TIL-Youth Advocate at Rising Ground, Inc. | NY, US | Rezi

TIL-Youth Advocate at Rising Ground, Inc.

TIL-Youth Advocate

Rising Ground, Inc. · NY, US

1 weeks ago

TIL-Youth Advocate

Rising Ground, Inc. · NY, US

13 days ago
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About the Role

The Roadmap to Adulthood Program empowers and supports youth impacted by homelessness (RHY) through employees offering lived expertise and new ideas. The program aims to strengthen unity, deescalate conflicts, enhance interpersonal skills, promote mental health awareness, create a youth council, and provide knowledge of RHY services and aftercare, preparing youth for adulthood.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct weekly workshops at assigned sites.
  • Accompany program participants on appointments for mental health, health, education, employment, and other concrete needs.
  • Advocate for the needs and best interests of program participants with case management staff.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings, service plan reviews, intake meetings, and discharge conferences to represent the needs and best interests of program participants.
  • Document all interactions and meetings in progress notes.
  • Support Youth during the discharge process and appeals related to the program.
  • Provide youth with access to resources and organizations that support employment stability, mental health, and advocacy.
  • Assist the peer manager in the development of RHY projects, events, and programming.

Requirements

  • High School diploma.

Work Type

  • Full-time

Education Level

  • High School diploma

Benefits

  • 11 Paid Holidays
  • Paid Sick Time
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Personal days
  • Medical - 3 plan options
  • Dental - 2 plan options
  • Vision - 1 plan option

About the Company

  • Rising Ground is an agency that provides services to youth impacted by homelessness.

Equal Opportunity

  • Rising Ground wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.