Youth Family Worker - NorthStar Youth Outreach Center
Youth Family Worker - NorthStar Youth Outreach Center
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Job Description
Tubman is expanding the NorthStar Youth Outreach Center hours at the Maplewood Mall and is seeking a Parttime Youth and Family Worker. In this role you serve youth by providing case management youth leadership development opportunities connections to resources and serve as a mentor to help build on the individual strengths of each youth. You will also collaborate on systems initiatives with external partners to ensure culturally grounded and meaningful services are accessible for youth and families. We are thrilled about this opportunity and welcome candidates with a demonstrated openness to learning undoing oppression and commitment to work in partnership with youth to maximize their strengths in order to realize their full potential.
The NSYOC position is parttime with a maximum of 20 hours per week. The applicant must also be available to work on weekends.
Why work for Tubman
Tubmans vision represents the future we want for our clients and the wider community thriving people healthy relationships and peaceful communities. Our mission is to advance opportunities for change so that every person can experience safety hope and healing.
Four strategic directions guide our work:
- Clients: Provide streamlined access to exceptional relevant services.
- Community: Engage the community to take action.
- Culture: Invigorate organizational culture to lead with equity wellbeing and engagement.
- Capacity: Strengthen the agencys infrastructure in order to better serve clients and the community.
Tubmans philosophy is rooted in our inspiration and namesake Harriet Tubman. Facing unrelenting adversities Harriet Tubman encouraged others to simply Keep going. Each year Tubman offers safety hope and healing to nearly 18000 people of all ages gender identities and cultural backgrounds who face relationship violence trafficking homelessness addiction mental health challenges and other trauma. Our culturally responsive services are rooted in decades of research innovation experience and partnership.
Tubman offers a mission centered culture that values integrity respect innovation partnership and social justice. Our programs are strengthbased clientcentered and rooted in hope. Our work environment focuses on flexibility selfcare and worklife balance for all employees.
Tubmans Commitment to Diversity and Equity
Tubman is fiercely committed to equity and inclusion. We are an affirming workplace that values peoples identities and multiple dimensions of diversity. Tubman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to hire a workforce that reflects the people we serve. Tubman believes that diversity equity and inclusion amongst our staff are vital to both our clients and the agencys success. We strive to hire develop and retain the best people from a diverse pool of candidates. Black Indigenous and people of color multilingual speakers people of all gender identities people with disabilities and veterans are all encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive services primarily to BIPOC youth of all genders ages 1024 and their children or families who have been impacted by violence including criminal justice system involvement.
- Promote wellbeing of youth and families by serving clients in pursuit of their goals within a youth development framework.
- Promote trusting relationships with clients and other providers.
- Foster goal attainment through coordinated case management and education.
- Provide resources to support effective service delivery.
- Uphold professional boundaries and clientcentered approach.
- Manage data entry and reporting to meet grant goals and deadlines.
- Engage in marketing to ensure awareness about comprehensive agency services and additional community resources.
- Regularly required to stoop kneel bend extensive walking standing and lift to 50 pounds.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in social work psychology sociology youth development human services or related field or equivalent years of experience.
- Experience and proficiency in the coordination of data to include client case management summary reports and other related assignments.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks independently and as a team.
- Demonstrated ability to use basic computer programs such as Google social media and open/edit word documents.
- Ability to implement effective program evaluation.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to engage individuals and families in services to inspire and create positive changes.
- Experience and knowledge about violence(including sexual exploitation) complex trauma cultural and gender diversity and homelessness.
- 2 years group facilitation or case management experience with diverse youth from historically marginalized communities.
- Openness to work with a wide range of relevant community resources.
- Reliable transportation and a good driving record.
- Pass DHS Fingerprint Criminal Background Study as required by program licensing.
Preferred Candidate
- Graduate degree or equivalent years of experience in related field.
- Experience working with social and community services in collaborative or systemchange efforts.
- Ability to speak more than one language.
Compensation & Benefits
The salary for the position is $23.50 per hour. Tubman provides a quality benefits package that includes a highly competitive paid time off program multiple health plan options dental short and longterm disability and life insurances as well as other optional health and wellness insurances to meet diverse employee needs and a 401(k) plan. Tubman is a qualified employer under the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program. In addition you will have multiple professional development and personal growth opportunities while at Tubman.
To apply: Apply online or send resumes and cover letters to:or mail to Human Resources at Harriet Tubman Center East Attn: HR 1725 Monastery Way Maplewood MN 55109.
Employment Type
Part-Time
