Youth Navigator

Who We Are

HOPE 4 Youth is a nonprofit organization firmly rooted in the goal of ending youth homelessness. Our mission is to provide pathways to end youth homelessness. Our vision is to ensure all youth feel safe, valued, and supported while reaching their full potential. This begins with meeting their basic needs and leads to giving them the tools to thrive. HOPE 4 Youth provides a safe place for youth to access basic needs support, educational and employment programs and opportunities, and transitional housing options. We believe in the power of a youth’s potential and work with the community to improve the challenges unhoused youth face.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

A career with HOPE 4 Youth is an opportunity to merge your talents and personal values with the desire to make a difference in our community. We need talented and passionate team members to support our mission to provide pathways to end youth homelessness. Our core values are: resourceful, accountable, inclusive, hopeful, and compassionate. As a HOPE 4 Youth employee, you will work in an environment that encourages teamwork and values the talents and perspectives of every contributor. We recognize how our organization is enhanced when we unite people of different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Wages & Benefits

$23.00 - $25.00 per hour; PTO accrues for all hours worked; paid holidays for the year plus 2 floating holidays; affordable health, dental, and vision insurance; employer paid term life and disability coverage; retirement plan with immediate vesting and matching contribution.

Schedule

This position will be primarily in schools doing outreach typically with one and a half days per week in an office setting and working until 7 p.m. two days per week, generally flexing hours to keep to 40 hours per week. This position must have reliable transportation as the ability to meet with youth in the community is required.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as HOPE 4 Youth’s Youth Navigator provides an opportunity to deliver professional, compassionate, and quality case management and assistance to youth experiencing homelessness within the Anoka-Hennepin and neighboring school districts. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Providing case management to youth in alignment with their goals towards sustainable housing.
• Completing intakes and assessments for new youth participants.
• Providing youth with referrals to community resources and services.
• Documenting contact, enrollment, services, referrals, case management hours, and case notes in data management system.
• Completing coordinated entry intakes in HMIS to place youth in priority pool.
• Creating a safe and supportive environment for all youth, especially LGBTQI youth and those from racially and culturally diverse populations.
• Providing guidance and support to school personnel, social workers, and homeless liaisons.
• Maintaining safety policies and procedures within outreach locations.
• Attending and representing HOPE 4 Youth at various community meetings, such as: Housing Response Team Meetings, Heading Home Anoka Housing Collaborative, SMAC Committee meetings, Anoka Shelter Team meetings and others as requested.
• Assisting with the facilitation of and transportation for weekly support groups.

Who You Are

• You have at least 3 years of relevant professional or lived experience in the field of case management with at-risk homeless youth ages 16- 24.
• Current training through Streetworks is preferred, but not required.
• You demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a diverse, mission-driven agency committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion with respect to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual-orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, and religion.
• You have a firm grasp and understanding of effective crisis intervention and programming that is trauma informed, strengths-based, client-centered, and follows a harm reduction philosophy.
• You are proficient in MS Word, Excel, and are able to produce letters, emails, and reports of professional quality.
• It is preferable if you have experience with using data and databases.
• You have the ability to communicate in writing and verbally in English, and a secondary language is preferred.
• You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet H4Y’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Hope 4 Youth. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the recruiting process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials. You may also be contacted by a MACC employee to conduct or schedule an interview.

HOPE 4 Youth participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster Eng_Es.pdf.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Coon Rapids, MN 55448: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person