TIL-Youth Advocate

Rising Ground; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Time

Paid Vacation

Paid Personal days

Job summary

Rising Ground in New York, NY seeks a compassionate program facilitator for the Roadmap to Adulthood program to empower RHY youth through lived expertise and collaborative engagement.

You will conduct weekly workshops at assigned sites, accompany youth to appointments across mental health, health, education and employment, advocate for their needs, document progress, and help develop RHY projects, events and programming.

Qualifications

• High School diploma.

Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly workshops at assigned sites.
• Accompany program participants on appointments for mental health, health, education, employment and other concrete needs.
• Advocate for needs and best interest of program participants with case management staff.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, service plan reviews, intake meetings and discharge conferences to represent the needs and best interest of program participants.
• Document all interactions and meetings in progress notes.
• Support Youth during the discharge process as well as appeals related to the program.
• Provide youth with access to resources and organizations that support employment stability, mental health, and advocacy.
• Provide assistance to the peer manager in the development of RHY projects, events, and programming.

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Job Summary

The Roadmap to Adulthood Program is designed to empower and support youth impacted by homelessness (RHY) through employees who offer lived expertise and new ideas relevant to RHY youth.

The Roadmap to Adulthood Program is designed to empower and support youth impacted by homelessness (RHY) through employees who offer lived expertise and new ideas relevant to RHY youth. This unique program values a sense of self and allows staff to be vulnerable, creating strong relationships with RHY youth and encouraging their active participation in the community. The program aims to strengthen unity and understanding between service workers and service users, deescalate conflicts, and enhance interpersonal skills, mental health awareness, create a youth council body and knowledge of RHY services and aftercare. By actively practicing essential life skills, youth are better prepared for adulthood and life after homelessness.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly workshops at assigned sites
• Accompany program participants on appointment for mental health, health, education, employment and other concrete needs.
• Advocate for needs and best interest of program participants with case management staff.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, service plan reviews, intake meetings and discharge conferences to represent the needs and best interest of program participants.
• Document all interactions and meetings in progress notes.
• Support Youth during the discharge process as well as appeals related to the program.
• Provide youth with access to resources and organizations that support employment stability, mental health, and advocacy.
• Provide assistance to the peer manager in the development of RHY projects, events, and programming.

Qualifications

High School diploma,

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment

Normal

Position Type/Expected Hours Of Work

35

Travel (if required)

Yes. As needed

Benefits Offerings Includes

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Personal days

Insurance Coverage

• Medical -3 plan options
• Dental - 2 plan options
• Vision - 1 plan option

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual's perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.