Youth Career Navigator presso Ywcaworks

What You'll DoThe Youth Career Navigator provides outreach and employment and training-focused case management to low-income and underserved youth residents in South King County. The Youth Career navigator will be responsible for recruiting youth from the surrounding community and from King County Housing Authority occupants, with a focus on BIPOC youth who face barriers to engagement, employment, and economic advancement. This position helps youth develop workplace readiness, job search skills and college success skills, and access training, internships, and employment opportunities. This position will also provide ongoing career and educational support and case management and will work one-on-one with each participant to designate career-focused goals and action steps, identify and develop strengths, remove barriers, apply for jobs, and prepare for employment. The Navigator also assists with youth development and employment workshops, supports recruitment of youth into employment and collaborates with community partners who serve youth. The Youth Career Navigator will also support the training needs and learning outcomes of young adults enrolled in the YWCA’s Food and Beverage Customer Service training program, a partnership with Starbucks.This position has a social justice component that will require critical thinking around how external system impact the work that we are doing through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Knowing the core principals of antiracism and grounding those principles in everyday work, as well as working well in non-white environments and championing anti-racism policy, are required job skills and core values. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.

Expectations of your role:

Recruits, interviews, and screens youth participants to determine eligibility and enrolls and orients program participants

Conducts assessments to determine planned services and customize an individual employment plan

Provides ongoing case management, coaching, and support

Works in tandem with other YWCA youth-serving staff including career navigators, instructors, life coaches, and youth development specialists

Networks and maintains contact with representatives of other social service providers and community colleges

Determines participant’s job readiness, training, placement and support services needs

Collaborates with participants to develop career and employment objectives and individual development action plans

Connects participants to appropriate occupational training programs, apprenticeship programs, internship opportunities, and youth employment and training programs

Supports youth enrolled in school or training to persist and successfully complete their program

Provides individual and group job search preparation and training to clarify and develop the habits and attitudes needed to be successful in the workplace

Coaches participants in developing resumes, cover letters, social media profiles and other job search materials and successful interviewing techniques

Provides clients with appropriate employer referrals and job search information

Facilitates successful job placements by matching participants with appropriate employers

Maintains complete and accurate client case files and makes necessary corrections and updates per program requirements and funder requests

Enters client information into the program database on a regular basis and completes program reports

Meets deadlines for case notes, monthly reports and quarterly full data and narrative reporting

Initiates and develops relationships with local employers for the purpose of developing job opportunities and placing clients

Implement all work by incorporating the YWCA’s Social Justice Initiative by understanding how racism, sexism, classism and other oppressions intersect and are embedded in all institutions and systems. Recognize that solving racism is the root of how we understand and heal from these –isms.

Show demonstrated ability to interact with people of different cultures

Continue search for understanding of racial, gender and class equity

Adhere to all Volunteer Services protocol relative to volunteer usage, recognition and monitoring. Work alongside volunteers, where applicable. Understand where internalized oppressions (superiority and inferiority) play a role in volunteer and client interaction and know ways to address these oppressions from a solutions-based perspective

Assure that volunteers are treated with respect and dignity regardless of race, ethnic background, gender or socioeconomic background. Understand how racism has played a role in defining what respect and dignity is and use racial equity and multiracial perspectives when teaming with volunteers

Must have's to be successful:

One to two years of demonstrated experience required performing work related to client recruitment and enrollment, career assessment and planning, support services, occupational training, workplace readiness, job placement, records maintenance and outcomes reporting

Additional experience in job and Work-site development, internship placement, and retention services

Knowledge of the local labor market and target client population(s)

Knowledge of career assessment methods

Knowledge of local occupational training program and resources

Strong customer service orientation

Experience working with communities of color

Demonstrated understanding of the intersection of racism and poverty

Sensitivity to the needs of YWCA clients who are homeless, low income, limited English speaking, or impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse or other barriers to employment

Commitment to diversity and ability to work well with diverse family styles and multi-ethnic populations

Oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills

Creativity in problem-solving, decision making and negotiating solutions

Working independently and as a member of a team

Prioritizing, and organizing workload and managing time to meet deadlines

Computer familiarity with MS Word., Excel, and E-mail

Candidate must be able to travel independently between multiple work sites within a day

Core Competencies Expected: Caring, professionalism, fostering diversity, social justice advocacy, interpersonal skills, initiative, collaboration, and problem solving

Hours, Rate, and Benefits

Hourly Range: $26.50 - 27.50

Hours: 40 Hours per week

Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, retirement plan, plus generous vacation, holiday, and sick leave plans. For more information about our benefits, please visit: YWCA Careers & Benefits Information

At the time of hire, employees may enroll voluntarily in the Fidelity 403b Plan

After two years of employment, employees are eligible to participate in the YWCA Retirement Fund

Physical Requirements

Continuously does indoor work including operating computer

Frequently stands and walks while performing duties

Occasionally reaches outward, above shoulders, lifts/carries 11 to 20lbs., pushes/pulls 13 to 25 lbs., bends and handles/fingers office equipment

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