Fair Futures Coach

1 week ago

New York, United States Cayuga Centers Full time
About the Fair Futures Coach Role

Cayuga Centers is seeking a dedicated Fair Futures Coach to join our NYC Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) program. As a Fair Futures Coach, you will play a crucial role in guiding young individuals between the ages of 13-26 through the 'Goals & Steps' framework, enabling them to navigate age-appropriate objectives in vital areas such as academics, career development, social/emotional growth, and housing and independent living.

Your primary responsibility as a Fair Futures Coach will be to build deep, authentic relationships with the young individuals we serve. By meeting them where they are and developing a foundation of trust, you will help unlock their potential and empower them to achieve their academic and career development goals.

We are committed to supporting our young people every step of the way, even after they age out, ensuring they have the resources needed until they reach 26.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build relationships with up to 18 young people to develop individualized academic and career development goals and take measurable steps toward their goals
  • Collaborate with the treatment team, tutors, specialists, and foster/birth parents, as needed, to help youth achieve their goals and ensure their overall well-being
  • Attend and play an active role in Family Team Conferences (FTC's), Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Meetings (TTM), and Parent to Parent Conferences
  • Document all contacts with youths in the CARE4 Platform and Program's Electronic record System
  • Perform other related duties as requested by the immediate supervisor or leadership
Personal Development Job Duties
  • Ensure young people who are aging out can access and maintain stable, affordable housing and build independent living skills; help young people move in and obtain furniture upon discharge
  • Assist young people with their housing and career development goals while and after discharge up to the age of 26
  • Help young people maintain their housing by supporting independent living and life skills such as budgeting, obtaining a bank account, and advocating with landlords if needed
Academic Development Duties
  • Assess the fit between the young person and their current academic setting and help them transfer into a better-fit high school or high school equivalency (HSE) program if needed
  • Visit the young person's school/program and build relationships with school staff, review transcripts and academic data, provide educational advocacy, and discuss progress toward graduation/HSE obtainment
  • Expose students to post-secondary pathways, such as college and/or accredited vocational programs, starting in the 9th grade (or as early as possible)
  • Connect the student to the Education/Workforce Specialist to apply to colleges, opportunity programs, and all forms of financial aid, funding, and scholarships
Career Development Duties
  • Assist young people in obtaining working papers, if needed
  • Conduct career exploration activities with young people
  • Connect young people, as needed, to agency-based job readiness and/or internships based on the young person's interests, strengths, and academic/vocational plans
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience working with at-risk or system-involved young people
  • Foster care and/or significant experience working with vulnerable youth in a professional manner preferred
  • Must be able to work from a strength-based, trauma-informed, youth development lens
  • NYC ACS or private agency child welfare experience preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong time-management, organizational skills, and attention to detail; Ability to troubleshoot, advocate, and navigate obstacles where there is not always a clear-cut pathway
  • Open to learning how to use and interpret data to inform decision-making
  • Ability to effectively collaborate in team settings and build relationships with external partners
  • Ability to use Motivational Interviewing techniques
  • Knowledgeable about youth resources and services
  • Ability to facilitate monthly youth groups
  • Ability to work well with people from many cultures, including recent immigrants, non-English speakers, and LGBTQIA+ children
  • Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred
  • Willingness to travel
  • Valid NYS Driver's License required
Benefits
  • 80 hours of vacation time; 12 Sick Days per year
  • 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Pet and Legal Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
  • Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
  • 401(k) match up to 6%
  • Corporate Discounts Program
  • Sick Leave Pool
  • Identity Protection
  • Hybrid remote working

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