What are the responsibilities and job description for the YHDP System Navigator position at Spire Inc.?
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The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP) System Navigator supports community partners to meet the needs of youth and serve as a safe and supportive resource for youth who may not be present in the existing homeless crisis response system.
About the role:
- Meeting youth where they are and walking them through complex systems of care they need to access, along with addressing their housing needs. This includes assessment of service needs and case management.
- Outreach and market the services to youth in the community through social media, flyers, and educational trainings for the community and relationship building with providers who work with the youth and young adults who are experiencing, or are at risk of, homelessness.
- Create a robust resource of all information about community resources that is accessible for all youth.
- Facilitate training and discussion with stakeholder and other community partners around the unique needs and barriers experienced by youth in the community.
- Communicate regularly with Continuum of Care (CoC) staff about barriers and issues youth are having accessing resources.
- Advocate for change at the local coalition and CoC level with support from CoC staff.
- Support the local Youth Advisory Board (YAB) by facilitating meetings, reviewing and approving reimbursements, recruiting youth to participate in the local YAB, identifying additional leadership opportunities and being the point of contact between the local YABs and the CoC Staff, specifically the Project Coordinator.
- Ensure all services are provided through a positive youth development, trauma informed, harm reduction, housing first lens.
- Attend YHDP System Navigator meetings conducted by the CoC Project Coordinator.
- Enter required data in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
- Work with the local coalition to ensure that authentic youth voice is integrated into all local decision-making processes.
Education: Bachelor’s in a related area.
Experience: Three years experience (preference given to qualified candidates with lived youth homelessness experience.) Or- any equivalent combination of education, training or experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities.
Certifications: Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License with clearance to drive from TSA insurance.
