Youth Service Coordinator - New Bedford, United States - Old Colony Y

Description

The primary role of the Community Coordinator (YSC) is to work closely with the case management team to ensure that youth are connected to services which align with their identified needs, strengths and assessed level of risk.

Community Coordinators shall be cognizant of each youth's assessed level of risk and shall work with the casework team to develop and support the most effective approach to community supervision and service coordination commensurate with each youth's service need areas all while accounting for and providing opportunities to support each youth's strengths.

The Community Coordinator will support the casework team in ensuring that the most intensive monitoring and interventions are applied to those at highest risk for reoffending.

The Community Coordinator will balance the intensity of his/her involvement in cases in coordination with the DYS case management team concentrating on matching needed services of all youth to their specific dynamic risk factors.

The Community Coordinator is a direct report to the Senior Director, Community Services Network for compliance with Old Colony Y policies and employment expectations as well as meeting DYS Contract expectations.

The Community Coordinator receives his/her youth related and duties from the on-site DYS District Manager.

The Community Coordinator will be primarily sited at a District Office and will also be responsible for working with DYS Casework Staff, clients and the local communities associated with linked satellite sites.

S/he will accept and display the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.


JOB FUNCTIONS:


PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT RESPSONSIBILITIES**:

• Supports DYS casework staff in the execution, implementation and coordination of appropriate services and activities related to the needs and strengths of each youth as identified in his/her case management plan.
• Attends initial staffings, 90/30/30 day meetings, and post revocation meetings as requested by the District Manager.
• Assists the Caseworker in the development of a YLS/CMI Service Matrix aligning the YLS/CMI domains with needed services in the community which match the youth's level of risk.
• Identifies, coordinates and sustains relationships with communitybased organizations and providers to ensure a menu of services and resources is established to meet the individual needs of each youth and family.
• Conducts home visits, monitors youth curfew, discharge planning, school visits, employment checks, and attendance checks in collaboration with the DYS caseworker or as supplemental to DYS caseworker visits as requested by the DYS District Manager.
• Identifies pathways for DYS youth and families to access benefits and services available to them through state agencies/benefits providers (such as DTA, DCF, schools, financial aid, WIC, Department of Labor, MA Rehabilitation Commission, SSI and Medicaid) and work with DYS casework staff to inform and assist them in connecting youth on their caseloads to these benefits.
• Plans and executes prosocial services' activities and District Office events such as recreational outings, community service projects and family engagement activities with the support of DYS casework staff.
• Establishes relationships with communitybased organizations and act as point of contact to broaden and sustain an indepth network of resources to meet the individual needs of youth and families
• Assists in and supports the implementation of servicefocused initiatives in the region as requested by DYS.
• Works with Assent of Ward youth; knowledgeable of the specific services and needs of the transitionalaged youth population.
• Contributes to the development, monitoring and execution of goals and subsequent services identified in each youth's communitybased case management plan and/or Acknowledgement of Assent of Ward form.
• Assiss the DYS caseworker in ensuring youth are prepared for discharge from DYS; participate in the day DYS discharge planning process for each youth in coordination with DYS casework staff.
• Acts as a support and collaborative partner in the realization and operationalization of each youth's identified goals as stated in their individual _Empower Your Future_ (EYF) work.
• Infuses PYD focus into work with staff, youth, families, and providers.
• Enters required data into the DYS Juvenile Justice Enterprise Management System (JJEMS) maintaining documentation of contact with youth and families and youth participation in communitybased programming and services.
• Provides quarterly/monthly/weekly reports to the PCM and/ or District Manager.
• Ensures there are food supplies on site for youth events and activities.
• Ensures there are supplies onhand as indicated in each region's Emergency Preparedness plan; is knowledgeable of resources in the communities served by the District Office to assist youth and families in the event of an emergency
• Provides transportation for youth a