Immediately Need Fair Futures Coach Supervisor in New York City, NY

Job title: Fair Futures Coach Supervisor
Company: Good Sheperd Services
Job description: Job Description:

About Us

Good Shepherd Services is a leading multi-service agency with more than 85 programs that serve over 30,000 youth and families each year ? and builds on their strengths to help them gain skills for success. At Good Shepherd we respect the dignity and worth of every person and reject intolerance, inequity and injustice in whatever form it may take. Voted one of the top 100 places to work in NYC by Crain?s New York, Good Shepherd Services offers a fantastic work environment, a collaborative team dedicated to fulfilling our mission, and an amazing array of benefits. Join our team and help make a difference
Benefits

For Full Time Employees Benefits/Perks:

• Tuition Assistance Program
• Generous paid time off (Including 5 Self-Care Days/Floating Holidays, 12 Sick Days, 15 Vacation Days, and 11 Holidays)
• Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Care)
• 403(b) Plan (GSS contributes 3% of your salary to your 403(b) plan after 3 years of service, with contributions increasing over time)
• Candidates hired in this position will work in person but will have the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule when program need allows

Overview

Within the context of a trauma informed, sanctuary, and operating from a strength-based perspective, the Fair Futures College & Career Specialist/Supervisor will oversee up to two Fair Coaches and Tutor in their work with young people by providing guidance and ongoing direction to help participants achieve academic and career success. The delivery of services is to be consistent with Fair Future, Good Shepherd Services? philosophy, and city and state mandates.

Reports to: Director ? Fair Futures

Location: 692 Blake Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207

Hours: 35 Hours/Week; Exempt; Flexible Hours

Major Duties:

• Supervise a team of (5) Fair Futures Coaches across various Good Shepherd Services Residential Programs in New York City.
• Provide a minimum of weekly supervision to ensure that the educational, employment and vocational needs of participants are being met.
• Work closely with The Fair Futures Educational and Permanency Specialists.
• Check in with Residential Program leadership on site.
• Review documentation in advance (including any progress notes, new academic data, and goals/steps completed over the last week).
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team to implement procedure and process to promote accessibility to career and educational services that would enhance employment opportunities for participants.
• Create and maintain community resources to serve as a conduit to career and educational opportunities, including linkages with vocational/educational agencies such as ACS, ACCES-VR, NADAP, One-Stop, DYCD, etc.
• Plan and execute fair future events by organizing vocational, employment/educational recruitment and college tours.
• Guide Coaches to utilize motivational interviewing to create an individualized Ed/Voc/Career plan to support participants skills, goals, and interest.
• Assist Coach with facilitating Preparing Youth for Adulthood (PYA) groups, which focus on skills, such as: healthy communication, employment process, college application process, positive peer relationships, making positive choices, and service learning.
• Assist Coach with identifying potential longer-term career pathways based on the participant?s interests, strengths, and academic/vocational plans.
• Participate in trainings/ department meetings, Program Evaluation and Planning Dept (PEP) in fulfillment of the program evaluation processes, including documentation/collection, development and monitoring of program data in Connections and outcomes.
• Promote and model the seven Sanctuary Model commitments to create a nonviolent and trauma sensitive culture.
• Integrate the Sanctuary Model SELF (Safety, Emotional Management, Loss and Future) framework into daily practice to ensure quality care and an effective work environment.
• Ensure Coach has appropriate external support and supplies necessary to effectively execute tasks.
• Assist with developing program activities to explore career, educational pathways and workshops to keep participants engaged during the employment search process.
• Track and ensure that young people are attaining employment, training, educational and internship opportunities.
• Ensure that organizational expectations for placement and retention of young people in jobs, internships, and training are met on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Help Coaches navigate the DOE, academic and career development goal-setting process,
• Facilitate and assist with the submission of financial aid, ETV, ACS Dorm Project/Foster Care Room & Board, & all applicable scholarships including reviewing reference letters and college essays.
• Assist participants with writing college essays and personal statements where needed.
• Ensure participants are signed up for any entrance interviews/exams and apply to eligible opportunity programs (Upward Bound, etc.); Monitor Pre-SAT/SAT scores of those participants who do take them, and meet with them to discuss/refine college options.
• Meet with participants interested in college to have an exploratory and informational session, after they are referred by their Coach, and discuss/develop individualized success plan to complete identified high school or HSE program
• Establish contact with participants in college to ensure they are enrolled in the proper classes each semester, and assist with enrollment, if needed.
• Assist young people with creating/updating resume and cover letter as needed.
• Facilitate family Team Conferences when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor?s degree in, human services, workforce development, social work, and/education required with a minimum of five years? experience within supervisory capacity. Masters in social work and education strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of proven excellence in leadership, curriculum development, and presentation skills.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to maintain required documentation.
• Must be able to use public transportation systems, including subways and busses to attend various meetings and make home visits.
• Must be physically able to observe staff in their relationship with residents, be able to climb stairs when an elevator is not available.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength based and/or youth development perspective.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Must have knowledge of Connections and Microsoft Suite.
• Must have ability to work a flexible schedule when needed including some evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Must have a commitment to GSS models of practice including Sanctuary and ACS principles to promote permanency, safety, and well-being.

Additional Information

Good Shepherd Services is an equal opportunity employer that is proudly committed to becoming an anti-racist and multicultural organization that . We welcome prospective employees from diverse backgrounds, for administrative support and direct service and leadership roles, who will join us on that journey, uphold our and , and believe in our mission. Additionally, we aim to have a racially representative leadership and workforce that is reflective of the communities we work in partnership with.

Good Shepherd Services is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, participants, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and termination of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services.

We are committed to providing a workplace that is accessible and accommodating to employees with disabilities. As part of our commitment to providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process, we will provide reasonable accommodations upon request for candidates with disabilities. If you require any accommodations to participate in the hiring process, please inform us of your needs in advance. We value diversity and inclusivity in our workplace and encourage applicants of all abilities to apply.
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Location: New York City, NY

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