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About the Role
The Dream Navigator (Youth Access Coordinator) supports disconnected, transition-aged youth and young adults with disabilities in achieving post-secondary education credentials, employment, and financial self-sufficiency. This role involves building relationships with youth and their families, coordinating services with stakeholders, and providing case management, guided by the belief that individuals with disabilities can achieve competitive integrated employment.
Responsibilities
- Guide Y&YAD in career exploration and career development activities in partnership with existing systems (e.g., Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Workforce)
- Collaborate with local Disability Resource Coordinators (DRC's) on the delivery of support to families and Y&YAD
- Convene primary stakeholders in a Y&YAD's circle of support to ensure effective planning on an individual's needs assessment, or Dream Plan
- Provide financial empowerment training and benefits counseling to Y&YAD and their families
- Meet regularly with the program management and quality improvement team to discuss implementation challenges and successes, to analyze and improve implementation of the ETM
- Attend all Network Improvement Community events
- Utilize Microsoft Office tools and various program-specific IT applications
- Travel daily within the local region to meet with participants, families, and various stakeholders/community partners
- Work occasional evening and weekend hours to accommodate participant and family schedules
- Travel throughout their respective region daily and periodically overnight within NYS.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in vocational rehabilitation, social work, public policy/administration, special education, and/or similar field preferred. Other degrees will be considered given relevant experience.
- Five or more years of field experience supporting individuals with disabilities in the context of one of NY's systems of care, including but not limited to education, supported employment, disability supports, workforce, foster care, children and family services, and/or similar systems.
- Candidates must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle that can be used during work hours.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
Skills
- Strong leadership
- Problem solving
- Self-direction
- Time management
- Prioritization
- Ability to effectively organize competing demands
- Respect for various backgrounds and cultures
Location
- Columbia and Greene Counties, New York
- Hudson, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Occasional evening and weekend flexibility
- Occasional overnights
Experience Level
- Five or more years of field experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $83,260 - $94,803
Benefits
- Excellent Benefits Package
About the Company
- The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) promotes the mental health of all New Yorkers, focusing on recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.
- RFMH is committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities by reducing disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes.
- RFMH is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York.
- Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.
- RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.