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Youth REACH Community Engagement Specialist (YPA)

Access-Supports for Living

Newburgh, NY | Full Time

$69k-86k (estimate)

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Youth REACH Community Engagement Specialist (YPA)

$69k-86k (estimate)

Full Time | Ancillary Healthcare 1 Week Ago

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Access-Supports for Living is Hiring a Youth REACH Community Engagement Specialist (YPA) Near Newburgh, NY

Location: Newburgh, NY

Hours: M-F flex 40 hours

Rate of Pay: $25.88 (No Cert) $27.88 (Cert)

OVERVIEW OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES:

Youth Resilience, Education, and Advocacy for Children’s Health (REACH) is looking for a Youth Engagement Specialist to work with youth and young adults ages 15-24 and their support systems. The Community Engagement Specialist will work with the team to connect youth/young adults with mental health and treatment adjacent services, host drop-in center activities on-site in Newburgh, NY, and provide education on suicide prevention throughout Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

The Youth Engagement Specialist will be responsible for:

Providing community, family, and youth outreach and engagement
Calendaring on-site events and providing youth/young adult supervision for drop-in center days and prosocial development activities
Providing youth/young adult supervision and co-facilitation for youth/young adult support groups and family events drop in center events.
Connecting youth/young adults and their families/support systems to mental health and treatment adjacent services

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL / ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT:

Assist youth/young adults and their families/caregivers with completing intake and referral documents
Co-chair Youth Advisory Committee

QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:

Excellent communication skills, including public speaking
Must be between the ages of 18-29 and have experience facing life challenges while coping with a mental health diagnosis or have 3 years experience working with LGBTQIA young people
Able to demonstrate flexibility in adjusting work plan for the day to best meet the needs of the program.
Strong organization skills with accurate attention to detail
The ideal candidate will identify as part of the LGBTQIA community or have at least one year of relevant experience working with LGBTQIA youth/young adults and families.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Must Have a High School Diploma or GED
Must have a driver’s license and reliable transportation
Must have Credentialed Peer Certification (Youth Peer Advocate) or meet qualifications for becoming credentialed. We will consider candidates that are unable to qualify for peer credentialing, but have at least 3 years working with LGBTQIA youth/young adults and/or families if peers are unavailable for hire.
Must be willing to obtain and maintain trainer status in Question, Persuade, Refer Gatekeeper training, Teen/Youth Mental Health First Aid, and Naloxone training.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.