- Location:
- Region : New York City Brooklyn
- Job Type : Paid
- Minimum age : 18
- Status : Full Time
- Length : Permanent
- Anticipated Start/End Dates: 10/10/2023
- Number of Available Positions: 1
- Minimum Hours/Week: 35Hours/Week
- Specific Days Needed: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
- Public Transportation: Bus Train
Brooklyn HS for Leadership and Community Service 300 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, New York, 11205 Google Maps
- Minimum Education: BACHELORS
- Area of Focus: Other
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Job Description:
Advocate Counselor
Location: 300 Willoughby Avenue 11205
Hours: Monday- Friday 8am- 4pmSalary Range: $42,000 (Bachelors) – $51,000 (MSW)
Brooklyn Community Services is one of Brooklyn’s first and largest non-sectarian social services agencies. BCS, which presently serves more than 10,000 individuals annually, is committed to a broad and diverse range of services including education and child care; services to strengthen families; and services to foster self-sufficiency for adults.
Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service is a small, academically rigorous, full-time New York City Department of Education Transfer School designed to re-engage high school students who are over-age and under-credited or have dropped out of high school. BCS is directly responsible for the administration of the school’s Learning-to-Work Program, which enhances the school’s academic component by offering additional academic support, career and education exploration, work preparation, skills development, and internships.
Responsibilities:
- Provide academic planning and case management services for a caseload of 40 + students, including Seniors/Juniors participating in the College Bound Program.
- Provide weekly individual and daily group counseling, including facilitating an Advisory/College Bound Group five days per week.
- Supervise a group of students who act as College Peer Mentors to younger students and attend regular Peer Mentor trainings to support youth.
- Assist youth in attending school regularly by identifying obstacles, connecting students with resources and conducting attendance outreach including home visits.
- Provide crisis intervention as needed, including mediation support.
- Provide family outreach and conduct parent/guardian meetings as appropriate.
- Provide counseling and support services to families with the intent of improving communication between family members and students to ensure they have support they need to function at optimal levels.
- Facilitate College/FAFSA Workshops to parents through the PTA.
- Document all work and keep case records on all students on caseload as required.
- Attend DOE Parent-Teacher conferences, School Leadership meetings, Parent Teacher Association meetings and Out of town College Trips in accordance with DOE school calendar.
- Provide assistance with College application process
- Required Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; MSW degree preferred
- Experience and demonstrated case management support in working with youth and families required, Prior experience in a school setting preferred;
- Excellent organizational, written, and communication skills;
- Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based and/or youth development perspective; College preparatory experience required;
- Willingness to be creative and work as an integral part of a team;
- Fingerprinting and criminal background check required.
BCS and Turning Point require that all employees entering the workplace be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless an exemption is granted as a medical or religious accommodation.
- How to Apply:
Cover letter preferred. Must apply on websitehttps://wearebcs.clearcompany.com/careers/jobs/08086a65-69e7-15b2-1281-3da05450183f/apply?source=2667319-CS-54320 New York Google Maps
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