CAMBA Learning to Work (LTW) Program provides services to students, ages 16-21 who are over-aged for grade, under-credited, and have spent at least one year in another high school to earn a high school diploma and gain valuable vocational and life skills supports. Each student is assigned to a Young Adult Career Advisor - Advocate Counselor who will: guide them towards removing barriers toward graduation, engage them in college preparatory activities, provide supportive services, and increase self-direction and self-sufficiency through meaningful career exploration experiences.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional relationships with students and student confidentiality.
• Conduct initial intake and assessment of students and/or students' families' situations and needs (including academic and skill levels, basic skills, occupational skills, prior work experience, employability, interests, aptitudes, support service’s needs, family and medical history, and individual development needs).
• Create and maintain student files.
• Track student attendance daily.
• Reach out to absent students (i.e. phone calls, letters, home visits, etc.) daily.
• Assist students in attaining their goals by identifying and locating community resources for students and by making referrals to appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA.
• Follow-up with students and with referral organizations regarding student contact and progress with referral organization.
• Counsel students regularly either through meetings in CAMBA offices, by telephone.
• Work with students to break through barriers to student goals and to assist students in advocating for themselves.
• Recommend and implement strategies to persuade students to participate more fully in this process.
• Follow-up at least two times with graduates for one year after graduation.
• Enter all required data into CAMBA’s online internal database system ClientTrack.
• Create narrative case notes regarding student progress at each point of contact using ClientTrack.
• Keep an Excel monthly report spreadsheet of all services given.
• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• May act as student liaison/student advocate with outside organizations regarding such matters as education, healthcare, housing, legal issues, etc.
• May facilitate workshops (i.e. - Life Skills, College Explorations, Work Exploration).
• May prepare marketing materials for the program.
• May prescreen students over the telephone/face-to-face for eligibility.
• May assist families in obtaining health services coverage when eligible.
• May assist students in completing applications for benefits and entitlements.
• May assist students in completing all CAMBA intake applications and forms.
• May review all documentation establishing student’s eligibility for program and make file copies.
• Tasks may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (e. g., B.A., B.S.W.) in social work or a related field and applicable experience.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish) Preferred.
• Ability to adapt to the culture and environment of a public school.
• Ability to write assessments, student goals, progress notes, weekly reports, and general correspondence related to students. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, students, funders, other organizations, and the general public.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, decimals and percentages to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software; Internet software and Database software.
• May have team and/or other coordination responsibility, but no consistent supervisory responsibility.