YouthCares

YouthCares UPDATE

YouthCares is NOT currently accepting applications for paid  positions for the Summer Cycle, which usually runs from June to August due to budget cuts.

Click here to find out more about YouthCares.

YouthCares, IIBA's youth employment program, hires and trains high school students for community focused jobs in San Francisco. By providing participants with meaningful work experience, college and career readiness training, and ongoing skill building workshops, YouthCares prepares our youth for future educational and professional success.

Grounded in the principles of youth development, YouthCares creates a professional environment that is both challenging and supportive. Participants, the majority of who are immigrants or the children of immigrants, are employed to provide community services at various program sites throughout San Francisco.

At YouthCares Partners in Learning, youth trained as peer tutors offer homework assistance and ESL tutoring to recently arrived immigrant students. Peer tutors facilitate lessons that provide students with the knowledge and tools necessary for successful transition to life in this country. 

At YouthCares Intergenerational, a partnership with the Richmond Village Beacon, youth facilitate activities such as ESL, exercise, arts, and a weekly food bank with senior citizens. In collaboration with the Center for Elders & Youth in the Arts, youth serve as Teaching Assistants to professional instructors at several classes each week.

At all YouthCares program sites, participants have the opportunity to both experience their bilingualism as an asset to their job performance, as well as expand their capacity to communicate across language barriers.

Through employment at YouthCares, participants gain transferable skills including teaching, group facilitation, planning, and interpersonal communication. They form lasting relationships across cultures and generations and become leaders in their communities.

In the past, YouthCares accepted applications for three cycles per year: fall, spring, and summer. Paid youth are required to work three days a week after school (One day of training workshops, two days at work sites), while youth enrolled as volunteers work two days a week. YouthCares training curriculum includes a four part college preparation series, a five part career readiness series and career exploration component, financial literacy, and public speaking.

To see YouthCares through the eyes of the youth, visit http://www.sfyouthcares.blogspot.com

We're also proud to present two short films about YouthCares at http://www.youtube.com/youthcares