Drop-In Specialist Part-Time

• Maintain professional relationships with all staff and clients
• Support coverage and coordinate activities as necessary during drop in hours.

• Provide life skills training counseling support and guidance to youth as they work to overcome barriers to housing employment and education.
• Take advantage of key teachable moments to help youth develop skills in decision-making conflict resolution time management etc.
• Provide crisis intervention services to Casa Corazon youth as necessary
• Accurately track and document all services provided utilizing internal database.
• Plan a monthly schedule for events activities and food menu.
• Deliver twice weekly psychoeducational programming to youth during drop-in hours.
• Collaborate with other internal programs to provide assistance to youth

• Conduct targeted and organized outreach to youth serving entities such as schools park districts and community based organizations and law enforcement agencies in order to recruit youth who can benefit from our services.
• Conduct street outreach to locations where youth experiencing homelessness congregate both formally and informally.
• Deliver presentations about the services of Casa Corazon to both small and large groups of people in an engaging and informative manner.
• Maintain an organized outcomes-based accounting of outreach efforts and contacts with homeless youth and necessary follow-up.

• Observe environment to ensure safety of youth and staff by responding to emergencies building repairs safety hazards crisis and incidents.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for staff and youth through shared responsibilities of cleaning.
• Maintain on-going dialogue with staff around areas of youth successes and challenges.
• Follow up with any incident in a timely manner utilizing a strength base approach.

• Maintain organization and inventory of all toiletries food bus cards and other essential items.
• Teach and implement the declaration of non-violence at Casa Corazon.
• Intermittently gather and complete data entry for various grant reports and development purposes.
• Work in conjunction with Program Coordinator to meet program outcomes.

• Demonstrated desire and ability to work with homeless at-risk and adjudicated populations providing appropriate support motivation and compassion in accordance with La Casa Nortes mission and philosophy of service
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Ideal candidate will have at least 1 year experience working with at-risk homeless and/or adjudicated youth
• Knowledge regarding the social economic and cultural patterns of Latino and African American populations.
• Willingness to work in a diverse environment in regards to race ethnicity culture sexual orientation and gender.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as needed and have impeccable attendance.

Required Experience:

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