SocialWorker

The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights invites applications for the full-time position of Social Worker to be based inNew York, New York.

This position is a unique opportunity for a social worker to join a passionate team made up of social workers, attorneys, and administrative staff, to engage in interdisciplinary written and oralbestinterestsadvocacy on behalf of children in immigration removal proceedings. Young Center is appointed as independent Child Advocate for unaccompanied and separated immigrant children and advocates for their best interests with respect to their custody,placement,conditions of release,reunification with caregivers, repatriation,and their immigration proceedings.

Young Center does not directlyrepresentchildren in immigration matters but works closely with the legal service providers who mayrepresentthe children's legal interests.

Young Centeralsodoes not provide direct mental healthor therapeutic services to children but gathers information about access to and advocates for trauma-informed and culturally responsive services.

The Social Worker will help recruit, train, and supervise bilingual and bicultural volunteer

Child Advocates-teachers, law students, social workers, community members-who will work one-on-one with children.

Young Center team is a passionate and collegial group of professionals committed to ensuring that children receive the full protection of federal immigration law, domestic child welfarelawand international human rights law.

This position is funded primarily through a federal contract and is contingent onon-going renewals.

ABOUT THE YOUNGCENTERThe Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights is a national organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights and best interests, safety, and well-being of immigrant children in the United States. We center children's voices, celebrate their strengths, and recognize their fundamentalneedto be with family and in community, not detention.

For more than 20 years, the Young Center hasaccompaniedand advocated for over
10,000 children from more than 70 countries worldwide. We are the only organization that takes an integrated approach to protecting and advancing the rights of children, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law, throughdirectservices,stakeholdersupportacrosschildwelfaresystems,systems andnarrativechange, and litigation. Further, we fight tirelessly to bring greater equity to the child welfare system, demanding accountability from systems and people in positions of power, so children in immigrant families who face court casesremainsafe, free, and with families in communities where they are supported.

The Young Center has offices in Houston, San Antonio, and Harlingen, Texas;
Chicago, Illinois;
New York, New York;
Washington, D.C.;
Phoenix, Arizona;
Los Angeles, California; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. We also serve children through our programs in New Jersey.

• Advocate for children's best interests before government or other interested parties
• Supervise volunteers appointed as Child Advocate for unaccompanied and separated children in federal custody in or near
  
  New Yorkandacross the United States as needed
• Serve as Child Advocate to a limited number of cases or as needed
• Visit children as needed and communicate with caregivers, familymembersand stakeholders
• Provide internal case consultation and case support on matters involving child welfare, child development, and trauma-informed practicesforthe
  
  New York office
• Support the local and national efforts to recruit, train,support,andretainvolunteer Child Advocates
• Participate in internal and external working groups
• Meet regularly with local stakeholders (government field staff, facility staff, immigration judges, ICE officers, and legal service providers); collaborate on presentations to local stakeholders; attend casestaffingsor other stakeholder meetings; and speak