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Park Place is in the business of changing lives, giving hope, and improving odds by ensuring that youth have access to safety, guidance, and caring adults. We are pleased you are interested in joining our dynamic team of change-makers for our youth.
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Park Place Outreach, Inc. reviews and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
We Are Currently Hiring for the Following Positions
Youth Transitional Housing Self-Sufficiency Specialist
The Outreach Program serves as a bridge between the community Homeless Youth Transitional Housing Self-Sufficiency Specialist provides direct support to participants (males ages 16-21) residing in the Transitional Housing Program by assisting them in developing the skills, resources, and connections necessary to achieve self-sufficiency and housing stability. The position works closely with participants to encourage progress toward personal goals related to employment, education, financial literacy, health and wellness, life skills, and community integration. The Self-Sufficiency Specialist supports case management services through participant engagement, resource coordination, documentation, and program support activities while fostering a youth-centered, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and empowering environment.
The ideal Self-Sufficiency Specialist is a compassionate, resourceful, and highly motivated professional who is passionate about helping youth and young adults achieve stability and independence. This individual possesses a strong understanding of trauma-informed care, positive youth development, and the unique challenges faced by youth experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or transitioning from systems of care.
The successful candidate demonstrates the ability to build trusting relationships while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. They are skilled in case management, crisis intervention, goal planning, and connecting participants to community resources that support education, employment, housing, health, and overall well-being.
Job Type: Part/Full Time
Youth Advocate Specialists positively engage and provide direct care and supervision to youth ages 11 to 17. Experience working with adolescents in crisis requiring behavioral redirection and guidance is a plus but not a requirement; on-the-job training is provided. Must be a team player and must be open to a strength/trauma-informed philosophy, offering enthusiasm and empathy while participating in creating and maintaining a workplace that values diversity and is free of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other discriminatory practices. We are currently hiring for Night Shift (3-11 PM), Overnight Week/Weekend (11 PM - 7 AM), and Weekend positions (7-3 PM and 3-11 PM).
*All positions require satisfactory clearance of criminal background, DMV, and drug screenings. Positions also require a minimum high school diploma or GED or higher as specified by position, 21 years of age, and medical clearance.
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What exactly does direct service roles involve?
In short, direct service work means helping people directly – working with individuals, families, or children to either prevent or deal with problems in their day-to-day lives. Indirect social service, you could be working with any of a huge number of issues: financial and housing stability, food security, educational obstacles, recovery from trauma or abuse, mental health, chronic illness, or many others.
These positions are needed in a wide variety of organizational settings: hospitals, schools, child welfare or adoption agencies, temporary housing providers, food banks, legal service providers, and many, many more.
A position in social work or direct service might be right for you if:
- You enjoy helping others. Do you find it motivating, inspiring, or energizing to provide someone with assistance and see their lives improve as a result? Social service can be extremely challenging but very rewarding for those who do.
- You are skilled at communicating with people who are in a vulnerable situations. Have you ever been told you’re a good listener or a highly empathetic person?
- You are detail-oriented, a critical thinker, and unafraid to make tough decisions in collaboration with others. People seeking human services are often facing difficult circumstances, and agencies tasked with helping them often have limited resources and options.
- You are resilient – mentally, emotionally, and physically. Direct service professionals should be adept at self-care.
About Park Place Outreach
Together we can make this a better world. Park Place Outreach Inc., is in the business of changing lives, giving hope and improving odds by ensuring that youth have access to safety, guidance and caring adults.
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