Advocate Counselor

Catholic Charities Community Services•New York, NY

About The Position

This position provides direct supportive service and follow-up to program participants, assisting them in completing their high school education and creating a post-secondary plan. Documents delivery of contractual services such as academic support, job readiness, career exploration, attendance outreach, seminar, site information, counseling and exposure to job readiness and career exploration; develops materials/lessons to strengthen participate resiliency and knowledge. This position will serve as liaison between parents, school and student.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
At least 1 year of experience working in the field of youth development.
Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
Strong communication, organizational, and administrative skills.
Ability to work well independently as well as part of a team.
Ability to handle multiple tasks.
Commitment to the mission of Catholic Charities Community Services.
Demonstrate leadership ability.

Responsibilities

Responsible for overseeing and working together with one of the School Guidance Counselor’s on caseloads.
Conducting regular one on one session with case load, at least twice a month.
Developing student social intelligence through teaching Advisory/Community Gathering.
Adapting the existing Advisory curriculum and Lesson Plan to meet student’s developmental needs and develop resiliency.
Creating and maintaining a working-alliance with Students.
Providing crisis counseling for caseload as needed.
Providing attendance outreach through phone calls, morning wake-up calls, letters, case conferencing and/or home visit.
Supporting in tracking students’ academic progress using report cards, progress reports, and periodic assessments.
Help students define and develop realistic educational career plans.
Educating students and parents about colleges, the college admissions process, trends, procedures, and testing through workshops and or individual counseling.
Assist student in completing college and financial aid application.
Support Student admission process (outreach, open houses/intake interviews, new student’s orientation, parent’s orientations, among others).
Responsible for inputting all services (attendance outreach, individual counseling, career and college. advisement, tutoring, and other interventions) in provide systems for caseload assigned.
Assess for referrals to community-based support services for students and family members.
Assist Students not participating in subsidized internships provide with non-paid community service/ service-learning placements during the academic year, upon request.
Track volunteering students and number of hours completed.