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About the Role
The Youth Advocate I for Hillside Work Scholarship Connection (HWSC) provides support and mentoring services to an assigned caseload of students. This position utilizes best practices from education and youth development models to assist students in achieving positive academic outcomes, including high school graduation, attaining life skills, and completing a successful employment experience.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the identification and selection of youth who have the personal characteristics to become successful participants in the HWSC program.
- Maintain an active caseload of students based on enrollment targets by recruiting new students and retaining existing students.
- Meet regularly with assigned students to review grades, attendance, social skills, and future plans.
- Connect students who do not meet established expectations for GPA and/or core subject grade with tutoring services.
- Teach student strategies for becoming self-sufficient.
- Support the development of good habits by students that enable a successful transition from high school to a variety of pathways post-graduation.
- Develop Individualized Graduation Plans (IGPs) for assigned students with family support and use the IGP as a guide to gauge student progress and revise IGPs bi-annually.
- Develop strong relationships with students and their families to understand and/or identify home issues that might impede school, work, and post-secondary success.
- Provide referrals to community support services as necessary.
- Ensure parents and/or guardians are informed of, and in agreement with, the service goals established for their child during monthly family home visits and/or phone calls.
- Partner with core subject teachers and school counselors to ensure assigned students come to class on time and are prepared to learn.
- Facilitate all evidence-based coursework, service-learning projects, and social-life activities.
- Provide transportation services for HWSC students attending tutoring services, enrichment activities, and field trips.
- Accurately complete program documentation and reporting on assigned students in the required format and in accordance with required timeframes.
- Maintain accurate records of own work time and travel information.
- Assist seniors planning to attend college in developing a transition plan and monitor student progress against the plan.
- Apply State Department of Education high school graduation requirements and local school specific requirements, as well as necessary post-secondary planning processes with each student’s guidance counselor for graduation success and post-secondary success for assigned students.
- Monitor student progress against Academic, Attitude, and Attendance (AAA) standards to determine Youth Employment Training Academy (YETA) eligibility.
- Provide support and encouragement to students completing YETA, and the job search process.
- Monitor placement and progress of students employed by an employment partner.
- Partner with the employment and or college and career team to resolve employment partner challenges/issues.
- Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work, volunteer or higher education experience in human services, childhood or youth development, student mentoring, coaching adolescent youth, or related field required.
- Associate's Degree in a relevant field and minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field required.
- Unrestricted, valid NYS driver’s license for minimum of 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards.
Skills
- Knowledge of and ability to apply services from the school site and community resources.
- Knowledge of and ability to apply theoretical and practical adolescent development and positive youth development and recognize signs and symptoms of students heading at risk and ability to address with appropriate interventions for student.
- Knowledge of and proficiency with software applications and ability to learn new applications to track and accurately record all interactions and activities.
- Basic group facilitation skills.
Location
- Central & Western New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Variable scheduling including evenings and weekends
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work, volunteer or higher education experience
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $18.50 Minimum pay rate, $22.00 Maximum pay rate, based on experience. A rate exceeding $22.00 may be considered for highly experienced candidates.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Flexible spending account
- 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan
About the Company
- At Hillside, we believe that healthy youth and strong families with opportunities to succeed are the foundation of any thriving community.
- Guided by this belief, we provide community-based services, education, and residential treatment to positively impact lives, in partnership with youth and families who have experienced trauma.
- From locations across Central & Western New York and Prince George’s County, Maryland, our programs serve nearly 10,000 youth, adults, and families each year.
- Partnering with families and communities, we deliver high-quality, evidence-based services, in the appropriate settings — whether on residential campuses or in schools, homes, or the workplace.
- By measuring the impact of our work, we endeavor to deliver ever better outcomes every day.
Equal Opportunity
- Hillside is committed to equal opportunities for all, supporting a diverse workforce, creating development opportunities for our people.
- Hillside is an equal opportunity employer; individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities, Veterans, and disabled persons are encouraged to apply.
- Upon request, reasonable accommodations will be provided for the disabled.