Job Opening: Youth Advocate Community Improvement
- Company
- WISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
- Location
- MILWAUKEE, WI
- Posted on
- May 9, 2024
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Applicant? Wisconsin Community Services is an ). Youth Advocate
Community Improvement and Job Training (CIJT) Job Code:2022-COMRS-001
Location:Milwaukee Department:Community Improvement and Job Training
FT/PT Status:Full Time Job Responsibilities: Youth Advocate Community
Improvement and Job Training (CIJT) Position Summary: This position is a
Youth Advocate for the Community Improvement & Job Training (CIJT)
Program providing guidance and case management services to adolescents
and young adults 16 - 23. The primary focus of the youth advocate is on
the personal, social, cultural, and educational development of CIJT
participants. Essential Functions: Evaluate and asses the needs of youth
ages 16-23 as they relate to the potential for and actual gang
involvement. Utilize evidence-based practices when providing direct
services to the target population Develop innovative and engaging
techniques to recruit and retain participants Provide one-on-one
mentoring and career counseling to case load of 25-40 participants
Facilitate workshops and plan activities that encompass the program\'s
core outcomes; AODA education, Life Skills, Gang Prevention, and
Employment Readiness. Develop and implement individual career and
personal development plans. Maintain participant records and ensure the
confidentiality of all participant information. Maintain a compilation
of, and utilize, community resources. Support the entry of information
into assigned database, as required by funding source and Project
Coordinator. Assist in orientation, training, oversight, and
coordination of all CIJT programming Complete intake process and weekly
progress notes, according to program requirements Attend all team and
other relevant meetings. Work Relationship and Scope: The position has
no direct reports and will work with at-risk young adults ages 16-23.
The participants served in this program will primarily reside in the
neighborhoods surrounding the location and are the target population
aimed at reducing violence in that area. The position performs a wide
range of functions daily that will include using evidence-based
practices and working closely with participants, community
organizations, law enforcement, educational institutions, job training
programs, and other resources that serve gang-involved adolescents and
young adults. Job Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Working knowledge of child/youth development; gang behavior and gang
culture and effective programs and practices to reduce or eliminate gang
involvement, patience and understanding of difficult life situations;
the ability to interact with escalating youth and young adults in a
professional manner; ability to follow oral and written instructions
ability to respond... For full info follow application link. Equal
Opportunity Employer (M/F/Disability/Vet) ***** APPLICATION
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