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Summary: Under the supervision of the Youth Program Director, the Youth Program Coordinator is responsible for the ongoing daily operation, scheduling, supervision of and accountability for the activities of the Friendship House Youth Program.

Primary Responsibilities

1. As directed, implementation of goals and objectives for the Youth Program.

2. Coordination of all youth program activities, including with collaborating organizations.

3. Planning and organization, as directed, of education support, cultural education, leadership and life skills training, community liaisons and partnerships, wellness, family, cultural and grant mandated components of the program.

4. Responsible for active recruitment of youth into the program while fostering positive, constructive relationships with youth families.

5. Plan, coordinate and implement client activities, including with other agencies.

6. Ensure that documentation related to the Youth Program are completed and submitted on time.

7. Develop, implement and maintain as directed and as funded, education support, cultural education/activities and sports and recreational programming for youth and their families.

8. Supervise Youth Program employees and volunteers as directed.

9. Other duties as assigned by the Youth Program Director, Contracts & Compliance Manager, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director.

Qualifications:

1. Degree in social service or related field and/or equivalent experience of two years experience working with Native American youth.

2. Familiarity with and sensitivity to the American Indian community and tribal diversity in the Bay Area.

3. Demonstrated commitment to American Indians and their families who may be in recovery from or at risk of alcohol and drug abuse.

4. Mature professional who can function independently and/or part of a team. Excellent time management skills, public speaking, and interpersonal skills among clients, staff and peers.

5. Must have valid California Driver’s License.

6. Advanced computer skills with knowledge of automated data systems.

7. Excellent and respectful communication skills including writing and verbal, work ethics, dependability, and follow-through.

8. If in recovery, at least three years of continuous sobriety required.

9. All applicants required to pass health exam, TB screening and a criminal justice background check through fingerprinting by the U.S. Dept. of Justice to protect the health, welfare and safety of clients receiving services at Friendship House Association of American Indians.

10. Must meet standards of character under PL 101-630, section 408, Character Investigation, subsection (a) and PL 101-647, section 231, Requirement for Background Check, subsection (c), and agree that employer can contact the last two employers, the sex abuse detective division of local law enforcement and Child Protective Services of the last two counties in which the person has lived or worked to inquire as to the suitability of the person to work with children.

The Friendship House Association of American Indians is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization, established in 1963 to serve American Indians who were relocated from their reservations to the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1963, Friendship House has served more than 5,500 residential clients and hundreds of youth consumers and provided community-focused events for countless numbers of American Indians. As a cultural center with co-located services and community activities, Friendship House is uniquely poised in the San Francisco Bay area to serve American Indians.

The overarching goal of Friendship House is to promote healing and wellness in the American Indian community by providing a continuum of services that build resiliency to substance abuse. And to strengthen connections to family and community to improve the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being of American Indians across the lifespan.

Friendship House operates three program facilities: the Friendship House American Indian Healing Center, an 80- bed adult men and women residential substance abuse treatment facility located in San Francisco, California; the Friendship House American Indian Lodge, a 9-bed facility for women and their children located in Oakland, California; and the Friendship House Youth Program, an afterschool youth center, located in San Francisco, California.

The Friendship House’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program was established to reduce the incidence of alcohol and drug abuse among American Indians through services designed to strengthen the personal conditions which support a substance-free lifestyle. In addition to restoring clients to productive living individuals in their respective communities. Prayer, songs and drum circles, sweat lodge ceremonies, talking circles, Walking the Red Road Medicine Way, and many other traditional methods are integral to the residential treatment program.

While many best practices in the substance abuse treatment field have been proven to work effectively with substance abusers from many backgrounds, few evidence-based practices have been evaluated and proven to work with Native people. We know, based on more than 28 years of tracking our own performance, that American Indians have the best outcomes when Native culture and cultural practices are honored, as well as integrated into our service delivery efforts.