Youth Worker

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Chelsea (MA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Priority Dispatch Corp. is seeking a Youth Worker to engage 20 very high-risk young women through relationships and programming in Chelsea, MA. The role reports to an Assistant Director and focuses on outcomes like economic independence and staying out of harm’s way.

The position involves case management, CBT-based interventions, employment support, and coordination with partners such as DCF, DTA, and Probation. Strong communication and team collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• BA preferred or equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of direct service work with high-risk young people, preferably teen mothers.
• Experience with street involved high-risk youths.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Spanish bilingual preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of young people and build transformation relationships in alignment with Roca's intervention model.
• Provide educational/vocational/life skills programming including supports, financial literacy, workforce readiness, parenting and child development, healthy habits, driver's ed, and job placement.
• Plan weekly schedules, outreach lists, and CBT coaching using Track Books.
• Apply Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) within Roca's Intervention Model.
• Assist and role model in obtaining and sustaining employment through job search and professionalism.
• Engage with family and court systems, residential programs, community work, and meetings.
• Enter case notes into ETO daily and analyze data to adjust outreach.

Skills

BA preferred

Direct service with high-risk youth

Bilingual Spanish (preferred)

Strong communication skills

Education

BA preferred/Equivalent experience

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Roca Chelsea - CHELSEA, MA 02150

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Relevant experience

Salary Range: $33.65 - $33.65 Hourly

Job Category: Young Women

Position Overview

The Youth Worker will report to the Assistant Director and have the primary responsibility of engaging 20 very high-risk young women through relationships and programming as well as working with key partners (DCF, DTA, Probation, and other community-based providers). The successful Youth worker will work closely with team members, supervisors, and others within the organization to ensure that each young person is driving to outcomes of economic independence and living out of harm's way. We strive to meet outcomes for young women and mothers including but not limited to: Improved Behavioral Health, No New Criminal or DCF involvement, and Retained Employment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of young people and build transformation relationships in alignment with Roca's intervention model.
• Demonstrate the ability to provide additional types of educational/vocational/life skills programming, including but not limited to educational supports, financial literacy, workforce readiness, parenting and child development, healthy habits, driver's education, and/or help with job placement.
• Strategically plan workweek schedules- including outreach lists for contact, programming needs, identifying if YP needs additional assistance and CBT coaching and constructive use of Track Books.
• Facilitate, apply, practice, and demonstrate Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) using Roca's Intervention Model. Consistently exercise and application of Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT).
• Assist and role model in the process of obtaining and sustaining employment through job search and overall workforce professionalism.
• Engage with other aspects of work, such as but not limited to, family and criminal court engagement, work behind the wall/in residential programs, peacemaking circles, work with the community, productive and professional participation in meetings, etc.
• Ensure accurate and timely entry of case notes into ETO (Efforts to Outcome system) daily. Analyze and interpret ETO data as it relates to young people and understanding how data relates to a young person’s progress. Adapt outreach efforts in accordance with data collected in ETO.

Qualifications

The very nature of Roca's work requires an individual of great commitment and energy to the mission. Roca seeks a highly driven individual who is in alignment with the culture and values of Roca. In addition, the ideal candidate for this position will be a trustworthy decision-maker. He/she will have a sense of humor, feel passionate and committed to direct work with high-risk youth, and demonstrate interest in coaching and supporting coworkers.

• BA preferred/Equivalent experience accepted - minimum of three years of direct service work with high-risk young people, preferably teen mothers.
• Understanding and experience working with street involved high risk young people.
• Capacity for creative problem-solving, conflict resolution, violence prevention
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Capacity to think and act intentionally and strategically to help young people change behaviors.
• Creative problem solving and thinking.
• Excellent at organizing, managing, and completing multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously with thoroughness, accuracy, timeliness and good humor.
• Self-motivation, initiative, sound judgment, and commitment to ongoing learning are essential.
• Ability to work as a part of a team.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required.

Requirements for the position

• Ability to travel around the service area
• Computer Literacy
• Valid state issued driver's license
• Criminal background and current driving record check
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours, and Holidays and/or weekends as needed.
• Ability to work with diverse cultures
• Strong attendance and high energy

Physical Demands

The physical demands that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to push, pull, stock, and must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Work can be repetitive in nature. Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, peripheral vision, the ability to distinguish basic colors and the ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.

Work Environment

The work environment an employee is exposed to while performing the essential functions of this job. The position can work in outdoor and indoor environments. The noise level is typically moderate. The incumbent is frequently exposed to all outdoor weather conditions.