Senior YouthBuild Counselor
Urban League of Rochester
Senior YouthBuild Counselor
Rochester, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=265+N.+Clinton+Ave.+Rochester+NY+USA+14605)
Description
Job Responsibilities
+ Develops, oversees, and implements a career development program that meets organizational standards and goals of primary funding sources.
+ Ongoing development and implementation of job readiness classes and other courses in career development within the program.
+ Ensures that youth are prepared for, and connected to, the appropriate educational or employment opportunities.
+ Assist with participant recruitment through outreach to inner-city youth and youth-serving agencies.
+ Assist with operating a program orientation for new participants and completing intake paperwork.
+ Provide individual counseling and case management for all participants.
+ Assist participants through transitional phase of program into secondary education and/or employment.
+ Provide supervision and act as a role model while working alongside students on community service projects.
+ Transport students by agency van to training classes and other program activities.
+ Documentation and data entry in a variety of data systems that track program implementation.
+ Monitor participant attendance and progress and enforce program rules.
+ Complete participant timesheets to indicate time spent in program activities.
+ Maintain concise documentation of the post program tracking system.
+ Collect and report participant data for the program’s evaluation reports.
+ Provide classroom supervision and tutoring to youth during GED classes.
+ Attend and participate in YouthBuild and Urban League functions and fundraising events.
+ Perform such duties as the supervisor may assign.
Requirements
+ BA in social work, counseling, or related field preferred; strong leadership skills and at least two years’ successful experience working with youth in a community-based setting.
+ One year of successful experience in project management and supervising young adults in a structured setting
+ Excellent counseling skills and the commitment to helping young people succeed academically, reorient their lives, develop leadership and professional skills, and make a difference in their communities.
+ Experience working directly with a diverse youth population, preferably within a job development or on-the-job training program.
+ Experience in job coaching, career development, or counseling preferred.
+ Strong commitment to youth leadership and empowerment and ability to work sensitively and effectively with young people.
+ Strong classroom facilitation and interpersonal communication skills.
+ Strong knowledge of best practices in the workforce.
+ Excellent written and oral communications skills.
+ Ability to relate to, communicate with and work with disadvantaged young men and women and understand the issues relating to this population.
+ Competency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
+ Ability to relate well with others, a team player with a positive attitude.
+ Valid NYS driver’s license: clean driver’s abstract, and reliable transportation required.
+ Must be customer service oriented.
+ Knowledge of available community resources a plus.
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