Youth Resiliency Center Advocate

About the role

The Youth Resiliency Center Advocate provides a continuum of services for runaway, homeless, and street youth up to age 21 at the Youth Resiliency Center. They engage youth and create a positive environment, providing advocacy, crisis intervention, support, and services.

Responsibilities

• Daily supervision and programming in the drop-in center
• Engage youth and create a positive environment using Trauma Informed Care, Positive Youth Development, Strengths Based Care, and Harm Reduction philosophies
• Create and maintain monthly calendars of activities facilitated each day
• Provide up to four groups per week for Exploration hour in the YRC
• Aid drop-in youth with meeting needs and case management
• Teach communication, teamwork, coping skills, healthy competition, and positive peer interaction
• Maintain a clean environment as necessary, including cleaning facility areas, office areas, laundering linens, and completing other household tasks as needed and/or assigned
• Participate in required staff development training
• Document and follow all protocol per the SOP, completing all logs and paperwork required for the program
• Initiate needed tasks for completion
• Accept other cooperative duties as needed
• Maintain client confidentiality and professionalism
• Maintain accurate documentation and client records
• Communicate consistently and regularly with YRC Assistant Program Manager, Street Outreach Program Manager, other agency staff, and community representatives
• Ask questions of the YRC Assistant Program Manager and Street Outreach Manager about uncertainty in job role or function

Qualifications

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor’s degree in social services field preferred
• CPR/First Aid Certification, Safe Crisis Management certification, and valid Class E Drivers license

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

Benefits

All full-time positions are eligible for a generous benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid vacation and holidays, sick days and personal holidays, and a 401K Plan with Employer Match. Some regular part-time positions are eligible for partial benefits.