INTERN APPLICATION Program: Youth Service – Workforce Development Reports to: Worksite Supervisor Compensation: $17.87 per hour Schedule: Various schedules offered CENTER’S MISSION Building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society. DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The Youth Center serves youth up to the age of 24 who are currently at-risk of or experiencing homelessness. The Youth Center offers services in an LGBTQ+ safe and affirming environment and serves as an entry point to assist youth making the transition from homelessness to housing. Our services include meals, clothing, support groups, a charter high school, GED and college prep program, an employment preparation, training and placement program, case management, counseling, a crisis shelter and a transitional living program (TLP). Our community-based programs include services for youth at-home, in school or in systems of care. JOB SUMMARY: Our internship program aims to prepare individuals for the workforce by providing work readiness, financial literacy, skills development, career coaching, and mentoring. Internship placements range from working onsite in our amazing commercial kitchen (Culinary Arts Program), to working the front desk at our Youth Center drop-in space, and we offer offsite placements with community partners like OUAI cosmetics, LA DogWorks, Growing Hope Gardens, The Center at Blessed Sacrament, amongst many others. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONs will range depending on placement: 1) Culinary Arts Program: culinary skill building, cooking, sanitizing station in a commercial kitchen setting 2) Social Service Vocational Training: 4-week classroom training twice per week by the 6-week you will start working in a social service setting; facilitating groups, recruitment for various groups, 3) Youth Center drop-in space: provide customer service for all youth entering the center space, assisting with storing and retrieving youth personal items 4) Residential Team: Facilitate engaging activities with peers and provide cleanliness to residential area. 5) Senior Services: Engage with Seniors that are 50 plus years of age 6) Volunteer Resources: Assist with various Center events 7) Other Departments: Video production, Youth Advisory Council, Off-Site Business Partners. JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: 1) I9 documents 2) Commitment to completing program hours and obtaining employment post-internship. 3) Desire to build skills and develop your work experience The Los Angeles LGBT Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, religion, disability, age, military or veteran status, including status as a victim of domest ic violence, assault or stalking, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation or activities, medical or health conditions, and marital status. The Center has implemented a policy requiring all staff to be up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information, please contact [email protected].