Youth Coach – Nightly Shelter

About the role

Join our Nightly Shelter team as a Youth Coach! This position provides support for youth staying in the Nightly Shelter. You'll help youth achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, and accomplish their goals.

Responsibilities

• Model effective, appropriate, and timely communication with others regarding resident updates.
• Secure and distribute resident medication.
• Accurately and timely complete record keeping including: Individual youth files, notes, daily data entry, documentation of critical incidents in Foothold.
• Follow up with e-mail and voice mail to Spectrum staff, supervisor, etc.
• Communicate maintenance needs that arise to the Intake Coordinator.
• Attend and participate at bi-weekly individual supervision and weekly staff meetings.
• Support the training of new staff and respite personnel as assigned.
• Contribute and participate in the overall growth and improvement of the supported housing program.
• Set-up and break-down of the shelter space as needed, including necessary cleaning of the program spaces.

Requirements

• A high school degree is required; a bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum one year experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of adolescent development including mental health and substance abuse issues, trauma, attachment issues, complex family dynamics, developmental challenges, and educational issues.
• Ability to build rapport, maintain a safe environment, and communicate with youth and staff alike.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries and ability to set limits.
• Commitment to the value of diversity with respect to gender, race, age, socio-economic level, sexual orientation, and religion.
• Adherence to agency code of ethics and all policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of life skills including meal preparation, budgeting, cleaning & personal hygiene, job readiness/employment skills.

Skills

• Effective communication skills.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

We offer a competitive hourly wage of $21.63 with a $5.00 shift differential.

Pay

$21.63 per hour, plus a $5.00 shift differential.

Schedule

Weekend overnight shift; Saturday and Sunday 1:30 am - 9:30 am. Awake position; staff are expected to be awake during the entire shift.