Extended Foster Care Coach

Intermountain Centers•Tucson, AZ

About The Position

The Extended Foster Care Success Coach engages youth in a coach-like manner and provides strengths-based case management and interventions for youth and young adults preparing for and participating in the Extended Foster Care Program. Coaches carry an active caseload of up to 20 young adults. The coach builds supportive relationships, helps young people develop and work toward goals, connects them with services and supports, and coordinates with community providers and other stakeholders. The role also includes supporting crisis stabilization, addressing barriers to services, and helping youth plan for transition and permanency.

Requirements

Experience working directly with youth or young adults ages 14–26 involved in systems of care, which may include foster care, juvenile justice, or runaway and homeless youth programs.
Belief that all young people have the capacity to succeed in their lives.
Flexible, solutions-oriented approach and comfort with trying new approaches.
Knowledge of trauma-informed care and healing-centered approaches.
Understanding of community resources and providers to support successful service referrals.
Good knowledge of human services principles and practices.
Relevant experience in case management.
Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, behavioral health, or education, or equivalent college credits to equal an associate’s degree, or higher. Relevant skills acquired through alternative routes such as job training, community college attendance, military service, or an apprenticeship may be accepted in lieu of a degree or credits.
Minimum age of 26.
DPS Level I fingerprint clearance upon hire and maintained throughout employment.
CPR, First Aid, and AED certification if required, possessed upon hire and maintained throughout employment.
Current, valid Arizona driver’s license, 39-month Motor Vehicle Report, and proof of vehicle registration liability insurance meeting insurance requirements.
Initial current negative TB test result if required; employer provides the test.

Nice To Haves

Lived experience in systems of care, which may include foster care, juvenile justice, or runaway and homeless youth programs.

Responsibilities

Participate in or facilitate team-based planning meetings at the youth’s invitation, including wraparound meetings, family engagement meetings, and permanency or community roundtables.
Build supportive relationships with youth and young adults to help them develop goals and plans for achieving them.
Monitor and adjust plans with youth based on progress toward goals through completion of Extended Foster Care.
Help youth and young adults obtain services and supports identified in their plans through warm hand-offs and other active methods.
Support permanent connections to caring adults, development of cognitive and social-emotional competencies and life skills, educational opportunities, employment, housing, and person-centered transition planning.
Address barriers to services through the Local Inter-Agency Team.
Support youth and young adults in crisis stabilization and identify and address underlying causes of crises.
Provide interventions to address immediate safety needs until the young adult can begin or continue progressing toward goals.
Serve as a liaison with community service providers.
Coordinate with service providers to ensure youth and young adults’ needs are met.
Develop linkages and collaborate with community service providers and other key stakeholders.
Perform other duties as required.