Youth Program Specialist

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania and North Central West Virginia is a nonprofit organization that funds job training, education, and other community programs by selling donated clothing and household items in Goodwill stores and online. We offer life changing work on a mission-minded team. We are 1,000 working as one, and each of us is essential to helping our community thrive. For three years running, Goodwill has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s “Most Inspiring Companies”.

We offer a wide range of career opportunities from entry-level to management in retail, human services, and administrative fields. Learn more about working at Goodwill. You can help. We can show you how.

As the Youth Program Specialist you would provide career exploration, job search, placement and retention program services and related training, in-house or community based, to adjudicated or at-risk youth by ensuring needs are met, goals are implemented, and a safe environment is maintained. Along with being responsible for facilitating individual service plan development and is supporting participants in accessing the full menu of needed and available services to attain established goals. 

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing participants, helping to develop and document goals and goal plans, implementing goal plans, and monitoring goals and plans for modification and completion.
• Transporting participants or materials is  required.
• This position is a community based position.
• Support participants in securing resources and/or services necessary to obtain and maintain employment.

External hiring range: $35,000.00 up to $37,000.00/Year

Travel required: Yes, local travel is required. 

Schedule: 40 Hours per week, some evenings and weekends will be required. Schedule can vary depending on department needs. 

• High school diploma or equivalent AND 5 years of experience required. OR 
• Associates' degree AND 3 years of experience required. OR
• Bachelors' degree AND 1 year of experience required.

Required Experience: must be related to working with low-income, at-risk, and/or adjudicated youth/young adults and/or experience with youth in foster care

Associate and Bachelors Degrees: must be in Communication, Human Services, Education or Related field

REQUIRED CLEARANCES, LICENSES, AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Qualified candidates must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation for local travel.
• Candidates are expected to provide current valid clearances (Child Abuse Clearance, FBI Fingerprints Clearance, and PATCH) prior to first day of employment.  

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