Youth Engagement Specialist

Description

Position Title: Youth Engagement Specialist
Reports To: Program Manager, Educational Access Programs
Classification: Full-time, 1.0 FTE
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: School Site/Rockwood Office/Sandy Office
Compensation: $23.08 per hour.

Latino Network’s mission is:
Leading with love, we cultivate our staff and community as a powerful force for radical social change. We do this through Latino community-driven programs, advocacy, and service. Our work springs from the core belief in Latino community self-determination, that is, the ability of community members to participate meaningfully in the decisions that affect their lives and the lives of their families.

We actively partner across a variety of city, county, state, and community organizations to deliver training and support, a wide range of services, as well as influence policy.

• Health Plans including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Alternative Care
• FSA - Flexible Spending Account for Medical & Dependent Care expenses
• 401k Plan with Match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer sponsored Life, AD&D, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Leave (Vacation, Sick, Sabbatical)
• Professional development opportunities
• Self-Care perks
• Team and family events

Latino Network seeks a bilingual, mission-driven professional with bi-cultural familiarity and proven nonprofit and community experience to lead school-based programming, including case management and after school groups. As part of a dedicated team working toward a shared vision, the Youth Engagement Specialist is charged with carrying out the vision of the Department of Educational Access Programs. The Youth Engagement Specialist ensures and promotes youth safety, sexual health education, growth, and leadership, and has proven skills in providing individual case management and facilitating skill-building curriculum for student groups.

The Specialist works collaboratively to achieve program goals and document measurable youth development outcomes, contributes to a collegial and productive work environment, and promotes the organization’s vision and mission.

• Provides individual case management annually to at least 30 youth participants, including meeting at least twice a month with students to complete initial assessments, developing and updating individual development plans, and provide referrals as needed.
• Maintains individual participant case files, communicates with parents when needed, conducts home visits, collects data throughout the school year and summer, and documents in multiple databases as required by funders on a weekly basis, including, but not limited to: contact information, attendance, entrance/exit surveys, and individual development plans.
• Demonstrates outcomes in participant recruitment, engagement, and retention.
• Performs outreach, recruits, logistical planning, curriculum development and implementation, and individual case management.
• Supports participants to improve school performance, attendance, and decrease disciplinary referrals.
• Ensures and promotes youth safety, growth, and leadership.
• Attend trainings with team and managers to develop and implement skill-building curriculum that engages youth and prepares you to deliver a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum that covers topics such as: STI’s, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and healthy relationships.
• Facilitate after-school sessions on topics such as culture and identity, academic success, social-emotional learning, and college and career.
• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with participants, school teachers, counselors, community partners, and stakeholders.
• Collaborates with Family Engagement Specialists, partner organizations, school administrators, staff and teachers, local government, and the community.
• Works with other Youth Engagement Specialists and Family Engagement Specialists to coordinate and carry out field trips and/or other special events.
• Works with other Youth Engagement Specialists to coordinate and lead, organize, and carry out program-specific activities and overall department support…