Job Description
Job Description
Hiring for a Youth Programs Advocate in Lowell, MA.
Pay: $24/hr
Schedule:
4 days/week, Monday - Thursday, 9am-5pm.
After 90 day training period, option to work from home one day a week on Tuesday or Thursday.
Some weekend availability - 24/7 crisis center people will be occasionally on call, occasionally have weekend retreats and occasionally have weeknight events. There is no set in stone schedule for these occurrences.
Experience/Skills:
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience (e.g., social work, sociology, psychology, community organizing) required
• Cultural Relevant practice and skills working with BIPOC communities - preference for someone who has experience working with LGBTQ youth. But open to seeing profiles who have experience with youth of color, refugees and immigrants, youth and young adults, people with disabilities.
• 1-3 years’ experience working with youth and/or adults who work with youth - Occasionally traveling to local community organizations for partner events ( in the greater Lowell area) to promote services in addition to going to company retreats.
• Open to counselor and advocate profiles who have experience working with youth with addiction, substance abuse, mental health, behavioral health, domestic abuse and sexual abuse matters.
• Previous youth organizing experience in training, outreach, and mentorship
• Experience working at a youth serving organization or in a prevention program
• Experience working with and/or developing and implementing curricula, culturally relevant programs and services for historically underserved populations (e.g., youth of color, LGBTQ, refugees and immigrants, youth and young adults, people with disabilities, etc.)
•Excellent presentations skill and communication skills both verbal/written
Vision:
1. Work with prevention team to develop and run youth programs
2. Build intentional relationships with youth to create an inclusive brave space to educate and reduce sexual violence
3. Develop curriculum to inspire underserved populations and encourage their leadership
4. Create and develop opportunities for youth leadership in the Greater Lowell community
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include:
•Conduct outreach to recruit youth for youth programs
•Facilitate GLADLY (LGBQ/T youth group), Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) and other youth prevention programming
•Provide 1:1 trauma-informed counseling
•Conduct outreach, build relationships, and grow our network of middle schools, high schools, and youth serving organizations in the Greater Lowell area
•Implement education training to youth serving providers on sexual violence and social justice
•Provide psychoeducation and advocacy with and for youth, survivors, predominantly youth of color, refugee and immigrants, and LGBQ/T communities
•Work to develop culturally relevant curricula and programming for participants and communities we serve
•Collaborate and work with Survivor Services team around creative intervention for youth survivors
•Conduct needs assessments and evaluations for youth programming development and implementation
•Participate in providing on-call and back-up coverage for 24-hour hotline, medical advocacy response, and web-chat services
•Once trained support internal RCC training
•Other related duties as determined by direct supervisor
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