Youth Development Specialist

Children's Aid Society

251d • $45,000 - $53,000

About The Position

Children's Aid's The P2 Project (The Pregnancy Prevention Project) aims to reduce and prevent the incidence of unintended adolescent pregnancy in Children's Aid's priority areas in NYC by providing young people with the holistic tools to meet their greatest potentials through evidence-based sexuality education, comprehensive reproductive health services, and peer health education. Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Youth Development Specialist will be responsible for outreach, recruitment, and engagement of foster care adolescents within partnered agencies to connect them to the evidence-based programming, reproductive health care services, and other support services needed. The YDS will also work closely with health center sites to arrange for youth tours of their centers. The YDS will coordinate youth development activities with youth in programming. Additionally, the YDS will coordinate, with assistance from the PM, the recruitment, training, and schedules of the peer educators who will deliver/co-facilitate reproductive health education workshops to their peers across programming. The YDS will submit required internal and external reports to the PM.

Requirements

• BA in Health Education, Social Work, or related field and 2 - 3 years related field experience with adolescents required.
• Must be able to travel to multiple sites throughout NYC.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual: English/Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand and promote the organization's Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
• Establish collaborative relationships with caseworkers at foster care agencies to develop and implement recruitment and engagement strategies for their adolescents.
• Monitor and track the outcomes of all referrals for family planning services and work closely with partner health center administrative staff in this process.
• Assist the Program Manager and Senior Health Educators in scheduling evidence-based curricula and expanded topics such as adolescent growth and development, birth control methods, STI's, HIV/AIDS, etc. with foster care agencies.
• Oversee implementation of all youth development activities for participants involved in evidence-based programming.
• Coordinate peer health educator activities as they relate to the program.
• Facilitate the referral of sexually active youth identified through the program to family planning services provided at the CA Milbank or Bronx Health Centers and/or partnering health centers.
• Participate in the process of developing, obtaining, evaluating and maintaining written and audio-visual health education materials, as directed.
• Collect and maintain accurate client data, activity records, and other related statistical information.
• Ensure that all patients, visitors and guests as well as co-workers receive personalized, prompt attention and are treated with receptiveness, dignity and respect, no matter how limited the contact.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity.
• Work environment free from harassment and discrimination.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree