Youth Advocate

The Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR) is a non-profit law office that fights to keep children out of the justice system. The Youth Advocate will provide mentorship and case management to help clients reach their goals, while collaborating with various stakeholders to support their needs in the community and school environments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation of social service plans – including release and disposition plans that offer the court compelling alternatives to incarceration, and plans for provision of services upon release, driven by each client’s expressed interests and goals
• Communicate with school staff regularly to support clients in school environments and become familiar with relevant service providers – including community-based providers of mental health care, job training, counseling, and housing
• Assist social workers in making referrals, finding placements, and assisting with logistics and enrollment to help clients and their families access needed services and benefits
• Maintain regular contact with clients, their families, and programs providing services to monitor service quality and client participation
• Evaluate client progress towards service plan goals, and counsel clients to help ensure that goals are met
• Collect of medical and school records, and attend school meetings, disciplinary hearings and medical appointments as needed for client success
• Provide transportation of clients as needed and as directed by client case plan

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communicative skills
• Ability to develop rapport with a wide range of people
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Car ownership or daily access to a car with a valid driver's license and insurance
• Willingness to submit to a background check
• Understanding of sociological, psychological, medical, economic, and legal factors that affect adolescent behavior
• Creative and flexible problem solver
• Team player

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Employer-covered health insurance (including dental and vision) for employee + spouse or children
• Paid parental leave

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