Safe Journeys- Youth & Family Worker

Tubman is seeking a Temporary Safe Journeys - Youth & Family Worker to provide resources and connections to comprehensive services for clients ages 10-24 in shelter, housing, and community-based settings.

The shifts currently available is Full-time Monday – Friday from 7AM - 3:30 PM

In these roles, you champion youth and young adults as direct services staff to provide mentorship and resources to help them maximize their potential by highlighting their strengths. You will also serve as a systems change advocate to ensure relevant services for youth and families who represent historically marginalized communities. Join us in pursuit driving positive changes and be a part of helping to foster thriving people, healthy relationships, and peaceful communities.

Tubman’s 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.

• Clients:
  Provide streamlined access to exceptional, relevant services.
• Community:
  Engage the community to take action.
• Culture:
  Invigorate organizational culture to lead with equity, well-being, and engagement.
• Capacity:
  Strengthen the agency’s infrastructure in order to better serve clients and the community.

Tubman’s 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 18,000 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 strength-based, client-centered, and rooted in hope. Our work environment focuses on flexibility, self-care, and work-life balance for all employees.

Tubman is fiercely committed to equity and inclusion. We are an affirming workplace that values people’s 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 agency’s 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.

• Provide comprehensive support and mentorship to youth and young adults and their families who have experienced various forms of violence and/or homelessness.
• Promote safety and healing of youth, young adults, and families through crisis management, early intervention, and prevention.
• Promote youth and family healing through the creation of a positive environment and provision of comprehensive activities to support goals.
• Promote trusting relationships.
• Foster healthy relationships through coordinated service delivery methods and systems advocacy.
• Provide resources to foster meaningful client outcomes.
• Uphold professional boundaries and a client-centered approach.
• Manage effective and efficient data practices and communication.
• Engage in marketing to ensure awareness about comprehensive agency services, partnerships, and additional community resources.
• Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, walk extensively, stand, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Pass DHS Fingerprint Criminal Background Study as required by program licensing.

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or equivalent lived or field experience.
• Experience providing crisis response services and direct services advocacy in community settings.
• Two years of direct service…