WAY Home Coach (DSS)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview:

Provides mentor support to DSS and RTA youth who reside at Children’s Village residential and who live in the community. As a WAY HOME Coach, staff works to recruit, engage, and support the young people of WAY in progressing towards their education, employment, savings goals, and permanency. The Coach will conduct 2 or more face to face visits weekly with their youth in residential and the community. Also, the coach will assist in facilitating workshops monthly where the youth participating in the program will strengthen their independent living skills.

Knowledge of city-wide community resources is required. Coaches will be responsible for organizing groups, meals for each group session, community activities, advocacy, 1:1 coaching, and assisting in areas of social, education, employment, permanency, with emphasis on social and networking development as well as data entry into connections.

The goal of the program is to help build positive peer relationships and strengthen social transitions for young people exiting foster care and living in the community.

Position Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Preferred or Minimum 2 years or more experience working with at-risk youth. Demonstrate initiative and creativity, particularly with adolescents. Demonstrate experience in group work. Demonstrate understanding of the issues of the NYC community. Demonstrate understanding of the issues facing Black and Latino adolescents. Ability to work as a team member and independently. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with youth and staff. Demonstrate ability to effectively use a multi-cultural approach in working with special needs youth. Excellent oral communication skills.