SCO Family of Services Is Hiring A Forward Journey Coach

Comprehensive Job Opportunity: Forward Journey Coach (Residential) - Bilingual Spanish/French 🌎

Join our team as a Forward Journey Coach to empower youth in New York through personalized support, skill development, and community engagement.

Position Details

• Location: Nevins St Admin Office, 2-4 Nevins St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
• Job Category: Direct Service Worker
• Supervisor: Sahajja Harris
• Requisition Number: FORWA-004539
• Posted: March 4, 2026
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Rate: $27.47 USD per hour 💵

Reporting and Supervision

• Reports To: Forward Journey Coach Supervisor
• Supervises: N/A

Key Responsibilities

I. Specific Responsibilities

As part of SCO’s Forward Journey Initiative, you will work closely with youth to help them achieve academic, career, and housing goals tailored to their interests and strengths. Your support will include connecting youth to quality educational and community resources, providing ongoing social and emotional guidance, and fostering positive peer relationships.

In the Residential setting, your role will be vital in mentoring youth living in group homes, helping them develop life skills, resilience, and pathways toward independence.

Program Components

• Community-based: Engage youth at locations convenient for them such as home, school, or community centers.
• Systemic approach: Incorporate aspects of youth’s ecology—community, peers, family, school.
• Comprehensive: Address all needs—academic, career, housing, and relationships.

Primary Duties

Overall Responsibilities

• Build and maintain meaningful relationships with youth, offering social and emotional support.
• Work 1:1 with youth to craft and pursue individualized academic and career development goals, including financial literacy.
• Connect youth with educational institutions, programs, resources, and opportunities aligned with their goals.
• Guide youth through challenges, celebrate successes, and prepare them for subsequent steps on their journey.
• Collaborate with case planners, tutors, specialists, foster parents, and parents to support youth achievement and well-being.
• Facilitate peer group supports and foster positive relationships.
• Transport youth to/from school when necessary 🚗.
• Complete all required documentation, including PYA Tasks and PAT Tool.
• Lead My Journey Groups and PYA Monthly Workshops.
• Participate in all Fair Futures trainings.
• Input data accurately into all required systems.
• Other tasks as assigned by your supervisor.
• Re-engage disconnected youth and support re-enrollment in academic programs.
• Assess and facilitate transfers to better-fit educational settings if needed.
• Visit youth's schools bi-monthly, build relationships with staff, review transcripts, and advocate for educational needs.
• Assist youth in exploring post-secondary pathways such as college, vocational programs, and internships starting as early as 9th grade.
• Support youth with obtaining working papers and conducting career exploration activities.
• Help youth select at least one career development experience annually aligned with their interests and background.
• Work with the Career Development Specialist to identify longer-term careers and connect youth with workforce programs or job readiness opportunities.

Housing & Independent Living Support

• Coordinate with the Housing Specialist to assist youth in submitting housing applications 🏠.