Day shift 7am-5pm Saturday and Sunday at a rate of pay of $20.00 an hour. This is a limited duration position through December 31, 2024.
Your New Role:
The schedule for this position is three days a week, Wednesday overnight from 8pm to 8:30am and Saturday & Sunday 8am to 8:30pm. The Alba Youth Support Specialist will provide crisis intervention, safety planning, emergency housing placement for high-risk youth (ages 9-17) who are homeless or at-risk. The responsibilities of this position include intake and assessment, emergency placement coordination, and record keeping related to job duties. The specialist will engage youth and provide services through Positive Youth Development model and Trauma Informed Care frame.
Skills & Knowledge:
• Minimum of two years of experience working with high-risk youth required.
• Understands the issues of substance abuse, mental health, trauma, abuse and adolescent development including brain development.
• Experience, ability and commitment to working with sexual minority and culturally diverse staff, participants, and community.
• Excellent communication, organization, creativity, flexibility, optimism, positive humor and overall interpersonal skills.
• Use of personal automobile for transporting self and clients for work purposes.
• Must have access to an automobile, a valid driver's license, and active auto insurance on that vehicle.
• Must be willing to be CPR trained and certified.
New Avenues for Youth is committed to supporting a workplace that honors, celebrates, and acknowledges our community's powerful differences. We encourage Black, Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, and people with non-dominant gender identities who may not believe they meet all of the described qualifications to consider what they can contribute to community and apply.
New Avenues is an innovative social services agency that works in partnership with the Portland area community to provide homeless, foster-care, and at-risk youth of all backgrounds with the resources and skills needed to lead healthy, productive lives. We are a diverse non-profit organization serving this community for over 23 years.
New Avenues Offers a Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Paid Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time, Paid Holidays, No Employee Cost Share for your Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance. Flexibility Spending Accounts, a 403b Retirement Savings Plan, and an Employee Assistance Resource and Referral Program.
Apply Today:
Simply click on the 'Apply for Job' button at the bottom of this screen and attach your resume and cover letter.
New Avenues for Youth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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