhe Program Director with general management and supervision of day-to-day operations at the program site. Staff will coordinate withInternshipcoordinator to provide direction for all other team members in the absence of the Program Director. They help advance the goals,priorityand culture of the program and the agency within the school community and in interactions with partners, funders, and the public.

Hourly Rate-$30. This is a full time position based on a 35 hour work week. 54,600 annually

Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Represent program and agency at partnership meetings and other activities with partners,fundersand the public when Program Directoris not able todo so.
• Assist Program Director in planning trips and activities and formulating strategies to advance programmatic and agency goals and priorities.
• Responsible for a caseload of at least 50 students, including maintainingtheir attendance and educational progress and providing regular individual counseling meetings.
• Conduct attendance outreach through KinvoMessaging, morning wake-up calls, and/or home visit when needed.
• Providing crisis counseling/restorative mediations, as needed.
• Facilitate daily program activities, andsupport in tracking students’ academic progress using report cards, progress reports, and periodic assessments.
• Maintain progress notes on participants in tracking data system(e.g.,Skedula, Services Tools, NV Portal); Collect and complete all necessary documentation and reports related to program activities.
• Provide students with job and career development activities to support students’ development of employability skills, such as Resume building, Cover letter writing, Mock Interviews, completion of internship application, jobshadowing opportunities.
• Assiststudents assess personality traits to develop realistic educational career plans and support their transition after HS.
• Support students in learning about the college options and the admissions process and assistin the completion of college and financial aid applications.
• Assisttomaintainhe monthly calendar of program activities and workshops available to participants.
• Participate in planning and implementation of special activities/events/ clubs and field trips.
• Plan and facilitateAdvisorysessiontwice per week.
• Support new student admission process(i.eintake interviews, new student orientation, parent orientations, among others).
• Attendinternal and external meetings,trainings, and conferences, as necessary.
• Assess forreferrals to community-based support services for students and family members, as needed.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

Days and hours are Monday to Friday 8:00am–4:00pm. This full-time position will require evening and occasional Saturday hours to meet program deadlines, or client needs and supportspecial events.

Working conditions and physical demandsrequired:

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• When conducting home visits or field trips, individuals will use public transportation or traverse citystreets, occasionally ascend/descend stairs, and be exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Remain in a stationary position while monitoringactivities, providing instruction, or when at aworkstation.
• Move for extended periods, providing instruction.
• Use a computer at least 40% of the time.
• Ability and patience to work with young people, particularly in group settings.

Qualifications

Education and/or experiencerequired:

• Bachelor’s degree in relatedfield.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with youth and working in an in-school setting.

Skills, Licenses, and/or competenciesrequired:

• Effective communication, organizational, and administrative skills
• Must be organized and detail oriented and can work effectively under pressure in both a team setting and individually.
• Ability to effectively interact and work with individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent computer skills and experience (Internet, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Bilingual, English, and Spanish,a plus

Catholic Charities and Catholic Charities Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.