Employment Opportunities

• Youth Development Coordinator
• Youth Prevention Coordinator
• Family Resource Center (FRC) Clinician

Job Description: Youth Development Coordinator

The Youth Development Coordinator will be responsible for the work to bring together a diverse group of youth and adults in northern Berkshire communities for the purpose of promoting and implementing positive youth development practices in our region. 

Reports to: Executive Director

Hours:  1.0 FTE

Exempt Status: Exempt

Salary: $42,000-45,000 annually

 Administrative Responsibilities: (include but are not limited to)

• Inform the Positive Youth Development work of the Youth Support Worker, alongside the Family Support & Neighborhood Development Coordinator and FRC Program Manager.
• Manage program budgets related to youth development programming with assistance from the Business Manager and Executive Director to ensure that spending and billing is done appropriately within the fiscal year.
• Provide information for the nbCC monthly program reports, newsletter, public health e-zine and nbCC Annual Report.
• Assist with grant writing, reporting and procurement as needed. 
• Participate in regular nbCC meetings as required.
• Participate in regular external meetings with community partners, current collaborators, and potential collaborators.
• Complete annual programmatic review.
• Complete all reporting documentation as required by funders. 
• Maintain an organized calendar schedule of appointments and tasks, maintain accurate documentation of mileage, expenses, and all documentation as required by nbCC.
• Attend all professional development trainings as required, including all required trainings of nbCC funders.  
• Comply with nbCC policies and procedures. 

 Responsibilities: (include but are not limited to)

• Lead efforts to promote positive youth development in the northern Berkshire region.
• Develop & maintain meaningful, healthy, and empowering relationships with youth and their families.
• Working with school personnel, local state agencies, and service providers to develop and implement processes for improving communication and coordination of services to youth. 
• Develop strong working relationships with school personnel at all northern Berkshire school districts. 
• Engage in work groups, committees, and other efforts to impact emerging needs of young people in our region. 
• Lead and co-facilitate the 9-month Youth Leadership Program, including recruiting youth to participate, planning and running sessions, providing support for community service-learning projects, mentoring interns, and arranging for special events and trips. 
• Co-convene and facilitate the Northern Berkshire Youth & Family Collaborative with the nbCC Prevention Coordinator, and the Family Support & Neighborhood Development Coordinator group to address the current and emerging needs of youth and families within northern Berkshire. 
• Lead the Northern Berkshire Youth Health Collaborative. Responsibilities include planning content of sessions, facilitating meetings, and recruiting youth applicants. Identifying relevant community resources to support the youth in their working group process. 
• Participate in countywide collaborations of agencies that seek to promote positive youth development and reduce youth substance use, when applicable. This includes co-planning and implementing the 413 youth conference annually. 
• Co-coordinate the biennial Prevention Needs Assessment Survey in Northern Berkshire County schools for  8th, 10th and 12th graders with the Coordinator of Prevention.
• Oversee implementation of 25 Teen Writing Workshop sessions by youth support worker, including providing administrative support. 
• Oversee implementation of the Youth Empowerment Program by youth support worker, including providing administrative support. 
• Organize and support the Summer Basketball program in North Adams. 
• Outreach, engagement, and connections for the community with nbCC and its programs. 
• Support & attend any nbCC event, activity, or program deemed as “all hands on deck” or as assigned. 
• Ensure that the principles of health equity, anti-racism, and community-driven decision making are integrated into every aspect of the program assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation. 
• Partner with individual youth, and their families if applicable, to assess strengths, identify areas of need, and to provide support needed for the youth to improve their stability and be connected with their community. 
• Assist youth and families with completion of intake paperwork or other supportive documentation, as appropriate. Obtain a signed release of information for all collateral contacts, prior to making any disclosures of private or confidential information. 
• Schedule in person visits, frequency and location, with each youth/family as agreed upon by the youth. Maintain phone or email contact, as designated by the youth, between appointments as needed.
• Connect and support access for each youth with community resources, food pantries, mental health providers, budgeting information, etc.
• Assist youth in connecting with appropriate groups and/or programs to enhance social connections.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 1-3 years of professional experience in a non-profit setting. Experience working with youth preferred. 

• Bilingual, a plus
• Knowledge of local community resources and community-based providers, state human service systems, and familiarity with local school districts and key players.
• Experience working within a human service agency, as well as working with families and individuals with complex risk factors and needs.  
• Knowledge of the Positive Youth Development framework preferred.
• Comfort with public speaking, convening, and facilitation skills.
• Experience and comfort working with all types of people in a variety of groups.
• Cultural competency.
• Commitment to working in the community to help address key issues.
• Demonstrated maturity and self-awareness as it relates to working 1:1 with individuals in the community. 
• Understanding and compassion for the needs, limitations, barriers, and capacities of the identified population. 
• Excellent time management, attention to details, organizational skills, and ability to problem solve.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills. 
• Adept at the process of making referrals to other agencies as appropriate. 
• Creativity and initiative in developing activities and programs. 
• Ability to understand concepts of confidentiality and privacy. 
• Technical capacity and comfort with computers.
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment. 

