Advocate Counselor

Location

145 West 84th St.

This position provides direct supportive service and follow‑up to program participants, assisting them in completing their high school education and creating a post‑secondary plan. It includes delivery of contractual services such as academic support, job readiness, career exploration, attendance outreach, seminars, site information, counseling, and exposure to job readiness and career exploration; develops materials/lessons to strengthen participant resiliency and knowledge. The role serves as liaison between parents, schools, and students.

• Responsible for overseeing and working together with one of the School Guidance Counselor’s on caseloads.
• Conducting regular one‑on‑one sessions with case load, at least twice a month.
• Developing student social intelligence through teaching Advisory/Community Gathering.
• Adapting the existing Advisory curriculum and lesson plan to meet student’s developmental needs and develop resiliency.
• Creating and maintaining a working alliance with students.
• Providing crisis counseling for caseload as needed.
• Providing attendance outreach through phone calls, morning wake‑up calls, letters, case conferencing and/or home visits.

• Supporting tracking of students’ academic progress using report cards, progress reports, and periodic assessments.
• Helping students define and develop realistic educational career plans.
• Educating students and parents about colleges, the college admissions process, trends, procedures, and testing through workshops and individual counseling.
• Assisting students in completing college and financial aid applications.

• Support student admission process (outreach, open houses/intake interviews, new student orientation, parent orientations, among others).
• Responsible for inputting all services (attendance outreach, individual counseling, career and college advisement, tutoring, and other interventions) in the service tracking system for caseload assigned.
• Assess for referrals to community‑based support services for students and family members.
• Assist students not participating in subsidized internships providing non‑paid community service/service‑learning placements during the academic year, upon request.
• Track volunteering students and number of hours completed.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• At least 1 year of experience working in the field of youth development.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Days and hours are generally Monday to Friday 8 am‑4 pm. This is a full‑time position that will require evening and occasional Saturday hours to monitor after‑school and summer programs and attend special events.

• Strong communication, organizational, and administrative skills.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Commitment to the mission of Catholic Charities Community Services.
• Demonstrate leadership ability.

Salary: $27.47 per hour