Young Adult Career Advisor, Flagstone Family Center

CAMBA•New York, NY

22d•$43,000 - $46,378•Onsite

About The Position

CAMBA is a community organization dedicated to building an inclusive New York City by providing over 180 integrated programs across various service areas including Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. CAMBA reaches over 73,000 individuals and families, with a significant portion being immigrants, refugees, and those living in poverty. The organization operates shelters and provides comprehensive services to help stabilize individuals and transition them into permanent housing. Specifically, CAMBA's Flagstone Family Center offers case management services to 160 homeless families in a transitional residence program, spread across eight buildings with self-contained apartments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (e. g., B.A., B.S.W.) in social work or a related field and/or equivalent experience.
Must obtain State Central Registry (SCR) clearance, The Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect aka Staff Exclusion List (SEL) clearance and Criminal history information checks via fingerprinting with New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services prior to start of employment.
Ability to maintain clearances throughout the duration of employment.

Responsibilities

Conduct initial assessment of participant’s family situations and needs (including academic and skill levels, basic skills, occupational skills, prior work experience, employability, interests, aptitudes, support services needs, family and medical history, and individual development needs).
Administer career inventory surveys and personality tests to determine best placements for participants.
Recruit volunteer professionals and arrange for participants to “job shadow” professionals to have a clear understanding of the world of work.
Assist parenting youth in researching and accessing developmentally appropriate educational and recreational opportunities for their children.
Create and maintain client files.
Assist clients in attaining their goals by identifying and locating community resources for clients and by making referrals to appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA.
Follow-up with clients and with referral organizations regarding client contact and progress with referral organization.
Counsel clients regularly either through meetings in CAMBA offices.
Work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves.
Recommend and implement strategies to persuade clients to participate more fully in this process.
Reach out and market the program to the community in order to refer clients.
Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
Facilitate workshops (i.e - Life Skills, College Explorations, Work Exploration).
May act as client liaison/client advocate with outside organizations regarding such matters as education, healthcare, housing, legal issues, etc.
May prepare marketing materials for the program.
May prescreen clients face-to-face for eligibility.
May assist clients in completing applications for jobs and job preparation programs.
May assist clients in completing all CAMBA intake applications and forms.
May review all documentation establishing client’s eligibility for program and make file copies.