Karis, Inc.

STREET OUTREACH WORKER

Karis

Karis is a nonprofit organization in Grand Junction, CO. Our mission is to eliminate long term poverty and hopelessness in vulnerable young people in Mesa County, ages 13-24, by providing access to safe and stable housing and the support needed to grow in self-sufficiency and well-being. Karis provides four types of housing solutions:

Emergency Shelter Transitional Living from Domestic Violence
Transitional Living Permanent Supportive Living

Our programs include Crime Victim Services, Rapid Rehousing (Supplement), Phoenix Initiative (LGBTQ), and
Street Outreach. We provide 6 services, including:

Drop-In Day Center Crime Victim Advocacy
Case Management Housing Vouchers
24 Hour On-Call Life Skills Groups

Job Description

The Street Outreach Program (SOP) reaches out to homeless, runaway, and unaccompanied youth between ages 13 and 24 in Mesa County.

The Street Outreach Workers provide street and school-based outreach, assessments and services to houseless youth in Mesa County. In cooperation with District 51, community partners, and Karis’ broader programs, the Street Outreach Workers invite teens and youth out of danger and isolation into community, hope, healing and safety. The Street Outreach Worker serves as part of the SOP team and reports directly to the SOP Program Coordinator.

This position will, at times, require transporting youth in a personal vehicle.

All programmatic positions require successful background screening and 7-year motor vehicle report results to fulfill essential functions of the job.

• Works with youth to develop goals and objectives. The four major goal areas are: improve overall well- being; develop long-term positive relationships; instill hope through mastery of skills, especially in education and employment; and establish safe and stable housing
• Oversees coordination of care, internally and externally, and works with community organizations to bring necessary services to each teen.
• Offers gateway services, attends appointments as necessary.
• Helps facilitate employment and education opportunities.
• Develops and updates safety plans.
• Conducts Karis’ Street Outreach Assessment Protocol and ensures that all evaluation tools are properly implemented, and that evaluation data is collected and summarized. Ensures compliance with all State and Federal regulations.
• Ensures that youth have access to other Karis programs.
• Responsible for staffing the Fourth House (Drop-in Center) at least twice a week.
• Provides on-call coverage.
• Provide shift coverage at Karis’ emergency shelter: The House.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Availability

This is a 20 hour/week, non-exempt position. Some evening and weekend hours are required.

Primary Duties

• Provides outreach with youth in specific locations in Mesa County. Works closely with District 51, DYS, Public Defenders, DHS, and other homeless providers in Mesa County.
• Builds transforming relationships with teens, maintains healthy connections, attends staff meetings and training.
• Works with each teen to create and facilitate a unique service plan and creates supportive youth-led aftercare plans and documents plan and growth for each youth.

Training and Experience

Experience in Trauma Informed Care and Motivational Interviewing highly preferred. Degree and/or experience in social work, psychology or social services preferred.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Excellent ability to communicate orally and in writing to a wide range of people
• Effective planning and organization skills
• Proven ability to maintain good working relationships with a variety of people and groups
• Ability to learn, affirm, internalize and apply evidence based approaches
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace, Microsoft Word and Excel

Compensation and Benefits

Karis provides competitive pay and benefits. Salary commensurate with education, experience, training and market benchmarking. Salary Range $16.00 to $18.00 per hour.

Equal Opportunity

Karis Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, gender identity or expression or veteran status.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekends as needed

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person