What are the responsibilities and job description for the Drop In Center Coordinator position at A New Day Youth and Family Services?
Drop In Center Coordinator Tuesday-Friday 8a-6pm
Drop-in Center Coordinator is to create and maintain a safe environment for young people that is low barrier, creative, and meets both basic and emotional needs; ensure all safety and cleanliness protocols are followed; support, engage, empower and assist young people who walk through the doors; ensure service and engagement provisions are culturally competent and responsive to the needs of young people; develop and support youth leadership opportunities; and provide crisis intervention, as needed
Essential Duties
- Cultivate a positive, inclusive and safe culture, alongside youth, to permeate within the drop-in center space(s). Consistently utilize foundational approaches to positively engage young people (e.g. Nurtured Heart Approach and Trauma Informed Care).
- Ensure young people are warmly welcomed into the center, are adequately oriented and signed in.
- Facilitate quarterly review of offered programming, policies and community norms.
- Create schedule and effectively coordinate programming among all partnering entities
- Assist with the recruitment, orientation, support and retention of Peer-Support Specialists (i.e. young adult peers with lived experience similar to targeted youth), Drop-in Center interns and VISTA volunteers.
- Work with established and aspiring youth leaders to develop youth-led programming. This includes young people from partnering agencies, schools and youth groups as well as young people not yet affiliated with a group.
- Identify promising youth leaders and collaborate with other staff members to connect young people with internal and external leadership opportunities, including paid peer-support specialist opportunities.
- Collaborate with other staff and community partners to observe, engage and support the social and emotional development of young people to build their inner wealth.
- Utilize the Nurtured Heart Approach and principles of trauma-informed care to interrupt behaviors that may be negatively impacting the safety or culture of the Drop-in Center,
- Develop a calendar and schedule of programming that occurs at the Drop-in Center(s) and effectively communicates and coordinates efforts with all partnering entities.
- Coordinate offsite tabling and volunteering opportunities for young people, interns and volunteers.
Employment Requirement
- shall be a minimum of 21 years of age; and
- shall hold a bachelor’s degree or above in social work, counseling, psychology or a related field, from an accredited university; or
- shall hold a bachelor’s degree or above in another field with two (2) years relevant experience working with the target population; or
- shall hold an associate’s degree from an accredited college and have a minimum of three (3) years of experience working with the target population; or
- shall be a high school graduate or have a general education development (GED) and shall and have a minimum of (5) years of experience working with the target population.
Benefit
- Full-time employee benefits
- 403B Supplemental Retirement
- Dental insurance, Health Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Paid time off and Holidays.
Schedule
- Willingness to work flexible hours including some weekends and evenings
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $34,000.00 - $42,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $34,000 - $42,000
