Job description

Position: Peer Regional Coordinator

Program: Regional Coordination

Department: Youth Services

Reports to: Regional Coordination Supervisor

Compensation: $24.00-$31.67 per hour, plus $1.75 per hour Shift Differential Premium for hours worked between 6pm-6am

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:30pm

Status: 100%, Full-Time, Non-Exempt, Union

Probation: 90 days

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; also including Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program, and a 403(b) Retirement Plan

Center’s Mission:
Building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The Youth Center serves youth up to the age of 24 who are currently at-risk of or experiencing homelessness. The Youth Center offers services in an LGBTQ+ safe and affirming environment and serves as an entry point to assist youth making the transition from homelessness to housing. Our services include meals, clothing, support groups, a charter high school, GED and college prep program, an employment preparation, training and placement program, case management, counseling, a crisis shelter and a transitional living program (TLP). Our community-based programs include services for youth at-home, in school or in systems of care.

JOB SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Regional Coordination Supervisor, the Peer Regional Coordination Specialist will support outreach to key partners to participate in Los Angeles County’s Coordinated Entry System (CES); facilitation of regular CES Care Coordination Meetings; engagement of youth and youth boards; training staff and partners on CES policies and protocols; identifying and communicating barriers; and sharing lessons learned and progress reports to community stakeholders. Regional Coordination can also include other centralized regional functions and roles that benefit the County’s entire Service Planning Area 4 (SPA 4).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1) Facilitate partnership development across SPA 4 by developing and cultivating relationships with traditional and nontraditional homeless service youth and young adult serving organizations;

2) Work collaboratively with other entities serving the youth population such as DMH, DHS, LACOE, DPSS, DCFS and P3 to ensure youth are being identified, connected, and served without barriers;

3) Build capacity as it relates to non‐CoC funded services for homeless participants and expand the participation of privately funded and faith-based service providers and community stakeholders;

4) Provide system leadership and infrastructure support by implementing policies and practices, attending monthly regional coordination meetings, attending trainings created and/or hosted by LAHSA, and representing the CES at relevant regional meetings related to homelessness;

5) Support the continued development of currently existing interagency relationships to close system gaps and make SPA 4’s housing system more effective;

6) Provide CES system support and leadership centering youth perspective and experience;

7) Participate in providing feedback of youth experience and data collection methods to better represent the needs of youth members in the CES system;

8) Ensure that all CES funded and other leveraged programs are functioning in alignment to create a seamless system of care for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County;

9) Coordinate youth-led trainings for providers and stakeholders. Create in partnership with training team an annual training plan to be led by youth to facilitate a cultural change in how providers approach working with youth;

10) Represent youth interests and lead youth advocacy opportunities across SPA 4 by facilitating quarterly meetings of SPA 4 youth groups including YAB’s, peer workers, and other youth coalitions, participating in events for youth to promote awareness of resources and engagement in services, and engaging and connecting peer workers across SPA 4;

11) Collaborate with outside community-based LGBT, youth, and homeless services organizations to meet the needs of members;

12) Facilitate and participate in staff meetings, planning meetings and other meetings as needed;

13) Other duties as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
1) Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people;

2) A passion for the Center’s work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people;

3) Previous lived experience accessing services in a youth homeless services agency, required;

4) Knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting LGBTQ youth, including experience working with high-risk youth (specific work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and/or runaway youth, a plus);

5) A minimum of 1 year of work experience in related field, specifically working with youth experiencing homelessness/housing instability, foster youth, and/or mental illness, low-income, or individuals experiencing homelessness;

6) Be able and willing to work flexible hours which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays;

7) Knowledge of housing-first, harm-reduction, trauma-informed care principles;

8) Ability to perform under circumstances of possible emotional stress and conflict, including dealing with uncooperative clients;

9) Ability to apply principles of professional boundaries and ethics to on-the-job situations;

10) Ability to engage youth in activities and facilitate workshops;

11) Bilingual skills, a plus (English/Spanish fluency preferred, American Sign Language fluency, a plus);

12) Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical/physical/mental condition, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical condition, age, marital status, or veteran status.

The Center has implemented a policy requiring all staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. For more information, please contact tyamato@lalgbtcenter.org

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