Advocate Counselor

Catholic Charities Community Services•New York, NY

7d•$27 - $27•Onsite

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. It documents the delivery of contractual services such as academic support, job readiness, career exploration, attendance outreach, seminars, site information, counseling, and exposure to job readiness and career exploration. The role develops materials/lessons to strengthen participant resiliency and knowledge and will serve as a liaison between parents, school, and students.

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.

Nice To Haves

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

Overseeing and working together with one of the School Guidance Counselor’s on caseloads.
Conducting regular one-on-one sessions with caseload, 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 visits.
Supporting in tracking students’ academic progress using report cards, progress reports, and periodic assessments.
Helping 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.
Assisting students in completing college and financial aid applications.
Supporting the student admission process (outreach, open houses/intake interviews, new student’s orientation, parent’s orientations, among others).
Inputting all services (attendance outreach, individual counseling, career and college advisement, tutoring, and other interventions) in provided systems for caseload assigned.
Assessing for referrals to community-based support services for students and family members.
Assisting students not participating in subsidized internships provide with non-paid community service/service-learning placements during the academic year, upon request.
Tracking volunteering students and number of hours completed.