Digital Arts & Healing Arts Specialist Part-Time

Description

JOB TITLE: Digital Arts & Healing Arts Specialist (Part-Time)

REPORTS TO: Manager of Community Programs

SCHEDULE: Saturday - Sunday (9:00am-3:30pm)

LOCATION: Venice, CA  

STATUS: Part-Time, 13hrs weekend,, Non-Exempt

CELL PHONE: Reimbursement for use  

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

SALARY RANGE: $22.00 - $23.00/hr

ABOUT US:

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 a unique social impact agency that is committed to overcoming structural barriers to equity, community collaboration, and innovative youth-focused programming. If you have the skills, passion and collaborative spirit, join our growing team of nearly 100 employees.

SPY strives to attract and develop individuals who reflect a broad spectrum of diversity, including (but by no means limited to) racial, ethnic, gender identity and socioeconomic dimensions. We believe that inclusion of diverse perspectives is essential to achieving long-term, systemic change. We explicitly seek applications from those who self-identify as coming from historically marginalized populations to enrich and elevate our equity-centered approach to problem-solving.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

A member of the Access Center team, the Digital Arts & Healing Arts Specialist will work at SPY’s Access Center location in Venice to provide services for SPY members experiencing homelessness. The Healing Arts Coordinator will coordinate arts related programming, activities and events, while maintaining a safe and therapeutic art room. The Coordinator will also connect and communicate with SPY youth artists through their own artistic expression and through collaborative art projects.

An exciting aspect of this role will be supporting the restructure of the Access Center’s engagement model into an arts and empowerment center. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of direct service to at-risk populations and trauma-informed care. Specific knowledge or experience related to transitional aged youth experiencing homelessness is a plus.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• SPY Member support in the art room and during drop-in service hours to increase their knowledge of what services and resources are available and how to access them 
• Greet and build rapport with SPY members, helping connect to services, programs, and partners 
• Responsible for tidying the art room and ensuring tools and supplies are cared for 
• Assist visiting facilitators during their sessions and workshops by recruiting member participation, attending sessions, and assisting with set-up and clean-up 
• In collaboration with community programs, evaluate member needs and requests to identify new workshops and classes to introduce to the Healing Arts program  
• Support data collection efforts by distributing, collecting, and inputting survey and attendance data 
• Establish authentic, positive, and supportive relationships with members and provide/welcome feedback 
• Promote and coach peers to engage in their mental health and developmental health management plans and goals 
• Facilitate community members’ access to mental health-related services, including but not limited to information and instruction on the appropriate use of resources, overcoming barriers to obtaining needed care and social services 
• Act as a liaison on behalf of community members to follow up with health management/care plans and providers 
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED: 

• A commitment to and a passion for the mission, vision, values, and culture of SPY 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires attention to detail and effective collaboration with a variety of organizations and individuals 
•   Written and verbal communication skills 
• Life and Lived Experience: have learned lessons from circumstances and others and applied them to personal development 
•  Ability to work and communicate respectfully within a context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds 
• Exper