Community Outreach Coordinator
About The Position
The Community Outreach Coordinator works closely with teens and young adults to connect them with resources and opportunities that support their overall well-being and future success. Responsibilities include conducting outreach, building relationships with community partners, and providing guidance around housing stability, educational achievement, and employment readiness. The coordinator assists youth in accessing safe housing options, enrolling in school or vocational programs, developing job skills, and securing employment opportunities. This role also advocates for youth needs, facilitates workshops and community events, and collaborates with service providers to ensure participants receive comprehensive support to achieve their personal, academic, and career goals.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree.
- At least two years working with youth in a residential or foster care environment and/or youth who have a criminal justice background.
- Experience and demonstrated knowledge of adolescent and child development.
- Demonstrated knowledge of barriers/limitations that may impact a young adult’s trajectory into the workforce or their ability to maintain stable housing.
- Experience with group work.
- Experience with family work.
- Commitment to working with runaway homeless youth/young adults as well as pregnant and parenting residents.
- Ability to work with culturally diversified individuals.
- Ability to conduct training and on-going workshops.
- Ability to plan events.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to motivate others.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Knowledge of community resources.
- Skills to link residents with appropriate agencies and services.
- Ability to establish professional boundaries.
- Ability to engage in professional behaviors that emulate a high level of ethics and objective/non-judgmental approaches.
Responsibilities
- Conducting outreach to teens and young adults.
- Building relationships with community partners.
- Providing guidance around housing stability, educational achievement, and employment readiness.
- Assisting youth in accessing safe housing options.
- Assisting youth in enrolling in school or vocational programs.
- Assisting youth in developing job skills.
- Assisting youth in securing employment opportunities.
- Advocating for youth needs.
- Facilitating workshops and community events.
- Collaborating with service providers to ensure participants receive comprehensive support.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
