AmeriCorps Program Assistant (361)

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC • Menasha, WI

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About The Position

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley, in collaboration with AmeriCorps, is searching for talented, dynamic, and motivated youth-focused professionals to provide outreach, support, and advocacy services for youth and families experiencing challenges related to running away, transience, and housing insecurities. AmeriCorps aims to strengthen communities, improve lives, and foster civic engagement through service. The AmeriCorps Program Assistant with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley’s Home Base program will use a best-practice, trauma-informed approach to connecting with at-risk, runaway, transient, and homeless youth and families. Program Assistants will work independently, collaboratively as part of a team, and as part of a larger collaborative community agency. Program Assistants will create program awareness and presence in the community, conduct crisis intervention and response, provide hotline response, street and community outreach, basic needs support, prevention services, and additional advocacy activities to youth and families in the service area.

Requirements

• Mission-driven
• Able to successfully engage in one-on-one conversations and connect with groups of youth
• Skilled at motivating and engaging youth and families
• Self-motivated and innovative
• Energetic, enthusiastic, and of unquestionable personal integrity
• Comfortable in one-on-one settings and larger community settings
• Outstanding communication skills
• Valid driver’s license
• Access to a vehicle
• Passing a criminal background check
• Identity verification
• Passing a drug screen
• High School diploma required

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working with at-risk youth is preferred
• Interest or experience in Social Services and/or Human Services is preferred

Responsibilities

• Create program awareness and presence in the community
• Conduct crisis intervention and response
• Provide hotline response
• Provide street and community outreach
• Provide basic needs support
• Provide prevention services
• Provide additional advocacy activities to youth and families in the service area

Benefits

• Health insurance is available for full-time members provided they are not covered under another policy.
• Childcare benefits are also available for full-time members who meet income requirements.
• Retention bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED