<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Organization Overview<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">: <span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Sheltering Arms strengthens the education, wellbeing, and development of high-need children, adults, and families across the New York metro area. We serve nearly 20,000 people a year from the South Bronx to Far Rockaway. Through compassion, innovation, and partnership, we respond to our community’s greatest needs and enable individuals to reach the greatest heights of their potential. Joining our team is an opportunity to collaborate with hundreds of dedicated colleagues who represent diverse backgrounds and talents as we work together to make a measurable impact for our neighbors in need. Every role at Sheltering Arms brings with it new opportunities for advancement and development so that team members can achieve their professional goals while helping others reach for theirs.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Job Summary: <span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The Education Specialist ensures that all youth in both Clifford and McMurray HTP Group Homes receive appropriate education services and experience in all NYC DOE and Vocational Sites. The specialist will work in collaboration with DOE/Vocational school staff and with HTP Group Home staff to provide supports for the young people’s education and to ensure that all youth 14 years and older receive appropriate education services prior to discharge.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Act as a resource for caseworkers regarding educational opportunities for youth, including but not limited to: alternative schools, vocational education programs.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Coordinate the tutoring program by hiring tutoring services for HTP Residents who are behind academically
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Lead groups of youth in college preparation, including SAT prep, study skills, financial aid advising, ETV on-line applications, locating the right college, college tours, college fairs, advisement through the application process, and assisting child care staff, foster parents and birth parents.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Develop a specialty in all aspects of college preparation and ongoing support for foster youth who are attending college.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Acts as liaison for NYC Department of Education, accessing critical information from DOE databanks.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Provide up-to-date information on higher education opportunities and continuing education program to Caseworkers and Child Care staff for young adults who are college-bound.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Conduct support meetings for foster youth who are college students during vacation and college breaks.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Develop a monthly tracking system of youth education placement and progress.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Attend agency based and external training.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Submit reports as required to program leadership and QI
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Completes progress notes in CONNECTIONS (Education Tab) in accordance with agency standards for timely submission of documentation.
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Maintain accurate documentation and complete the timely entry of progress notes into CONNECTIONS in accordance with city, state and agency standards
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Work closely with Quality Improvement to ensure CQI (continuous quality improvement) of services rendered
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Locate appropriate vocational programs and complete all required admission and financial aid applications.
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Other duties that may be assigned
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Applied experience working with Microsoft Office Suite
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Must be able to pass <span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Therapeutic Crisis Intervention<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> training.
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">For this role, COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement of the job
Salary: $49,474.00/yr
Shift: Monday-Friday, 10:00AM-6:00PM (with some flexibility)
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">It is the policy of Sheltering Arms that the Agency wholly complies with the equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Physical Requirements:<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> Must have the ability to complete all standard administrative and support tasks including but not limited to climbing up and down stairs, operation of computers/phones/fax/printer/copy machine, and the ability to lift boxes, furniture, and equipment up to 30lbs. Must be able to travel from the various locations and sites of Sheltering Arms. Ability to perform physical restraint of youth using approved restraint techniques. Physical clearances required and reevaluated annually.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Education and Training
Industries
Individual and Family Services
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