Children’s Specialist – Pathways Emergency Shelter

Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish?   YWCA SKS is the region’s largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.   We’re women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you’ll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work – apply today! What You'll Do   YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Pathways Emergency Shelter provides short-term, trauma-informed shelter for parents and their children who are experiencing homelessness. The program offers a safe and supportive environment while families work toward housing stability, income, and longer-term supports.   The Children’s Specialist is a child-focused support role that promotes children’s safety, emotional wellbeing, and stability within the shelter environment. This position is designed to reduce barriers for parents accessing shelter services by ensuring children are supported in a safe, developmentally appropriate, and trauma-informed setting while parents complete shelter intake, assessments, and required activities.   The Children’s Specialist works at the intersection of child wellbeing, family stabilization, and service access, ensuring that children’s needs are thoughtfully integrated into shelter operations while parents engage with case managers, advocates, and community systems. The Children’s Specialist completes basic child intakes and maintains program-related confidential records necessary for participation, safety, and coordination, but does not provide formal case management or carry a caseload.   This position has a social justice component allowing for critical thinking around how the external systems impact the work that we are doing through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty.     As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.   Note: This position is fully onsite and includes consistent presence at the Pathways Shelter