About the Organization
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA)supports and builds power with people across New York State who have been affected by mass incarceration criminalization and community disinvestment. Through a statewide network of direct services advocacy and organizing and by supporting the leadership of directlyimpacted people we advance civil and human rights for all New Yorkers.CCA works to build a world where everyone has what they need to thrive.
Why Join the Team
At CCA we are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive marketinformed compensation. The successful candidates salary is determined by the combination of knowledge skills competencies experience and geography.Our goal is to continue to make CCA one of the most desirable nonprofit places at which to work and in part recognize the importance of worklife balance.
Position Summary:CCAs Youth Services Education and Employment Department is seeking a qualified positive youth development professional to deliver employment services to justiceimpacted youth.
Direct Supervisor:Director of Career Readiness
Duties and Responsibilities:
Outreach and Client Facing Services 75
- Outreach to and maintain engagement with participants across all departmental programming
- Conduct intakes with new participants and document youths contact information employment experience and employment plans
- Assist participants with action plans transitional plans and address employment barriers (resume cover letter certifications photo ID birth certificate)
- Maintain contact with subcontracted facilitators for participant progress and support areas
- Complete weekly outreach goals for participants enrolled in the Education and Employment Departments programs
- Collaborate with internal and external partners including subcontracted facilitators regarding participant engagement and develop participant outreach strategies and share with the Career Readiness Coordinator
- Develop and maintain relationships with subcontracted grassroots partner organizations
- Support Transition Coordinators from the NextGen Network program in building relationships with youth reentering from detention
- Work with Transition Coordinators to deliver highquality enrichment restorative justice and career pathways workshops through youth development and traumainformed best practices
- Support reentering youth connect with community resources and subcontracted partner organizations
- Connect with youth within 48 hours of their release and provide resource packets and information of resources
- Support youth and their families engage and work towards reentry milestones
Administration Data Collection and Reporting 25
- Report participant demographic programmatic and milestone data in all internal databases including QuickBase; ensure Director of Education and Career Readiness Coordinator is updated regularly on participant engagement
- Generate and save all participant documentation group and 1:1 notes; intakes; outreach attempts and contacts; resumes and cover letters; save and track in all internal trackers including Quickbase
- Complete internal weekly reports as required by Director of Career Readiness
- Attend and participate in weekly department meetings
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in youth development social work criminal justice or related human services field required
- Strong interest in juvenile justice issues and awareness of positive youth development best practices required
- Strong written/oral communication and advocacy skills.
- Excellent networking writing and organizational skills
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite and other online platforms
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills
- Experience working directly with justiceinvolved youth a strong plus
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus
ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT COVER LETTER WITH RESUME.
- 11 paid holidays per year
- 20 days of earned time off (ETO) for fulltime staff with ability to use after 90days of employment.
- Time off is earned starting on your first day.
- 7 days of paid sick time
- 100 paid family leave
- 3 retirement contribution regardless of employee contribution applicable to salary after the 1st6 months of employment