 Work Requirements:

• Valid driver’s license and insured automobile. Ability and willingness to drive in inclement weather and in rural locations in the northern Berkshire region, as well as attend trainings and mandatory meetings as required by funders.
• This is an active role, including but not limited to the following activities: lifting and carrying objects and materials; rearranging furniture as needed for events and programming on site and in the community at a variety of locations.
• Flexibility in scheduling with availability for some evenings and weekends, as needed. 

Job Description: Youth Prevention Coordinator

The nbCC Youth Prevention Coordinator works with the community to address the legal, institutional, social and health issues related to underage drinking and substance use.

Hours: 1 FTE [.5 FTE Community Connections/.5 FTE FRC]
Reports to: Executive Director
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt

Salary: $42,000-45,000 annually

Administrative Responsibilities: (include but are not limited to)

• Manage program budgets related to youth substance use prevention work with assistance from the Business Manager and Executive Director to ensure that spending and billing is done appropriately and within the fiscal year. 
• Provide information for the nbCC monthly program reports, newsletter, public health e-zine and nbCC Annual Report.
• Assist with grant writing and procurement as needed. 
• Participate in regular nbCC meetings as required.
• Participate in regular external meetings with community partners, current collaborators, and potential collaborators.
• Maintain an organized calendar schedule of appointments and tasks, maintain accurate documentation of mileage, expenses, and all documentation as required by nbCC.
• Complete annual programmatic review.
• Ensure all reports requested by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) are submitted in a timely manner. This includes quarterly submission of prevention reports, service delivery reports for BSAS billing, and any other reports as required.
• Attend all professional development training as required. 
• Comply with nbCC policies and procedures. 

Responsibilities: (include but are not limited to)

• Utilize the Strategic Prevention Framework to develop and implement strategies to prevent underage drinking and substance use in northern Berkshire County.
• Develop and implement an equity-framed model of establishing local municipal prevention participation; including recruitment of municipal, school, and community representation, training, policy development support, and assessment.
• Maintain existing partnerships with community stakeholders, as well as recruit & train new partners to ensure broad stakeholder representation in nbCC’s prevention work. 
• Development and monitoring of measurable goals and objectives, design and implementation of community assessments, collection and analysis of data, and preparation of written reports, as assigned. 
• Develop, facilitate and document annual prevention strategic planning process, ensuring equal participation and leadership by unrepresented stakeholders. 
• Engage with and provide support to the positive youth development programming at nbCC.
• Outreach, engagement, and connections for the community with nbCC and its programs.
• Support & attend any nbCC event, activity, or program deemed as “all hands on deck” or as assigned.  
• Ensure that the principles of participatory research, health equity, anti-racism, and community-driven decision making are integrated into every aspect of the program assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation. 
• Lead the coordination of the biennial Prevention Needs Assessment [PNA] Survey in Northern Berkshire County schools with 8th, 10th and 12th graders with the Youth Development Coordinator.
• Maintain communication and relationships with local law enforcement, municipal staff and school administration, including creating and sharing PNA presentations with each school district.
• Co-convene and facilitate the Northern Berkshire Youth & Family Collaborative with the nbCC Prevention Coordinator, and the Family Support & Neighborhood Development Coordinator group to address the current and emerging needs of youth and families within northern Berkshire. 
• Outreach, convene, and facilitate workgroups or task forces related to prevention and recovery needs within the community, as appropriate. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, education, public policy, or related field or 5 years related experience. 
• Familiarity with and the implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework preferred.  
• Bilingual, a plus
• Knowledge of local community resources and community-based providers, state human service systems, and familiarity with local key players.
• Comfort with public speaking, convening, and facilitation skills.
• Experience and comfort working with all types of people in a variety of groups.
• Cultural competency.
• Commitment to working in the community to help address key issues.
• Demonstrated maturity and self-awareness as it relates to working 1:1 with individuals in the community. 
• Understanding and compassion for the needs, limitations, barriers, and capacities of the identified population. 
• Excellent time management, attention to details, organizational skills, and ability to problem solve.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills. 
• Adept at the process of making referrals to other agencies as appropriate. 
• Creativity and initiative in developing activities and programs. 
• Ability to understand concepts of confidentiality and privacy. 
• Technical capacity and comfort with computer.
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment. 

Work Requirements:

• Certified Prevention Specialist credential required, or commitment to completing certification within a two-year period from date of hire.
• Valid driver’s license and insured automobile. Ability and willingness to drive in inclement weather and in rural locations in the northern Berkshire region, as well as attend trainings and mandatory meetingsas required by funders
• This is an active rote, including but not limited to the following activities: lifting and carrying objects and materials; rearranging furniture as needed for events and programming on site and in the community at a variety of locations.
• Flexibility in job expectations and scheduling, with availability for evenings and weekends, as needed.