Navigator, Full-time Service Coordination and - Chicago, United States - Ignite Org

Ignite Org

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

1 day ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Full time

Description

Functions:

The Service Coordination and Navigation (SCaN) team provides community-based case management services to youth 14-24 years old who are at the highest risk of exposure to violence in the Woodlawn, Washington Park, and Grand Boulevard communities.

Our team aims to reduce youth involvement in violence and improve youth well-being by providing trauma informed case management services that assist in building stability and a network of community support to help guide youth towards a successful transition to adulthood and self-sufficiency.

SCaN participants receive engagement and support through street outreach, community engagement, and resources available through our Drop-in Resource Center (DiRC).

Navigators serve as the primary case manager for enrolled youth and provide robust coordinated care and intervention that is youth-driven, community-based, and builds on relationships with youth to determine needs, establish goals, and help youth find stability.

The Navigator position reports directly to the SCaN Program Manager.

Salary:
$47,000/year

Duties:
The following duties are the essential functions of this position.

Work Hours:

Monday - Friday 10a 6p / Hours vary on program needs
Weekend and evening hours may be required.

Service Planning and Coordination

Determines eligibility, conducts outreach, and provides intake and assessment services with youth referred to SCaN program.
Provides trauma-informed case management services, develop a service plan and goals that assess areas of strength and needs to help youth gain stability

This may include:
basic life skills, housing needs, education, employment, physical and mental well-being, and making referrals as needed.

Connect youth with relevant services to support youths goals and immediate needs determined in service plans.
Identify and engage the youths network of supportive and caring adults, and help build the network as needed.
Schedule and facilitate regular support check-ins with youth and service providers to assess progress and troubleshoot challenges.
Provide continual support and address any barriers youth may face as they access and complete the services they are connected to.
Assess youths progress and adjust case plans as needed.
Coordinates with clients to ensure attendance at and participation in appointments, meetings, and activities.
Distributes CTA passes to youth, (under the terms of the youths service plan), when transportation is needed for employment, housing, or other critical appointments.
Documents all cases and service plans clearly and thoroughly in required databases and paper files in a timely manner.
Create transition plans for youth as they complete goals and prepare to exit the SCaN program (e.g., identifying a supportive network beyond the Navigator, listing out steps to complete additional goals, outlining what their future engagement with the delegate agency will entail, etc.)
Oversees, and works in collaboration with, volunteers and interns in the community space and assigns tasks as appropriate.

Street Outreach and Community Engagement

Receive and respond to internal or external referrals through the SCaN program within 7-10 business days of referral.
Recruit youth through community outreach and engagement with referral partners, such as: law enforcement, schools, street outreach, and community partners.
Conduct outreach to referred youth and parent/guardian (if applicable) to discuss the SCaN programs purpose and expectations, verify youth eligibility for the program, receive parent/guardian consent as needed, and enroll youth (e.g., phone call, virtual meeting, home visit, school visit, meeting with the youth and referral partner, etc.)
Build a trusting and supportive relationship with youth through relentless engagement by consistently contacting youth to offer support and connecting with youths existing network of family, friends, and other individuals involved in the youths life
Drives the agency Outreach van to conduct street outreach and community engagement activities at the direction of the SCaN Program Manager.
Provides appropriate youth engagement and intervention in all settings, (e.g., street, schools, partner agencies, etc.).
During street outreach, dresses in a neat, clean and well-groomed manner in order to model positive life skills for youth participants.
During community engagement events, dress in a professional manner that is neat, clean and well-groomed in order to model the professionalism of Ignite as an agency.
Arranges for street outreach clients to access laundry and showers resources offered by Ignite, and arranges for staff supervision of the youth while they utilize the services.
Conducts presentations for community partners, outlining the services provided by Ignite.

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