Job Details
Job Details
Job Location
AVANCE - National - San Antonio, TX
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
2 Year Degree
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
Job Overview
The Student Navigator supports the AVANCE to College program, which blends the Parent-Child Education Program model with coursework, training and exposure to post-secondary opportunities and workforce development. The Student Navigator is responsible for recruiting families for the AVANCE to College program. The Student Navigator will also present the toy making class, make home visits, and observe the child using the toy made in the AVANCE toymaking class. The Student Navigator will support participating families by assisting with the search for appropriate childcare and providing appropriate referrals for needed services, when necessary.
Job Responsibilities
- Coordinate and conduct recruitment activities in partnership with institutions of higher education implementing the AVANCE to College program.
- Collaborate regularly with the AVANCE to College instructor(s) to support program implementation and ensures participants have access to college and community resources and services.
- Lead toy-making lessons and prepare, provide and transport all necessary materials and supplies to deliver the classes.
- Conduct home visits to observe parents engaging with their child at home using the AVANCE toys and complete the home visit observation form.
- Assist families in identifying childcare options for their children.
- Conduct case management for AVANCE to College participants by maintaining a file on each case served, documenting progress towards established goals, resolving family needs and providing appropriate referrals as needed.
- Provide referrals to participants for HOPES as needed.
- Report to and maintain ongoing communication with the Executive Director.
- Complete tasks as directed by the Regional Director.
- Collaborate with and participate in scheduled check-ins with Director of AVANCE to College.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
AVANCE Core Competencies- Accountability
- The AVANCE Way
- Demonstrates Ability to Learn
- Fosters Innovation
- Takes Initiative
- Recovers from Setbacks
QualificationsEducationRequired:- Associate degree in education, social work, psychology or a related field
Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree in education, social work, psychology or a related field.
- Graduate of AVANCE to College Program or AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program
License/CertificationRequired:- Driver's License and Insurance
Work ExperienceRequired:
- Social work, volunteer or paid experience with community groups, church or schools. Experience teaching and/or working with adult learners. Strong literacy and effective communication skills.
Preferred:
- 2-3 years of experience with teaching/working with adult learners.
Additional Skills- Must be able to speak and read well in both Spanish and English.
- Must have personal transportation
- Verbal and writing skills to maintain records.
- Resourceful; organized; budgeting and purchasing skills.
Travel- This position can require up to 40% of local travel. The Student Navigator will conduct home visits and will also travel to the college campus to support the AVANCE to College participants and the AVANCE to College Instructor.
Equipment- Work is generally performed in an office environment.
- The noise level in the work environment is moderate to occasionally loud (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic, human voices).
- Standard office equipment generally used includes:
- Telephone
- Personal Computer (monitor, keyboard, and mouse) or Tablet
- Printer/Photocopy Machine
- May be required to operate a motor vehicle during the course of duties.
Working ConditionsMental and Physical DemandsMaintain emotional control under stress; work with interruptions and deadlines; walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; occasional: lifting/carrying, pulling/pushing 10-30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Environmental FactorsOccasional exposure to biological hazards (communicable diseases, bacteria, insects, mold, fungi, etc.). Occasional expose to weather related conditions when working in outside environment/neighborhoods and events.