What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Advocate, Long Island City High School position at The Child Center Of NY, Inc.?
Position Overview:
The Youth Advocate is responsible for developing and facilitating in the social and personal development of adolescents and teenagers. A Youth Advocate is a guide to youth and gives direction in their academic, vocational, and personal lives.
Essential Functions:
- One-on-one counseling support to help students develop appropriate behaviors, acquire greater self-confidence, and achieve improved classroom functioning.
- Attendance Outreach – phone calls, home visits and other effective strategies of improving students’ attendance.
- Efficiently document all forms of outreach including home visits, phone calls and counseling sessions with students on caseload, keep up-to-date contact information for students and their families.
- Maintain regularly scheduled sessions with students to keep abreast of important individual, family, and community events and issues that may impact the student’s well-being.
- Maintain good communication and work collaboratively with all program/school staff.
- Advocate for students’ rights and well-being.
- Develop incentive programs to motivate, encourage and improve their attendance and grades.
- Facilitate workshops based on student needs.
- Provide support to SBMH staff and related duties as needed.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- None
Minimum Qualifications:
- Possess a AA/AS/BA/BS degree in a human services field.
- Experience working with adolescents, preferably in a school setting.
- Experience with Youth Development principles.
- Ability to work with adolescents individually and in groups.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to write and communicate effectively.
- Willingness to attend youth development trainings.
- Possess basic computer software skills.
- Bi-lingual, Spanish a must
Qualifications Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree.