Reentry Facilitator Second Chance Program

Job description

Description SALARY RANGE: $43,000 TO $45,000: GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION: #ZR The mission of SGA Youth & Family Services is to help children, families, and communities facing great challenges to realize their potential. SGA creates and implements innovative, tailored solutions based on best practices to continuously improve outcomes for individuals and communities. SGA is committed to fulfilling its mission with respect, integrity, and accountability. The Second Chance program provides intensive case management and a career readiness service to youth who reside in Lake County in Northern Illinois and are transitioning out of detention in a juvenile setting. Given the multiple inequities faced by youth of color approaching reentry, the project fosters growth, healing, and the creation of opportunities to reduce recidivism, build community, and break cycles of poverty. The Reentry Facilitator will hold a caseload of 35 clients that they will meet with pre and post-release from a juvenile detention facility starting 90 days before release to 9 months post-release to support their transition back to their community. Services include trauma-informed, effective screening, assessment, and ca...