Healing Arts Coordinator

Overview

Description

JOB TITLE: Healing Arts Coordinator

REPORTS TO: Access Center Site Supervisor

SCHEDULE: Saturday - Sunday (9:00am-4:00pm)

LOCATION: Venice, CA

STATUS: Part-Time, 13 hrs/wk, Non-Exempt

CELL PHONE: Reimbursement for use

DRIVER POSITION: No [if yes, please reference driving policy]

SALARY RANGE: $22/hr

Note:

Safe Place for Youth (SPY) is expanding our Access Center hours and services.

Safe Place for Youth (SPY) is the leading service provider for youth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in West Los Angeles. Founded in 2011, our agency offers trauma-informed, low barrier programs that support young people in exiting the streets and achieving stability so that they can thrive, not just survive. Our robust continuum of care includes street outreach, drop-in services, health and wellness programming, case management, education and employment services, and housing programs.

SPY is committed to equity and inclusion and seeks applicants from diverse backgrounds to enrich our equity-centered approach.

Healing Arts Coordinator will work to provide support and interact with youth members as they use the art room and navigate arts programming across SPY. This includes managing and providing supplies and resources, maintaining art room cleanliness and facilitating or co-facilitating sessions. They will also be responsible for outreach and engagement to current and prospective SPY members, encouraging them to participate in healing arts programming.

• SPY Member support in the art room and during drop-in service hours to increase awareness of services and how to access them.
• Greet and build rapport with SPY members, helping connect to services, programs, and partners.
• Maintain tidiness of the art room and care of tools and supplies.
• Assist visiting facilitators during sessions and workshops by helping recruit member participation, attending sessions, and assisting with set-up and clean-up.
• Collaborate with community programs to evaluate member needs and identify new workshops and classes for the Healing Arts program.
• Support data collection by distributing, collecting, and inputting survey and attendance data.
• Establish authentic, positive, supportive relationships with members and provide/welcome feedback.
• Promote and coach peers to engage in their mental health and developmental health management goals.
• Facilitate access to mental health-related services, including information and instruction on resources, overcoming barriers to care and social services.
• Act as liaison to follow up with health management/care plans and providers.
• Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED:

• A commitment to SPY's mission, vision, values, and culture.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail and collaboration.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Life and Lived
  
  Experience:
  
  lessons learned from circumstances applied to personal development.
• Ability to work respectfully within diverse beliefs, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds.
• Experience using technology (social media, database systems, Google, Microsoft).
• Ability to work weekends.

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in a social service setting with youth (desirable but not required).
• Minimum of 2 years experience in an educator or employment services environment.
• 1-2 years experience in homeless services (preferred).
• Strong computer skills including word processing, database operations, spreadsheets, and other software.
• Ability to coordinate and oversee project completion.
• Experience working with homeless and at-risk youth.
• Good verbal and written communication, including organizational, detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Must have reliable transportation, valid California driver’s license, and proof of current insurance.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Environmental changes typical of office or outdoor settings.
• Physical effort: sedentary with possible lifting up to 15-20 pounds.

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