WAY Home Coach

The Children's Village • Dobbs Ferry, NY

7d • $0 - $31

About The Position

The WAY Home Coach provides mentoring support to youth residing in Children’s Village residential programs and youth living in the community. Working as a WAY HOME Coach and Fair Futures Mentor, the coach recruits, engages, and supports young people as they pursue education, employment, savings, and permanency goals. The coach conducts at least two face-to-face visits with each youth and helps run monthly workshops that build independent living skills.

The role requires knowledge of city-wide community resources. Coaches organize group meals and community activities, participate in case conferences and treatment meetings, advocate for youth, provide one-to-one coaching, and assist with social, educational, employment, and permanency needs, with an emphasis on social and networking development. The coach also enters data into the Care4 system.

The program aims to build positive peer relationships and strengthen social transitions for young people exiting foster care and living in the community.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or at least two years of experience working with at-risk youth.
• Demonstrated initiative and creativity, particularly with adolescents.
• Experience in group work.
• Understanding of issues affecting the NYC community.
• Understanding of issues facing Black and Latino adolescents.
• Ability to work both as a team member and independently.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with youth and staff.
• Ability to use a multicultural approach effectively when working with youth with special needs.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Valid New York State driver’s license.
• Knowledge of city-wide community resources.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, engage, and support youth in progressing toward education, employment, savings, and permanency goals.
• Conduct two or more face-to-face visits with youth in residential programs and in the community.
• Assist with running monthly workshops to strengthen participants’ independent living skills.
• Organize group meals for each group session and arrange community activities.
• Participate in case conferences and treatment meetings.
• Advocate for youth and provide one-to-one coaching.
• Assist youth with social, educational, employment, and permanency needs, emphasizing social and networking development.
• Enter data into the Care4 system.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time