AmeriCorps Program Assistant (3900)

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC • Menasha, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley, in collaboration with AmeriCorps, is searching for dynamic and motivated youth-focused professionals to provide outreach, support, and advocacy services to youth and families experiencing challenges related to running away, transience, and housing insecurities. 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 and serving youth who are unhoused, transient, on the run, or at risk of these situations. 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

• High School diploma required
• Applicants must have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle

Nice To Haves

• 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
• Positive communication skills
• Interest in working with vulnerable youth
• 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
• Street and community outreach
• Basic needs support
• Prevention services
• Additional advocacy activities to youth and families in the service area

Benefits

• Living allowance
• Education award
• Health insurance is available for full-time members
• 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