EmpowerOKC Youth Advocate

Lilyfield, Inc.

EmpowerOKC Youth Advocate Job Description

Purpose:  The Youth Advocate plays an important role on Lilyfield’s Youth Mentoring team by providing group and individual education, mentoring, and support to at-risk youth using a variety of interventions including structured in-school and after-school education groups, and individual youth coaching and mentoring.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Become trained in the interventions as the group facilitator
2. Provide group education as a trainer
3. Provide individual mentoring services to youth 
4. Assist with pre-school learning club as needed
5. Recruit participants in the community through strong relationships with other community resources
6. Create a fun and interactive environment for youth to learn
7. Support and provide positive connections with youth and their families
8. Support individual training make-up or follow up sessions
9. Travel to and from the locations where youth live for education and support
10. Case coordination and management in conjunction with other service providers such as foster care workers, counselors, teachers, etc.
11. Maintain and cultivate the strong partnership between community resources and Lilyfield
12. Identify needs in the target community and create solutions to meet those needs
13. Maintain awareness of and relationships with a variety of other services providers
14. Assist in collecting data from each participant during the group sessions and maintain case files
15. Maintain data collection tools such as excel spreadsheets, client/case management software
16. Various marketing and PR activities for the agency
17. Some driving may be required
18. Other tasks as assigned

Wage Classification:

Salary

Work Hours:

Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00pm, some evenings and weekends for group programming.

Reporting:

This position reports to the EmpowerOKC Youth Program Manager.

Education/Experience:

High school diploma with three years of work experience along with lived experience in the community we are serving or Bachelor’s level degree in social work, psychology or a human services related area of study.

Competencies/Requirements:

1. Willingness to agree to and abide by all policies and procedures including OP406 Code of Ethical and Christian Conduct and OP412 Faith Engagement.
2. Solid social work skills
3. Strong organizational skills
4. Ability to engage community partners for program collaboration
5. Assess and evaluate children and families
6. Ability to use discretion when discussing sensitive or confidential information
7. Excellent interpersonal skills
8. Ability to schedule and multitask
9. Good problem-solving skills
10. Meet requirements of licensing standards in regard to criminal background check.
11. Be physically, mentally and emotionally capable of performing the assigned tasks and have the skills necessary to perform assigned tasks.
12. Valid Oklahoma driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

At least one year of work experience with children and families or three years of work experience in any field along with relevant lived experience in the community we are serving.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to sit on the floor, bend and be at ground level with children.