Just Us, Economic Empowerment Supervisor

Job Responsibilities

• Connect with all young people seeking education and employment services within the program
• Intentionally and regularly engage all young people in, at least, biweekly individual sessions focused on assisting young people with attaining education and/or employment
• Design and facilitate a large and diverse series of education & employment themed workshops based on the interests of the young person enrolled in the program
• With each young person, co-construct individualized engagement plans and assess and revise the throughout the length of the young person’s engagement with the program
• On a rotating schedule, be available to help staff the Teen Hub on the weekend
• Engage in collaboration and case coordination with all program staff and a vast network of stakeholders
• Participate in weekly supervision, team meetings, group supervision, and attend other required meetings as required

Qualifications

• Experience providing case management services and/or working with adolescents
• BA/BS required; MSW, MHC-LP or other graduate clinical degree preferred
• Highly organized, self-motivated worker who can easily manage competing demands
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and seizes opportunities for collaboration
• Able to implement vision, think strategically, exercise good judgment, and lead change
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well
• Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes
• Able to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor
• Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered, anti- oppressive stance
• Lived experience within systems that impact the young people who will be involved in the project including the youth justice and criminal legal system strongly preferred but not required