Healing Arts Coordinator

SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH • Los Angeles, CA

2d • $22 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

Healing Arts Coordinator will work to provide support and interact with youth members as they use the art room and navigate arts programming across SPY. This includes managing and providing supplies and resources, maintaining art room cleanliness and facilitating or co-facilitating sessions. They will also be responsible for outreach and engagement to current and prospective SPY
members, encouraging them to participate in healing arts programming.

Requirements

• A commitment to and a passion for the mission, vision, values, and culture of SPY
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires attention to detail and effective collaboration with a variety of organizations and individuals
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Life and Lived Experience: have learned lessons from circumstances and others and applied them to personal development
• Ability to work and communicate respectfully within a context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds
• Experience using technology; social media, database systems, google, Microsoft
• Ability to work weekends
• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years experience in social service setting with youth desirable is preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of 2 year experience in an educator or employment services environment is required.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge including word processing, database operations, spreadsheets and other software systems.
• Ability to coordinate and/or oversee the successful completion of projects.
• Experience working with homeless and at-risk youth.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including organizational, detail, and interpersonal.
• Must have reliable transportation, valid California driver’s license and proof of current insurance.

Nice To Haves

• 1-2 years of experience working in homeless services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• SPY Member support in the art room and during drop-in service hours to increase their knowledge of what services and resources are available and how to access them.
• Greet and build rapport with SPY members, helping connect to services, programs, and partners
• Responsible for tidying the art room and ensuring tools and supplies are cared for
• Assist visiting facilitators during their sessions and workshops by recruiting member participation, attending sessions, and assisting with set-up and clean-up
• In collaboration with community programs, evaluate member needs and requests to identify new workshops and classes to introduce to the Healing Arts program
• Support data collection efforts by distributing, collecting, and inputting survey and attendance data
• Establish authentic, positive, and supportive relationships with members and provide/welcome feedback
• Promote and coach peers to engage in their mental health and developmental health management plans and goals
• Facilitate community members’ access to mental health-related services, including but not limited to information and instruction on the appropriate use of resources, overcoming barriers to obtaining needed care and social services
• Act as a liaison on behalf of community members to follow up with health management/care plans and providers
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Safe Place for Youth offers a competitive benefit package including comprehensive health coverage, 403b with agency contribution, and vacation/sick time.
• We also offer unique perks including weekly meditation/mindfulness and professional development opportunities that are tailored to your individual career growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level