Youth Worker Young Womens Program

Roca, Inc • Lynn, MA

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About The Position

Roca is an internationally recognized violence intervention and behavioral health program that works with the young people most likely to shoot or be shot. Founded in 1988 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Roca now serves nearly 2,000 of the highest-risk young people each year across seven sites in Massachusetts, Baltimore (MD), and Hartford (CT).
Roca’s work is grounded in Rewire CBT, a breakthrough adaptation of cognitive behavioral
therapy designed for young people living with trauma, disconnected from traditional services, and involved in/impacted by violence. Through relentless outreach, long-term relationships, and skill-building, Roca helps youth move from reacting to choosing, from surviving to living.
Meanwhile, the Roca Impact Institute extends this reach nationally. Launched in 2020, the
Institute trains community violence intervention staff, criminal justice agencies, and police
officers in Rewire CBT, building trauma-informed practices and systems change across the
country. To date, the Institute has trained more than 10,000 staff across 75 organizations in 17 states and D.C.

The Youth Worker will report to the Assistant Director and have the primary responsibility of engaging 20 very high-risk young women through relationships and programming as well as working with key partners (DCF, DTA, Probation, and other community-based providers). The successful Youth worker will work closely with team members, supervisors, and others within the organization to ensure that each young person is driving to outcomes of economic independence and living out of harm’s way. We strive to meet outcomes for young women and mothers including but not limited to: Improved Behavioral Health, No New Criminal or DCF involvement, and Retained Employment.

Requirements

• BA preferred/Equivalent experience accepted - minimum of three years of direct service work with high-risk young people, preferably teen mothers.
• Understanding and experience working with street involved high risk young people.
• Capacity for creative problem-solving, conflict resolution, violence prevention
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Capacity to think and act intentionally and strategically to help young people change behaviors.
• Creative problem solving and thinking.
• Excellent at organizing, managing, and completing multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously with thoroughness, accuracy, timeliness and good humor.
• Self-motivation, initiative, sound judgment, and commitment to ongoing learning are essential.
• Ability to work as a part of a team.
• Ability to travel around the service area
• Computer Literacy
• Valid state issued driver’s license
• Criminal background and current driving record check
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours, and Holidays and/or weekends as needed.
• Ability to work with diverse cultures
• Strong attendance and high energy

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of young people and build transformation relationships in alignment with Roca’s intervention model.
• Demonstrate the ability to provide additional types of educational/vocational/life skills programming, including but not limited to educational supports, financial literacy, workforce readiness, parenting and child development, healthy habits, driver’s education, and/or help with job placement.
• Strategically plan workweek schedules— including outreach lists for contact, programming needs, identifying if YP needs additional assistance and CBT coaching and constructive use of Track Books.
• Facilitate, apply, practice, and demonstrate Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT) using Roca’s Intervention Model. Consistently exercise and application of Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT).
• Assist and role model in the process of obtaining and sustaining employment through job search and overall workforce professionalism.
• Engage with other aspects of work, such as but not limited to, family and criminal court engagement, work behind the wall/in residential programs, peacemaking circles, work with the community, productive and professional participation in meetings, etc.
• Ensure accurate and timely entry of case notes into ETO (Efforts to Outcome system) daily. Analyze and interpret ETO data as it relates to young people and understanding how data relates to a young person’s progress. Adapt outreach efforts in accordance with data collected in ETO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees