Youth Coach

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

CASES is looking for a Youth Coach to work with young people by engaging them in meaningful conversation, setting goals, and providing support and encouragement. This role requires an outside-the-box thinker who can employ creative approaches and believes that change is possible. The ideal candidate is passionate about working from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, youth development lens. Becoming a Youth Coach at CASES could be what you are looking for. As a Youth Coach, you will be part of a successful, innovative, and collaborative movement that is changing the landscape of child welfare and the juvenile legal system. You will join a community of over 500 passionate professionals across organizations and make an immediate impact in the lives of young people by helping them carve out a pathway to success, as they define it. Travel is expected throughout the assigned borough or to where the participant is – feels safest - and a minimum of 80% of the client contact will be in the community.

Requirements

At least 2 years' experience working with young people
Desire to learn from youth
Commitment to youth engagement through collaboration with youth and their families
Demonstrated ability to engage and motivate youth
Positive attitude and excellent problem-solving skills
Trained in or committed to training to become competent in trauma informed approaches as a means of engaging young people
Experience developing relationships with schools, community-based organizations and/or other youth service providers
Schedule flexibility: General hours are 10am-6pm, but some activities require us to start earlier or end later

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish & English

Responsibilities

Develop relationships with young people and their families to support participant compliance of in-person contacts twice weekly and weekly phone calls
Support young people in the adherence to obligations set forth by their mandate from court
Plan activities to attend with participants after school and school breaks
Create relationships with Education staff from schools young people attend to support their educational success including monitoring school attendance
Partner with young people to establish goals short and long term
Be accessible to young people outside of program hours in case of crisis
Facilitate groups as needed
Daily documentation of contacts/efforts
Connect youth to positive activities in their communities and verify their attendance and participation
Work closely with families to engage them in the development of goal plans and aftercare plans
Administer assessment tools as needed including mental health, risk, and educational assessments to assist in the development of youth goal plans
Engage in a weekly team and individual supervision meetings led by supervisor
Adhere to ACS-mandated onboarding core trainings and annual training requirements