Youth Career & College Navigator

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 50 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd is seeking a Career Development and College Specialist to help young people pursue college and career goals. The role collaborates with coaches to build positive relationships, assess work readiness, organize career clubs, and place participants in internships and employment opportunities in the Bronx area.

The specialist conducts career assessments, facilitates workshops, engages with employers, and tracks progress while supporting youth through various stages of

Qualifications

• Experience working with adolescents/young adults in education/employment related fields required.
• Strong group facilitation or teaching skills required.
• Ability to work with diverse staff and students and network with diverse employer constituents.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, especially Word and Excel.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength based, Youth & Family Development perspective.

Responsabilités

• Provide accurate assessment of participants work readiness, skills, experience, and education.
• Conduct career assessments with young people.
• Facilitating and Organizing Career Club
• Outreach to potential internship providers, workforce development providers, and employers to identify and secure full, part time and summer internship and employment opportunities.
• Match and place participants into internship and employment opportunities, including SYEP.
• Attend home visits as deemed necessary to engage participant.
• Help young people apply to external programs and employers to serve as pipeline
• Engage in community outreach, networking, and public relations.
• Oversee placement and monitoring of participants at internship/job sites and obtain employer feedback.
• Facilitate workshops for participants on topics related to job and career readiness and exploration skills/competency development (i.e., resume writing, interviewing skills, completing job applications)
• Identify any barriers or challenges with participants and collaborate with other staff members, permanent adult supports, and family to support the youth on addressing or overcoming said barriers to function in a work site.
• Participate in conferences, including Family Team Conferences, discharge planning, and Continuation of Care and Support Beyond Age 21 conferences.
• Attend and participate in regular program and team meetings and provide progress updates.
• Oversight of all PYA related activities and trainings
• Coordinate and facilitate trainings for staff relative to employment, PYA skills, transition plans, etc.
• Recruit and invite participants to engage and/or participate in special events (i.e. agency field trips, annual youth celebrations, academic acknowledgements, and SYEP)
• Generates statistics and data information on outreach and placements as required.
• Prepare reports for internal and external shareholders as required.
• Maintain tracking sheets and keep them updated on the intranet educational group site.
• Assist young people with completing credit checks

Connaissances

Career counseling

Workshop facilitation

Outreach

Data reporting

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Organization

Communication

Networking

Outils

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Description du poste

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd is seeking a Career Development and College Specialist to help young people pursue college and career goals. The role collaborates with coaches to build positive relationships, assess work readiness, organize career clubs, and place participants in internships and employment opportunities in the Bronx area.

The specialist conducts career assessments, facilitates workshops, engages with employers, and tracks progress while supporting youth through various stages of