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About the Role
The Employment Specialist works collaboratively in a fun, team-oriented, mission-focused, and goal-driven environment to help youth in foster homes develop a trauma-informed, career-ready, financially stable, and professionally confident mindset. Through workshops, one-on-one sessions, community partnerships, and data tracking, this role is vital in the transitional process of the youth served. This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule after a 90-day probationary period.
Responsibilities
- Provide consistent, high-quality employment-focused engagements using motivational interviewing and a holistic, student-centered approach.
- Facilitate impactful group and individual engagement services and employment-driven workshops, both in-person and virtually.
- Develop and maintain a structured participant engagement schedule, ensuring bi-weekly contact with all youth.
- Provide weekly or daily follow-up and support for youth with immediate employment, internship, or training needs.
- Prepare youth for HSVS internships, SYEP, and job/career opportunities using YA-WORC screening methods.
- Oversee youth participation in the Go-Getters internship program and attend related meetings.
- Sign up eligible youth for SYEP and place them within agency departments.
- Update the Workforce development tracker weekly with client touchpoints.
- Maintain accurate client records through real-time data entry for service delivery, reporting, and compliance.
- Develop marketing materials and participate in outreach for job fairs, vocational trainings, and career readiness events.
- Attend all Youth Development events, meetings, and programs.
- Provide non-judgmental support to help youth achieve vocational, educational, and employment goals.
- Build trust and strong working relationships with youth.
- Assist youth in creating realistic, accountability-driven short and long-term employment goals.
- Attend all ACS, Fair Futures, and HSVS trainings.
- Ensure all students complete an EPC before job interviews/internships.
- Meet quarterly job placement targets for connecting youth to permanent employment.
- Maintain communication with youth after employment to capture milestone data and provide support for the first year.
- Keep in contact with alumni to utilize their knowledge and involve them in workshops and events.
- Work flexible hours and some evenings as requested.
- Support, engage, and develop youth through traditional and non-traditional methods.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 1-3 years' experience working with youth ages 14-26 required.
- 5-7 years' experience working with youth ages 14-26 strongly preferred.
- Able to work flexible hours and some evenings as requested.
- Motivated to support, engage and develop youth through traditional and non-traditional methods.
Skills
- Motivational interviewing
- Holistic, student-centered approach
- Community partnership development
- Data tracking
- YA-WORC screening methods
- Marketing material development
- Outreach methods
Location
- 66 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Hybrid schedule (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) after 90-day probationary period
- Flexible hours
- Some evenings required
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
- 5-7 years strongly preferred
Education Level
- Associate's Degree or Equivalent required
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or equivalent preferred
- Master's degree or equivalent preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $26.63 - $29.10 Hourly
Benefits
- Rewarding Work in a team environment
- Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays
- 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit)
- Employee Appreciation Programs and Events
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Professional Development opportunities
- Wellhub Discount
- Verizon Wireless Discount
- BJs Membership discount
- Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more
About the Company
- For over 150 years, Heartshare has been dedicated to championing and empowering New Yorkers society has too often overlooked and underestimated.
- HeartShare Human Services of New York nurtures and empowers children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Equal Opportunity
- HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
- If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.