Bilingual Youth Mentor/Advocate Counselor

Responsibilities

• Maintains and manages all related data.
• Attends Wediko, NY at The Home and LTW Professional Development opportunities.
• Milieu supports arrivals and dismissals, transitions, and lunch time.
• Responsible for a caseload of students, including maintaining attendance and educational progress, providing students and families with continuous feedback and resources to meet the needs and ensure academic success.
• Provides individual and group mentoring to students on a weekly basis.
• Conducts daily student attendance outreach.
• Outreach to students and their families, including phone calls, written correspondence, and home visits (home visits always conducted in pairs).
• Facilitates communication between students, families, and school staff.
• Completes required documentation, including Dr. Cloud notes, in a timely manner.
• Provides crisis support, conflict mediation and social-emotional support.
• Completes regular assessments and provides resource referrals in support of school-based services (with support of the site manager).
• Ensures student exposure to further education opportunities (high school and college); build college and career readiness skills.
• Participates in staff meetings and staff development opportunities.
• Collaborates on transdisciplinary team of Wediko and school staff to create individualized plans to support student progress.
• Occasional evening and weekend hours required (for college visits, school events, etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; social science degrees strongly preferred
• 1+ years' experience providing direct services in school-based or residential program
• Strong communication (verbal and written with proficiency in English) and interpersonal skills
• Approach challenges in a supportive and creative manner
• Commitment to working from a strengths-based perspective
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development, proven use of supervision to improve practice
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills
• Flexible schedule and willingness to work school hours as well as some weekends/evenings
• Bilingual English and Spanish required