Youth Reach Community Engagement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Newburgh, United States Access-Supports for Living Full time

**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

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**:

- Must Have a High School Diploma or GED
- Must have a driver’s license and reliable transportation
- 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.
- Must be capable to access all rooms in a 2-story home
- Able to work in open space floor plan
- Must be capable to move throughout work day
- Occasional lifting of > _25+ pounds

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