Employment Opportunities

YHDP System Navigator

Department: Housing & Family Services
Location: Eau Claire, WI
Shift: Days
Starting Wage: 20.41

Job Description:

The YHDP System Navigator is responsible for acting as a single point of contact within the service area for youth and young adults to help navigate complex systems and identify housing needs. These systems include but are not limited to education, workforce development, healthcare, addiction services, economic support, law enforcement, juvenile justice, child welfare, and the homeless service systems. The System Navigator's primary goal is to build relationships with youth and establish or enhance collaboration with community partners. Navigators will also support and facilitate the local youth action group to ensure that authentic youth voice continues to inform project design and become integrated into decision-making within the local coalition.

Primary duties include:

• Meeting youth and young adults (ages 16-24) experiencing homelessness where they are and walking them through complex systems of care they need to access, along with addressing their housing needs. This includes an assessment of service needs.
• Outreach and market the services to youth in the community through social media, flyers, educational training for the community, and relationship building with providers who work with youth and young adults experiencing or are at risk of homelessness
• Create and maintain a resource binder of all information about community resources that is accessible to all youth and young adults
• Facilitate training and discussion with stakeholders and other community partners around the unique needs and barriers experienced by youth and young adults in the community
• Support the local Youth Advisory Board (YAB) by facilitating meetings, reviewing and approving reimbursements, recruiting youth and young adults to participate in the local YAB, identifying additional leadership opportunities, and being the point of contact between the local YABs and the CoC Staff, specifically the Project Coordinator.
• Ensure all services are provided through positive youth development, trauma-informed, harm reduction, housing first lens
• Attend YHDP System Navigator meetings conducted by the CoC Project Coordinator 

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, or related field or at least two years experience in social work, counseling, or related field required.  Previous experience working with individuals with mental illness and programs in a case management capacity.  This is a part time, Limited Terms Employment (not benefit eligible) position at 29 hours per week. This job will close at the end of the grant year, September 30, 2024.  The starting salary is $20.41 per hour based on experience.

This agency is an equal opportunity employer. WDEOC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type: race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We pride ourselves on maintaining an inclusive and family-friendly work environment. Learn more about our organization at www.westerndairyland.org.

This position will remain open until filled. To apply for this position:

• Send a cover letter and resume to Human Resources at hr@wdeoc.org