Youth Support Specialist
The Bloc
- Chicago, IL
- $55,000-62,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Case Management: Provide various educational, social/emotional, vocational, and critical needs case management services to youth ages 10-19
- Data Collection and Reporting: Collect, analyze, and report data about the case management process to improve organizational processes
- Relationship Building: Build intentional relationships with all stakeholders
- Ability to create a 360 assessment of a young person to seek wraparound support and services to fulfill fighters’ physical, psychological, and social needs
- Advise managers and directors on potential partnership needs to promote fighter success
- Support with community events and activities
- Complete outreach and coordination with partner organizations when appropriate
- Conduct home, school, and stakeholder visits as needed
- Complete other tasks as assigned to support program health and functioning
- Prioritize and understand student needs and take initiative to assess their needs on a regular basis
- Dedicated to providing resources and opportunities to Chicago’s West Side youth
- Passionate about racial justice, gender equality, and equity with a knowledge of youth development and restorative practices
- Relationship-building skills with history of building connections with families, schools, and students
- History of social and casework as it pertains to youth
- Ability to assess, understand, and prioritize student needs and react accordingly
- Possess a knowledge of outside support resources available to our fighters
- Organized and able to prioritize vital objectives
- Eager to take initiative
- Conversational Spanish speaking is strongly preferred
- MSW is strongly preferred