Youth Transportation Specialist

Youth Transportation Specialist

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for Youth Transportation Specialists in NYC!

Join our team to make a difference in the lives of children, youth and families in our community!

Salary: $23.00/hourly

Location: New York, NY

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have offices in 10 cities and serve over 10,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

About the Program and Position:

Our Transitional Foster Care Program for Unaccompanied Children (UC) overseen by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ensures the well-being and safety of unaccompanied children (ages 0-17) who cross the US Southern border without an adult. Unlike traditional congregate care settings, our approach involves placing unaccompanied children in foster homes while diligently searching for and assessing potential sponsors identified in the US. During their stay with us, we provide medical care, case management, engaging life skills classes, and essential mental health services. The role the Transportation Specialist plays in all of this is incredibly important and rewarding.

Schedule:

• Regular hours entail 9:00 am-5:00 pm schedule, Monday - Friday

• Must be flexible to meet program needs

• Must be available to work afternoons, evenings and weekends (when needed)

How you get to use your skills…

• Provide transportation of the unaccompanied children in our program to medical and legal appointments, hearings, and other social services

• Respectfully communicate with children, foster parents, and colleagues; effectively report the behavior of children during transportation to foster parents and other team members

• Provide assistance with intake and discharge related transportation to include travel from state-to-state for reunification with a sponsor

• Provide language interpretation to clients for appointments out in the community, as needed

• Provide supervision of youth in the classroom, as needed

• Assist with the intake process and with case documentation

• Ensure professional boundaries are established and maintained at all times on the job, especially when supervising youth

• Assist team during case emergencies

• Pick up or deliver possessions

• High school diploma/GED required

• Associates degree preferred

• 1-year experience working with families and children required

• Experience working in a busy human services office- strongly preferred

• Ability to work well with people from many cultures including recent immigrants, non-English speakers, and LGBTQ children

• Ability to take direction, remain calm, and respond appropriately in a crisis situation

• Strong skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook applications

• Bi-lingual - English-Spanish required. All agency documents and records are in English, so English writing proficiency is required. Position itself requires Spanish speaking, writing, and reading proficiency

• Valid NYS Driver's License required

• Ability to travel to other agency locations

• Willingness and ability to drive a car or van within the 5 boroughs of New York City, and across the nation.

Physical Requirements :

• Ability to handle various modes of transportation including air travel that might be turbulent

• Ability to perform bending, lifting, prolonged sitting/standing

• Ability to lift a minimum of 60 lbs

• Word processing: including responding to emails, composing letters, completing computerized documentation, etc. This involves sitting at a computer for several hours a day

• Completing paperwork -Such as copying and stapling

• Sit in and/or drive a vehicle up to several hours

• Sit/ride in vehicles, busses, subways, trains, plains - public transportation for lengthy periods of time

• Walk up/down stairs

• Walk to enter/exit subway and other public transportation

• Walk several blocks to get to required location

• 120 hours of vacation time; 12 Sick Days per year

• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Pet and Legal insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts

• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits

• 401(k) match up to 6 %

• Corporate Discounts Program

• Sick Leave Pool

• Identity Protection