Youth and Young Adult Career Navigator Skill up (37.5 hrs) ($21.73 - $23.05/hr)

Description

DEPARTMENT: Youth & Workforce Development Programs

POSITION TITLE: Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator

LOCATION: Greenfield/Northampton

STATUS: Non-Exempt, 37.5 hours/week

SUPERVISOR: Workforce Development Coordinator or Manager

Compensation for positions at CAPV is based on a transparent agency wide salary scale. Each position is assigned a pay grade. Each paygrade has 3 salary levels based on education and work experience to determine the rate of pay.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We work with youth/young adults who are historically and ongoingly impacted by systems of oppression towards achieving economic justice. The Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator provides goal-oriented support for participants ages 17 to 24 to provide education and employment opportunities. The Career Navigator develops compassionate and respectful relationships with participants using a strengths-based approach. The Career Navigator provides steps towards opportunities that youth/young adults who may otherwise have difficulty accessing. Examples of this include going to job training, attending college as a new or returning student, and exploring a career with a paid internship.

The Career Navigator develops compassionate and respectful relationships with participants using a strengths-based, goal-oriented approach The Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator provides outreach, case management and support to young people aged 17-24 who are working towards their next steps in education, training, and employment. The position is the direct support for youth in exploring and achieving their short, medium-, and long-term goals to map a pathway for education, employment and career success. The Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator works with youth to register for training or college, develops internships to explore employment and supports youth to overcome barriers to those goals. The Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator assists youth in resume and cover letter development, interview skills and conducting job search. Additionally, the Youth/Young Adult Career Navigator is responsible for administrative tasks including maintaining case notes, = data entry, document collection, and ensuring that program standards are maintained.

A Typical Day

• Arrive at the office to start work at 9am
• Settle into workspace, set up computer and turn on work phone
• Check email and teams, respond to time sensitive or urgent messages
• Schedule individual case management meetings with participants for the week and send out reminders for upcoming meetings. Meet with a participant for individual support to apply for a job. Attend a Workforce Development/Staff meeting (8-20 people)
• Take a half hour lunch break at noon, maybe go outside or take a walk!
• Bring a participant shopping for work clothes to prepare for their internship.
• Meet with a participant to set goals that map out the steps to replace their identity documents (I.e., birth certificate, social security card)
• Work on case notes, updating goals and tracking service hours for today's participant meetings.
• Prepare to wrap up the day by reviewing tomorrow’s schedule, updating the to do list and touching base with the supervisor if needed

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide individual support/case management to approximately 15-20 participants.
• Work with participants to complete assessments, establish and support progress of their goals.
• Build relationships and attend meetings with community partners, area coalitions, youth/young adult serving non-profit organizations.
• Serve as a liaison to coordinate services and opportunities for participants.
• Work in partnership with other Youth & Workforce Development staff to plan and coordinate opportunities to support interdepartmental integration services and activities across programs.
• Communicate regularly with supervisor to maintain weekly work schedules and locations in Outlook calendar.
• Complete all required paperwork, data collection and case records as required.
• Remote work available complying with the agency’s policy.
• Required to travel regularly throughout the Youth and Workforce Development Programs service area, to other Community Action sites and service locations, and occasionally out of the service area.
• Follow guidelines, procedures, and policies of the program contract, of Youth & Workforce Development Programs, and of Community Action
• Attend weekly supervision with supervisor, create professional development goals and attend professional development trainings.
• Respond clearly and timely to emails, chats, and complete required work documents within established timelines.
• Attend regularly scheduled, team meetings, mandatory agency tra