Youth Career Coach for Justice-Impacted Teens

Center for Community Alternatives, Inc.; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

12 paid holidays

20 days earned time off

7 paid sick time

PSLF program

Zusammenfassung

Center for Community Alternatives, Inc. is seeking a qualified positive youth development professional to deliver employment services to justice-impacted youth in New York.

The role focuses on outreach, intakes, and helping participants overcome barriers to employment within our Education and Employment Department. The position combines field outreach with structured administration, including data entry and weekly reporting.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in youth development, social work, criminal justice or related human services field required.
• Strong interest in juvenile justice issues and awareness of positive youth development best practices required.
• Strong written/oral communication and advocacy skills.
• Excellent networking, writing and organizational skills; advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite and online platforms.
• Experience working directly with justice-involved youth is a strong plus; bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Outreach to and engage participants across all departmental programming.
• Conduct intakes with new participants and document youth’s contact information, employment experience, and employment plans.
• Assist participants with action plans, transitional plans, and address employment barriers (resume, cover letter, certifications, photo ID, birth certificate).
• Maintain contact with subcontracted facilitators for participant progress and support areas.
• Complete weekly outreach goals for participants enrolled in the Education and Employment Department’s programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners, including subcontracted facilitators, regarding participant engagement and develop outreach strategies.
• Develop and maintain relationships with subcontracted, grassroots partner organizations.
• Support Transition Coordinators from the NextGen Network program in building relationships with youth reentering from detention.
• Work with Transition Coordinators to deliver enrichment, restorative justice and career pathways workshops.
• Support reentering youth connect with community resources and subcontracted partner organizations.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Advocacy

Networking

Organizational skills

Team building

Bilingual

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Suite

QuickBase

Jobbeschreibung

Center for Community Alternatives, Inc. is seeking a qualified positive youth development professional to deliver employment services to justice-impacted youth in New York.

The role focuses on outreach, intakes, and helping participants overcome barriers to employment within our Education and Employment Department. The position combines field outreach with structured administration, including data entry and weekly reporting.