Amity Foundation, internationally acclaimed teaching, and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach and learn to join our team as an Educational Coordinator. This groundbreaking opportunity not only will allow you to work in our prison programs helping the inmate population but will also enhance your training and experience in the field.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

Salary Range: $21/hr-$22/hr

About the Position:

The Educational Coordinator for the California Violence Intervention & Prevention Project (CalVIP) is responsible for providing direct services and supports for project participants. Educational Coordinators provide active advocacy, wrap-around services, and relational credibility to participants with former criminal-justice involvement who are pursuing education-to-employment pathways.

What You Will Do:

• Coordinates intake, eligibility, and aptitude/interest assessment of prospective CalVIP participants.
• Provide trauma-informed, participant-centered case management of CalVIP participants.
• Guides participants through all available services including vocational training, work readiness training, advocacy, and sourcing for needed services
• Develops relationships with potential employer organizations within the Los Angeles community that may hire certified AmityWorks students and graduates.
• Collaboratively constructs personal development plans identifying needed additional resources and making appropriate referrals.
• Responds positively to changing demands and priorities, recognizing the scope of authority and decision-making processes within a team-oriented framework.
• Document all progress and services provided in the case files, including relevant employment data;
• Maintain collaborative relationships with Project Director, BSCC liaisons, education and employer partners;
• Demonstrates cultural competency, community advocacy, and professionalism in representing the Amity Foundation and its projects to the community.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences OR possess a high school diploma or its equivalent AND two (2) years of experience as a job developer or similar position.
• A minimum of one (1) year of experience in a job development or similar role.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement
• Basic knowledge and experience with the criminal record expungement process.
• Demonstrate proper attitudes and techniques towards faculty and program participants, and model professional, effective work habits and responsible living.

What We Offer:

• 100% Employer-Sponsored HMO
• PPO Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Paid Vacation, Sick time, Holidays.
• 401K, HSA, Life insurance programs.
• An organization committed to social justice & community action.
• Community-oriented workplace.

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