ECHOES Career Coach
About The Position
The Career Coach will have a caseload of 10 participants aged 14-18. This role involves facilitating groups, preferably Restorative Justice circles, and running a weekly Career Club for participants in the Advanced stage. The Career Club will cover topics such as career planning, goal setting, resume building, interviewing, and conflict resolution. The Career Coach will assist the Program Manager in developing and securing Project and Internship sites for participants. Responsibilities include 1:1 meetings with participants to discuss program performance, daily review of scorecards addressing Attendance, Preparedness, Performance, Attitude, and Participation, and overseeing a Work Team at Project sites. The Career Coach will work 10 hours per week, including some weekdays and Saturdays, and will oversee participants in the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Summer stages of the program. This role requires collaboration with the ECHOES Probation Officer. The program's goals are to engage participants in transformational relationships that enable them to remain in school and their communities while improving educational, employment, and social/emotional competencies to lead law-abiding lives, ultimately aiming to reduce recidivism within the criminal justice system.
Requirements
- High School Diploma, GED or HSE.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience working with at-risk youth.
- Ability to develop and secure Project and Internship sites for participants.
- Ability to facilitate Job Readiness Workshops for youth.
- Demonstrated initiative and creativity, particularly with adolescents.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Evidence-based practice.
- Demonstrated experience in group work.
- Ability to work some weekdays and Saturdays.
- Demonstrated understanding of the issues of the local Manhattan (Harlem) community.
- Demonstrated understanding of the issues facing Black and Latino adolescents.
- Ability to work as a team member and independently.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with youth and staff.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use a multi-cultural approach in working with special needs youth.
- Excellent oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge in the juvenile justice system.
- Demonstrated knowledge in Anti-Gun violence.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate groups, preferably Restorative Justice circles, for participants aged 14-18.
- Run a weekly Career Club for participants in the Advanced stage, covering topics like career planning, goal setting, resume building, interviewing, and conflict resolution.
- Assist the Program Manager in developing and securing Project and Internship sites for participants.
- Meet with participants 1:1 to go over program performance.
- Review scorecards with youth daily, addressing Attendance, Preparedness, Performance, Attitude, and Participation.
- Oversee a Work Team at Project sites.
- Work 10 hours per week, including some weekdays and Saturdays.
- Oversee participants in the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Summer stages of the program.
- Collaborate with the ECHOES Probation Officer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
