Youth Specialist

Goodwill Hawaii; Kahului (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill Hawaii seeks a Youth Specialist to guide youth participants and families in academic, vocational, and life skills. You will develop and monitor Individual Service Plans, track progress, and maintain compliant documentation while connecting families to community resources.

You will work with at-risk youth, provide mentorship, job readiness training, and applied learning opportunities, and coordinate learning environments aligned with participant goals, reporting to program leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university (required for Big Island youth programs only).
• One to two years of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with at-risk youth in a human service setting.
• Proficiency in assessments, goal planning, customer service, and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Assess and enroll eligible youth participants.
• Evaluate participants’ strengths, interests, and needs to develop individualized service plans.
• Provide mentorship, academic support, job readiness training, life skills instruction, and applied learning opportunities.
• Create and coordinate learning environments tailored to participant goals.
• Monitor progress, reinforce learning, and provide feedback and assessment.
• Facilitate community-based activities and skill-building excursions.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant case documentation and contact logs.
• Work with families and support networks to address barriers to success.
• Occasionally provide transportation to participants.
• Follow all organizational policies, safety procedures, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Assessments

Goal planning

Customer service

Conflict resolution

Mentorship

Life skills

Job readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Two years experience

Experience with at-risk youth

Job description

SUMMARY

AYouth Specialistprovides academic, vocational, and life skills guidance to youth participants and their families within a positive youth development setting. TheYouth Specialistdevelops andmonitorsIndividual Service Plans, tracks client progress toward goals, andmaintainsaccuratedocumentation in compliance with policies and procedures. Additionally, theYouth Specialistconnects youth and families toappropriate communityresources and delivers follow-up servicesin accordance withcontract guidelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following.

• Assess and enroll eligible youth participants.
• Evaluateparticipants’ strengths, interests, and needs to develop individualized service plans in collaboration with families and service providers.
• Provide mentorship, academic support, job readiness training, life skills instruction, and applied learning opportunities.
• Create and coordinate learning environments tailored to participant goals.
• Monitor progress, reinforce learning, and provide continuous feedback and assessment.
• Facilitate community-based activities and skill-building excursions.
• Maintainaccurate,timely, and compliant case documentation and contact logs.
• Work with families and support networks to address barriers to success.
• Occasionally provide transportation to participants.
• Follow all organizational policies, safety procedures, and compliance requirements.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university (required for Big Island youth programs only).
• One to two years of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with at-risk youth in a human service setting.
• Proficiencyin assessments, goal planning, customer service, and conflict resolution.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Valid driver’s license and acceptable traffic abstract per company guidelines.
• Access to an insured vehicle with current registration and safety inspection.
• Successful clearance of Sex Offender Registry, Criminal History, and Adult/Child Protective Services background checksin accordance withcompany standards.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must meet physical demands necessary to perform essential job functions; reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, and communicate (talk/hear).
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Requires specific vision abilities: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Goodwill Hawaii is committed to fully complying with all Equal Opportunity Employment and All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. We also foster a drug-free work environment.