Summer Youth Coordinator; Temp Position

Position: Summer Youth Employment Coordinator (Temp Position)
Description

Position Title: DFSS Summer Youth Employment Coordinator - Temp Position

Department: Workforce Development, Summer Project (DFSS SYEP)

Reports to: Project Manager, Workforce Programs

Position Objective and Summary:

The DFSS Summer Youth Employment Program Youth Coordinator will monitor and support the summer employment success of youth ages 16-24. The Youth Coordinators will facilitate, direct and supervise all programmatic activities with youth. Including providing virtual/in person job readiness and financial literacy training, monitoring work-based learning placements as appropriate and providing the support necessary to ensure youth arrive to the worksite/online classroom on time daily.

This position will also collect supervisor assessment of the youth's work performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and Implement Youth Leadership Activities and Planning

• Youth coordinators will facilitate, direct, and supervise all programmatic activities with youth.
• Build strong, positive relationships with youth participants and facilitate team building between participant cohorts.
• Engage youth in wrap around services within their agency and work with external partners to provide additional support services to youth who are identified as at-risk. Monitor youth participants' placement at employer work sites or specialized training programs for six weeks to ensure completion.
• Maintain communication and a working relationship with the work sites or specialized training program.
• Develop and implement creative strategies to retain youth participants throughout the program.
• Assist with data collection and entry into Cityspan and other DFSS-designated platforms.
• Implement performance measurement tools with youth participants and ensure completion.
• Attend mandatory trainings and meetings per request of DFSS; including but not limited to training for Cityspan and a DFSS-designated technology platform.
• Engages in facilitation of programs, workshops, and events geared toward youth development and education enhancement delivered via virtual platforms and in person as appropriate
• Document all youth service activities and engagement in appropriate paper and electronic systems UCAN.
• Engages youth in problem solving, life skills, conflict resolution and communication activities to enhance core competencies.
• Ensures that the youth arrive at their respective work sites or virtual classrooms daily.
• Assists in resolving work and peer conflicts and ensuring that youth have a successful summer experience.
• Facilitate job readiness and LRNG curriculum via virtual tools or in person as appropriate.
• Ensures youth and staff observe Covid-19 CDC social distancing guidelines during in person activities, events and while employed at worksites.
• Collect time sheets and submit to payroll processing unit.

Professionalism and Work Conduct

• Behaves with integrity, demonstrates high ethical standards, and displays a positive image of UCAN.
• Acts in a professional manner at all times and maintains appropriate boundaries with youth
• Demonstrates accountability for results and keeps commitments to others
• Supports youth with transitions to employment and/or education upon program completion.
• Reports to work, meetings, training, virtual classrooms, and job-related activities prepared and as scheduled.
• Demonstrates openness and respect for cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of youth and coworkers
• Accepts feedback and ideas from team and supervisor and is constructive when giving feedback and ideas to others
• Responds in a timely manner to all written correspondence, email, and phone calls.
• Meet program youth and staff timesheet submission, reporting and activity deadlines

Professional Development

• Attend trainings for Cityspan - Youth Employment System, Job Readiness curriculum, MHA Labs training, financial literacy curriculum, and trauma workshops.
• Attends regular supervision, team meetings and other professional workshops to enhance job skills.
• Work with youth to connect them to both educational and/or year-round employment opportunities.
• Connect youth to opportunities through City Colleges, the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership and/or CPS (Chicago Public Schools).
• Participate in student tours of City Colleges and host other speakers that can connect youth to critical resources.

Education /Job Experience/Certification:

• High School Diploma required
• Minimum of 2 years previous experience working in youth development, human services, social services and/or child welfare.
• Must be 24 years of age or older
• Familiarity and proficiency with virtual meetings and classroom tools such as Go To Meeting , Zoom, etc.

Special Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Is open and respectful of cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients and is willing and competent to work with a diverse client population.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and as a part of a highly functioning team.
• Must be able to work flexible hours,…