Nature and Variety of Work

The Prince George's County Government Department of Social Services is currently seeking qualified applicants to fill a Team Lead, Homeless Youth and Young Adults Program position, grade G-24, within the Department of Social Services.

About the Position
This is a team lead position whereby the incumbent guides and oversees the County’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program and system of care for youth and young adults experiencing an episode of homelessness, provides support to the Continuum of Care Lead and serves as a member of the expanded leadership team.

Examples of Work

What You'll Do:

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  Plan and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the County's Continuum of Care (CoC) Youth Homelessness Response System (YHRS).
• Evaluate and improve system flows as deemed necessary to improve outcomes and advance other related CoC goals and objectives
• Establish and monitor the customer feedback process to ensure that the system is being operated in a way that respects and is responsive to the voice of youth with lived experience.
• Assist with YHRS funding, including budgets, expenditures, variance, corrective actions, submission of accurate and timely financial reports, development of RFAs, and contract monitoring.
• Lead the CoC's youth outreach and social media exposures and coordinate the CoC's annual Youth REACH and youth PIT counts.
• Implement the CoC's Coordinated Community Plan and chair the CoC's YHRS stakeholder team.
• Provide staff support to the CoC Youth Action Board.
• Willingly and cooperatively performs tasks and duties that may not be listed in the position description but are within the general, occupational category and responsibility level typically associated with the employee's class of work.

Qualifications

What You'll Need:

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  Bachelor's degree in Counseling, Business/Public Administration, Social Work, Public Health, Sociology, Psychology, or a related field;
• Plus two (2) years of responsible professional human services experience managing programs/activities serving youth and young adults.

An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience will be considered. EACH APPLICANT MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Counseling, Business/Public Administration, Social Work, Public Health, Sociology, Psychology, or a related field;
• Plus three (3) or more years of responsible professional human services experience managing programs/activities serving youth and young adults.
• Experience leading or working in a Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program and/or youth homelessness response system and Experience working in HMIS.

Preferred Experience with HMIS

• Lived experience and/or in-depth knowledge of the challenges and barriers that youth and young adults experiencing homelessness face.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish / English
• Experience serving LGBTQ youth

Additional Information

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Experience working with and leading groups in a collaborative environment and ability to balance various perspectives.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills;
• Ability to analyze and exercise sound judgment;
• Strong proficiency in software applications, including Word, Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to relate to youth of different economic and ethnic backgrounds.
• Collecting and analyzing data and preparing reports, and leading staff/subordinates.
• Strong proficiency in software applications including Word, Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to relate to providers with different levels of data systems use competencies; collecting and analyzing data; and leading staff/subordinates.

All applicants may be required to complete a competency exercise as a part of the interview process.

DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY: Candidates will be selected from a temporary register of eligible candidates, which will become effective approximately four (4) weeks after the closing date. Once a selection has been made, the register will expire.

ELIGIBILITY TO WORK : Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, an employer is required to hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Applicants who are selected for employment will be required to show and verify authorization to work in the United States.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S., only after an offer has been accepted and the Form I-9 is completed. For information on E-Verify, or if you believe the County has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or visit their website at dhs.gov/e-verify.

Internal Applicants: If you are a current Prince George's County Government employee and seeking a promotion, in accordance with Section 16-200 of the Personnel Law, you have the right to appeal a not-qualified rating within five (5) working days of receiving a rejection notice. Union employees should refer to their respective collective bargaining agreement and/or union representative for their grievance procedure.

ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.