Youth Coach

Job Title: Youth CoachJob Summary:  CASES is looking for a Youth Coach, are you: Looking to work with young people by engaging them in meaningful conversation, setting goals, and providing support and encouragement?An outside-the-box thinker who can employ creative approaches?Someone who believes that change is possible?Passionate about working from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, youth development lens?Becoming a Youth Coach at CASES could be what you are looking for. As a Youth Coach, you will:Be part of a successful, innovative, and collaborative movement that is changing the landscape of child welfare and the juvenile legal system.Join a community of over 500 passionate professionals across organizations.Make an immediate impact in the lives of young people by helping them carve out a pathway to success, as they define it.Travel is expected throughout the assigned borough or to where participant is – feels safest - and a minimum of 80% of the client contact will be in the community.Salary: The salary for this role is $61,800 per year. Shift Hours: This position is full-time Monday-Friday 10am-6pm. Flexibility required to be responsive to youth needs (occasionally accompanying to school in AM, picking up phone calls in PM.Location Address: 412 East 147th Street, Bronx, NY, 10455Workplace Flexibility: Flexible - Positions for which staff have flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work. Travel is expected throughout the assigned borough or to where participant is – feels safest - and a minimum of 80% of the client contact will be in the community What you will be doing:  Develop relationships with young people and their families to support participant compliance of in-person contacts twice weekly and weekly phone calls Support young people in the adherence to obligations set forth by their mandate from court Plan activities to attend with participants after school and school breaks Create relationships with Education staff from school's young people attend to support their educational success including monitoring school attendance Partner with young people to establish goals short and long term Be accessible to young people outside of program hours in case of crisis Facilitate groups as needed Daily documentation of contacts/efforts Connect youth to positive activities in their communities and verify their attendance and participationWork closely with families to engage them in the development of goal plans and aftercare plansAdminister assessment tools as needed including mental health, risk, and educational assessments to assist in the development of youth goal plansEngage in a weekly team and individual supervision meetings led by supervisor Adhere to ACS-mandated onboarding core trainings and annual training requirements What we are looking for: At least 2 years' experience working with young people Desire to learn from youthCommitment to youth engagement through collaboration with youth and their familiesDemonstrated ability to engage and motivate youthPositive attitude and excellent problem-solving skillsTrained in or committed to training to become competent in trauma informed approaches as a means of engaging young peopleExperience developing relationships with schools, community-based organizations and/or other youth service providersSchedule flexibility: General hours are 10am-6pm, but some activities require us to start earlier or end laterPreferred Skills: Bilingual Spanish & EnglishEmployee Benefits: CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including: MedicalDentalVisionVacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days12 Paid Holidays per year.Retirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%.Employee Referral ProgramOur ValuesAt CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignityUNITY| Commit to a shared missionRESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversityPROGRESS| Always work to improveOPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resourcesSOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problemsEMPATHY| Seek to understand othersAlthough we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.   CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.  Schedule flexibility: General hours are 10am-6pm, but some activities require us to start earlier or end later35 hours per week excluding breaks