Immigrant Family Support Worker, YWCA Northwestern Illinois - Freeport, IL

 

At a glance

$16.50/hr

Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus paid time off

Onsite, based in 1255 West Empire Street, Freeport, Illinois 61032, United States

Work in person from the location

Job

Full-time

US work authorization required

Job Title:        Immigrant Family Support Worker

Programs:      Immigrant Family Resource Program

Reports to:     Immigrant Services Supervisor

 

Job summary:  Responsible for educating and encouraging eligible immigrants with limited English skills regarding their rights to apply for and receive public benefits such as SNAP, Medicaid, All Kids, etc. Assist clients with application processes, including but not limited to helping them with paperwork and interpreting as needed. Other responsibilities include attending relevant training; scheduling and presenting at informational meetings for benefit providers and recipients; promoting the program through Spanish-language media and other outlets that reach immigrant and refugee communities. This position is an hourly non-exempt position. 

 

Summary of essential job functions:

• Provides outreach to the immigrant and refugee community about the availability of public benefits and other services that support personal and family well-being and economic self-sufficiency through various means
• Provide information and referral services to immigrant families
• Provide case management services to immigrant families who need long-term assistance accessing and maintaining benefits and services
• Provide accurate interpretation and/or translation services for immigrants who have difficulty communicating with the Illinois Department of Human Services and other agencies offering supportive services due to language barriers.
• Provide culturally appropriate services
• Complete assessments to determine client eligibility
• Maintain database and client files
• Provide follow up on open cases with the Illinois Department of Human Services and other offices to ensure they are being processed as needed
• Provide follow up on closed cases even though proper documentation was submitted
• Other duties include regular attendance at staff meetings and required trainings, following a team centered approach
• Other duties as assigned by the CEO or CAO

 

 

Minimum requirements 

• Associate’s degree in Human Services or related field and/or at least 2 years related experience
• Have expertise with various crisis intervention techniques
• Obtain 40 hour Domestic Violence training
• Knowledge of Illinois public benefits and DCFS a plus
• Must be Bilingual
• Experience working with minority populations
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to communicate well with others and further the mission of the YWCA 
• Obtain and document a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of professional development annually 
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to lift 30 pounds
• Current Illinois driver’s license and valid vehicle insurance

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Digital Media Coordinator, IL Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - Hybrid (Chicago, IL)

 

Details

Job Type:Full Time

Education:High School Diploma Required

Experience Level:Mid-level

Salary:USD $45,000 - $55,000 / year

Salary to commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus generous benefits ICIRR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

Areas of Focus:Children & Youth, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Health & Medicine, Volunteering

Description

Specific responsibilities:

• Be a part of winning campaigns: Work with members of all ICIRR departments to develop and implement digital advocacy and storytelling tactics that drive our coalition’s campaigns toward victory. This will include managing our digital advocacy platform to publicize and help mobilize ICIRR events.

• Digital content creation and audience management: Develop, implement, manage and analyze new and alternative social media strategies and use creative, cutting-edge practices to grow our coalition’s visibility, traffic, and reach. In doing so, ensure that ICIRR has an integrated approach to all aspects of its digital presence. This includes tracking success through analyzing metrics and suggesting adjustments.

• Community outreach through digital platforms and tactics: This includes managing phone banks and text banks, assisting with digital ad buys, and responding to community members on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or email. Work across departments to schedule and execute informational or advocacy live streams. Track website performance and ensure up-to-date content.

• Mass email and text message support: Calendar, write, and send action alerts by text and email to mobilize ICIRR’s membership and online base. Assist with fundraising and e-newsletter campaigns.

• Assist with media and press outreach: Assist with press activities, including press conferences, rapid response activities, writing press releases; pitching to the media; maintaining media lists; and conducting media monitoring.

• Additional responsibilities include: Photography at in-person events; light video editing; assistance with annual fundraising event; rapid response for breaking immigration news; supporting ICIRR members in their digital outreach. Considering event and rapid response work, availability on some nights and weekends may be necessary.

Job requirements:

• Experience: Minimum two years of experience in communications, social media, or community organizing. Examples include but are not limited to paid or volunteer work with political campaigns, community-based organizations, or college student organizations.

• Skills: Excellent writing, editing, proofreading and verbal communication skills. Strong analytical skills. Ability to speak and write in Spanish is a plus. Demonstrated project or program management is a plus. Team player who is willing to experiment and try new tactics to reach our audiences.

• Programs and platforms: Familiarity with social networking, content management systems, web development, database management, and/or community outreach strategies (including phone banking, text banking, or canvassing). Programs and platforms you would be using include but are not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, StreamYard, Canva, VAN, and Phone2Action.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English, creative writing, communications, marketing, or journalism. Organizing or community-based experience is accepted in lieu of formal education.

• Interests: Interest in immigration and refugee issues and understanding of Chicago and Illinois communities preferred.

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Immigration Program Manager - The Resurrection Project

Who: The Resurrection Project

What: After 30 years and an initial seed capital of $30,000 from area parishes, The Resurrection Project (TRP) has grown to become a powerful and effective social enterprise that seamlessly blends community development, community organizing, and advocacy with human service delivery to create vibrant, healthier, and involved communities. Our efforts have resulted in leveraging over $537 million in community investment.

Immigration Program Coordinator, CRLN (Chicago, IL)

Who: The Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN) uses education, advocacy, accompaniment, and action to mobilize faith communities and leaders to work for immigrant justice and to build Immigrant Welcoming Congregations/Communities. We engage leaders from all social classes, ethnic and faith backgrounds. We have worked with partner organizations for wins on a variety of campaigns, including physical & Expanded Sanctuary and other efforts to stop deportations and to build interfaith power to hold ICE accountable nationally and locally.

Union Campaign Researcher - UNITE HERE Research - Los Angeles, CA

Union Campaign Researcher - Local 11

UNITE HERE Research 

Los Angeles, CA

UNITE HERE Local 11 is hiring a Campaign Researcher. Our research teams conduct industry, corporate, real estate and political research and analysis to develop and carry out campaigns focused on winning economic justice for low wage, primarily immigrant hospitality workers. Our campaigns organize non-union workers and secure improved standards for existing union members in the food service, gaming and casino, and hotel industries.

About UNITE HERE: UNITE HERE is the union leading the fight to organize hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers –- many of them African-Americans, Latino and Asian immigrants, and women -- in hotels, casinos, institutional cafeterias and airport concessions throughout North America. Our union, with over 270,000 members, is at the forefront of battles for workers' rights, immigration reform, living wages, and quality jobs in many cities throughout North America. (www.unitehere.org)(www.unitehere11.org)

Job responsibilities will include:

• Research companies using a wide variety of sources, including published databases, on-line and Internet sources
• Conduct local and field research on companies, industries and/or real estate development projects
• Develop company analyses and adapt them for various audiences (e.g. leadership & staff, workers, stockholders, political & regulatory bodies, the public)
• Identify and analyze new development projects in our industries and represent the union during the planning & political approval process
• Communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of players including community organizations, company officials, customers, government staff and elected leaders
• Develop and carry out campaign strategies and tactics
• Work with UNITE HERE members, organizers, regional staff and elected leaders; assist in moving campaigns forward through organizing, leading actions, doing political work, as needed.

Desired Qualifications include:

• Passion for, and commitment to, fighting for workers' rights
• BA degree or relevant research and/or activist experience (labor, political, urban planning, or community/campus)
• Strong analytical, writing, computer and interpersonal/organizing skills
• Willingness to travel extensively, to work long and sometimes irregular hours, and relocate as necessary
• Familiarity with database and word processing software
• Ability to effectively manage a workload with competing priorities and deadlines
• Reliable car and driver's license

Current UNITE HERE campaign researchers have worked in the past as community and union organizers, urban planners, journalists, teachers, and researchers elsewhere.

Technical Advisor, Global Initiatives, YMCA of the USA

YMCA of the USA
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Technical Advisor, Global Initiatives Grade: E

Department: International Group FLSA Type: Exempt
EEO Job Category: Professionals
GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Date: 9/14 Reports to: Senior Director, Global Initiatives Leadership Level: Team Leader

The Technical Advisor, Global Initiatives is responsible for providing technical assistance and support to Global Centers of Excellence (GCE’s) YMCAs; as well as other YMCAs. The emphasis on local YMCA support will be in capacity building for newcomer-immigrant and Hispanic/Latino communities. The Technical Advisor leads efforts to strengthen the capacity of local YMCAs to successfully impact diverse communities and integrate global strategies across core operational and programmatic areas of work.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Bachelor's degree in International Studies, Sociology or a similar field is required. Master’s degree is preferred
  
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience with the YMCA or comparable organization in the areas of capacity building with youth or community development is required
  
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience working with diverse, multicultural communities in the U.S. and/or globally is required. Experience with newcomer-immigrant populations is strongly preferred
  
• Must possess proven expertise in cultural competencies and knowledge of immigration and global issues
  
• Demonstrated skills in coaching, mentoring and providing technical assistance are required
  
• Strong experience with developing educational materials, trainings and grant applications is required
  
• Ability to travel domestically 20 - 40% of the time is required
  
• Fluency in Spanish language is preferred
  
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills are required
  
• Strong relationship-building, presentation and organizational skills are required
  
• Intermediate proficiency in computers and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access,
  PowerPoint, and Outlook) is required
  
• Ability to work both independently and within a team is required
  
• Must possess excellent time management skills and initiative
  
• Commitment to YMCA character development values of caring, honesty, respect and
• responsibility is required

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Values. Demonstrates in word and action the Y’s core values of caring, honesty,respect, and responsibility and a commitment to the Y’s mission, in all matters at all times.
• Inclusion. Values all people for their unique talents, and takes an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence 
• Relationships. Builds authentic relationships in the service of enhancing individual and team performance to support the Y's work.
• Communication. Listens and expresses self effectively and in a manner that reflects a true understanding of the needs of the audience.
• Quality Results. Demonstrates and fosters a strong commitment to achieving goals in a manner that provides quality experiences.
• Change Capacity. Leads self and others through change by navigating ambiguity appropriately and adapting well to new situations, obstacles, and opportunities.
• Emotional Maturity. Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills.
• Self-Development. Is dedicated to the improvement of own capabilities an demonstrates this through the continual expansion of knowledge and skills.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides technical support to local YMCAs to advance newcomer-immigrant outreach in support of newcomer-immigrant strategies
  
• Develops resources and tools to strengthen the development and advancement of Global Centers of Excellence (GCE’s) YMCAs and the GCE strategy
  
• Assists GCEs and local YMCAs in collaboration with community partners, with an emphasis on newcomer-immigrant engagement, global education and leadership development, global philanthropy and community inclusion and bridge-building
  
• Works closely with the Global Centers of Excellence YMCAs to capture best practices and identify existing or new tools
  
• Develops and updates communication materials and tools for capturing and communicating impact for local Ys, as well as engaging and expanding services and programs for newcomer-immigrant and diverse, underserved populations
  
• Contributes to the development of global leadership training materials, resources and seminars
  
• Provides training in a variety of formats to local YMCA’s, networks and state alliance on- site, at conferences and online
  
• Identifies and supports new strategies to increase YMCA’s visibility as a welcoming, inclusive and responsive organization to new immigrant community members
  
• Supports the integration of diversity and inclusion (D&I) and global efforts into local YMCA strategic priorities that include membership, program innovation, leadership development, collaboration, visibility and financial development
  
• Works closely with all relevant YMCA of the USA departments including, Diversity and Inclusion and Training and Leadership with the newcomer-immigrant and GCE work in support of local YMCAs
  
• Performs other duties as assigned by Senior Director, Global Initiatives
  
  EFFECT ON END RESULTS/ STRATEGIC IMPACT
  This position will contribute to the increased engagement of GCE YMCA’s in their commitment to newcomer-immigrant work as well as increased access and inclusion of diverse constituencies in local YMCA’s. 
  

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Social Policy and Community Development, Tufts University - Boston, MA

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Social Policy and Community Development
(Interview suite reserved for Oct 31, Friday 8-10:30am at the Philadelphia ACSP)

The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Social Policy and Community Development, beginning in Fall 2015. We seek a colleague with primary expertise in one or more areas of social policy and community development, such as immigration and social justice, housing and community development, poverty and inequality, criminal justice and communities, workforce and labor issues, the social and other determinants of public health, and/or other relevant areas. An important, secondary qualification of the successful candidate will be strong competency in research methods, particularly quantitative methods and statistical analysis.

Tufts University is a private, coeducational institution, whose main campus serves approximately 5,000 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students in a broad spectrum of programs. We are located in the towns of Medford and Somerville, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. UEP is a graduate department (masters only), with an M.A. program accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, committed to educating “practical visionaries,” public-spirited individuals who are concerned with sustainability, equity, and social justice (http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/).


A Ph.D. in policy/planning is preferred, but doctoral degrees in other related fields, such as sociology, political science, economics, social anthropology, or human geography, will be considered. A strong record of scholarship, along with a robust research agenda, is required. In addition, connections with ongoing public policy and planning debates and involvement with local community concerns would be highly valued.

The candidate will be expected to develop and teach basic and more advanced courses in his/her primary area and will serve as a thesis advisor to graduate students in the M.A. program. The candidate will participate in teaching a required core course. The teaching load is three courses per year, plus thesis advising and participation in departmental and university committees.

Interested persons should submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, two representative scholarly publications/writings, a research plan, a statement of teaching philosophy, and the names of three references to the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/25846. For any questions, please contact Maria Nicolau, Department Administrator, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, 97 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155 or maria.nicolau@tufts.edu<mailto:maria.nicolau@tufts.edu>.

Review of applications begins October 15, 2014, and continues until the position is filled.

Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.