Employment Advisor - Ingersoll Cornerstone (63439)

University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.  

Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.   

Launched in 2014, the Crisis Management System (CMS) is a partnership of more than 70 organizations that promote peace, community stewardship of public safety, and healing in the neighborhoods most affected by gun violence in NYC. Utilizing the globally recognized Cure Violence model, which is an evidence-based public health approach to responding to gun violence through credible messengers who identify and engage individuals most likely to be involved in gun violence and to defuse conflicts before they escalate. The CMS program will service the 88th precinct area of Brooklyn including the Ingersoll, Whitman and Farragut housing developments to be the frontline in preventing and interrupting conflicts that may lead to gun violence and retaliation in real time.

Reporting to the Program Director, the Employment Advisor will serve as the team lead developing educational and workforce related opportunities for the participants based on need and interest.

Responsibilities:

• Assist participants in obtaining and maintaining employment consistent with their individual vocational goals.
• Assess participants' vocational functioning on an ongoing basis, utilizing background information and work experiences.
• Conduct job development and job search activities tailored to the interests and uniqueness of the population served.
• Provide outreach to employer contacts and serve as an advocate for participants and staff, facilitating connections to opportunities both within CMS and outside of CMS.
• Assist participants and community partners with the implementation of the Anti-Gun Violence Employment Program and other employment opportunities offered through CMS.
• Aid participants with documentation requirements.
• Create partnerships with local stakeholders, organizations, and businesses to serve as worksites for youth job placements.
• Attend meetings and trainings offered through agency partners to aid in the employment program.
• Maintain required program documentation.
• Assist participants and staff with concerns related to housing, healthcare, social services, and educational issues.
• Deliver organizational development and data management skills.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, planning, organizational, and multitasking abilities.
• Researches and coordinates the use of thematic or project-based programing to ensure participants are learning through a variety of fun and engaging activities.
• Produce reports and updates on activities related to educational and employment services as requested.
• Other related duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, however candidates with some college and a proven track record of working with vulnerable, high-risk and/or opportunity youth and young adults will be considered. .
• Demonstrated successful experience of at least 2 years working with vulnerable, high-risk and/or opportunity youth and young adults ages 16 to 24 required
• Personal or professional Experience working with gang-involvement or gun related violence preferred
• Must have an understanding of, sensitivity and commitment to working with youth and families that have experienced gun-related trauma
• Some knowledge of best practice in supporting the needs and older youth and young adults interest as it related to educational and employment comprehension of NYC Department of Education Learning Standards, including the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.
• Experience in curriculum planning, development, and writing.
• Solid training and facilitation skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communications skills and ability to work with staff of various skill sets across disciplines.
• As required by the contract candidate must: 1) clear through hiring panel comprised of program and community partners; 2) complete a criminal background check; and 3) submit to drug testing and agree to periodic drug testing as part of a program of random testing or for cause

Work Schedule: Full time, Tuesday - Saturday, 35 hours per week, Hybrid schedule 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression