The Ali Forney Center (AFC) is hiring on-call, part-time and full-time youth counselors for our Housing Programs. AFC provides residential services to homeless/unstably housed LGBT young people ages 16-24, in supportive, affirming environments. Primary responsibilities include: maintaining a safe space, providing crisis counseling and mediation/conflict resolution as needed, facilitating groups and recreational activities and documentation of services.
Residential Youth Counselor
Please note: Ability and willingness to work flexible hours including overnight hours, weekends and holidays required. The overnight position is an awake position – sleeping is not permitted during the shift. Shifts are generally 12 hours in length. Sites are in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. Experience and understanding of LGBTQ youth culture and issues facing unstably housed young people required. Experience in a residential setting preferred. Fire Guard Certification a plus.
Email resume and letter of interest to: jobs@aliforneycenter.org
No phone calls, please.
Please include work availability
About The Ali Forney Center
Our mission is to protect LGBTQ youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to live independently.
Our organization’s namesake, Ali Forney, was a gender nonconforming teen who fled his home at 13. He entered the foster care system where he was bounced around to several homes and was beaten. Ali ended up living on the streets. Ali was dedicated to helping other young people and publicly advocated for the safety of homeless LGBT youth. Tragically, in December of 1997, Ali was murdered in Harlem — shot in the head and left for dead.
Committed to saving the lives of LGBTQ youth, in 2002 Carl Siciliano founded the Ali Forney Center (AFC) in memory of Ali. Since AFC’s launch with just 6 beds in a church basement, the organization has grown to become the largest agency dedicated to LGBTQ homeless youth in the country — assisting nearly 1,400 youth per year through 10 housing sites and a multi-purpose Drop-In Center.
Our mission is to provide LGBTQ young people housing and a continuum of supportive services to help them thrive and prepare them for independent living.
AFC has been heralded for our full continuum of care approach to services for LGBTQ homeless youth. AFC’s founder, Carl Siciliano, was named a White House Champion of Change by President Obama citing the wide recognition AFC’s programs have received for their quality and innovation.
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