San Diego Youth Services Hiring for Program Coordinator at San Diego, California Full Time

San Diego Youth Services

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Program Coordinator

San Diego Youth Services seeks a Program Coordinator in the YHP. This is a full time & exempt position reporting to the YHP Program Manager.

San Diego Youth Services:  Who we are

San Diego Youth Services has helped improve the lives of more than 780,000 homeless, runaway and vulnerable youth since its beginning in 1970. We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing to more than 28,000 youth every year at 100+ community and school locations. Through prevention, early intervention and treatment, we also help youth before they need higher levels of care or become homeless.

We aim to:

• Meet the basic needs of youth.  Hunger, poverty and youth homelessness are on the rise for many youth and their families today. We help meet these basic needs for youth. What could be more vital than food and shelter? We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing.

• Create positive connection. We help youth focus on positive life changes and healthy relationships as part of providing needed resources and services. San Diego Youth Services has long provided foster homes and adoption support services for families considering adopting a youth in the foster care system.

• Help youth develop life skills. In addition to a range of safe and stable housing options, we offer support to help youth develop the independent living skills necessary to become self-sufficient and keep off the streets.

• Promote overall health and well-being. Early intervention and care for the whole child are critical. We provide a broad continuum of services to help youth overcome trauma and challenges that put them at risk, including case management, counseling, mental health treatment and educational support and resources.

   

  SDYS has a staff of approximately 215 employees and 80 volunteers working across San Diego County and an annual budget of approximately $22 million.

  You can learn more about us at www.sdyouthservices.org

   

  DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION OR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION HIRING FOR

  Our YHP program consists of four components and provides rapid rehousing, as well as transitional housing to homeless and at-risk young adults to help them become independent and self-sufficient so that they are able to leave our programs and live on their own.

   

  CONTEXT OF THE POSITION

   

  Assist Program Manager in the on-going development and implementation of a trauma informed housing program.

   

  Essential functions include:

• Ensure that all staff understand his/her respective roles and act as a supervisory support when necessary.

• Coordinate team in maintaining service and clinical documentation, data collection and contract compliance of records as required in a timely manner. Assist with budgeting, purchasing, inventory, management, and documentation of program spending. Coordinate, participate in and attend all staff meetings, treatment team meetings, SDYS staff development events and appropriate agency-wide committees.

• Develop and maintain component services in compliance with funding requirements and ensure quality control of data collection and services. This includes design, maintenance, and evaluation of contract reporting system, timely submission of monthly and quarterly contract and agency reports to Program Manager, and participation in contractor monitoring visits.  Provide timely and necessary reports and statistics to funding sources.

• Discuss maintenance issues with appropriate landlord/property manager to ensure each unit is safe and livable for Transitional Housing youth. Work with SDYS Facilities Department to provide youth apartments that meet safety needs and are provided in a timely manner to youth in need.

•  Oversee the implementation of master leases between SDYS and landlords/property management companies. Interface with landlords/property managers at each apartment complex in our scattered site program. This includes landlord outreach and engagement in acquiring additional scattered site apartments.

• Collect and track rent, security deposits, utility payments and other fiscal program needs.

• Assist with coordination of housing transitions i.e., move-ins, move-outs, preparing rooms.

   

   

  PREFERRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

   

• Preferred Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, or another closely related field.  License eligible, registered with the BBS and in good standing preferred.

• Experience with housing, transitional age youth (18-24), foster youth and homeless youth preferred. Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving abilities, training skills, creativity, crisis intervention skills and work ethic.

• Able to work in a very diverse setting with people of all backgrounds, culture and orientation.

• Must possess a professional attitude and good oral and written communication skills.

• Well organized, detail oriented, and ability to work with minimum supervision and frequent interruptions, while maintaining a professional demeanor.

   

  SDYS EXPECTATIONS

   

• Adhere to and uphold the rigorous standards of SDYS as mandated by its mission, purpose, guiding principles and standards of quality.

• Maintain confidentiality and privacy standards of service partner protected health information and other applicable information and material in accordance to agency and center policies, and applicable regulations and laws including HIPAA. 

• Welcome and support SDYS volunteers and assist them in accomplishing their services whenever applicable.

• Effectively communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

• Receive and give supportive feedback to foster equity and inclusion in working relationships.

• Recognize, nurture, and learn from strengths in co-workers.

• Maintain warm, welcoming and safe work environments.

• Possess flexibility to accomplish job responsibilities in several work environments, whether it be from home, on the road , or in an office.

   

   

  Salary – $66,560

   

  To apply, please send resume and cover letter through job posting on SDYS.

   

  SDYS offers a comprehensive benefits package to full time employees that includes generous PTO, personal holidays, health, vision, dental, life insurance, parental leave and a 403(b)-retirement plan with matching contribution. 

   

  Candidates must be able to follow all the guidelines provided by the agency, government, and health authorities to maintain safety and health when the job requires physical presence and/or contact with others during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the submission of proof of vaccination as mandated by the California Public Health Order. The successful candidate will need to submit verification of vaccination or have a valid religious or medical reason not to be vaccinated.

   

  SDYS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status .  Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. In compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended, all new employees must verify their eligibility to work in the United States.

   

   

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