Job Title: Family School Liaison* Employment Status: Full-time regular Program - Dept/Location: Truancy Prevention & Intervention - Germantown Job Summary: Works collaboratively to implements Tier One services to families with children at risk for truancy. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor of Social Work degree with 5 years family and children service work experience; or Master’s degree in [...]
Job Title: Lead Teacher, Child Care Workers* Employment Status: Full-time regular Program - Dept/Location: Crisis Nursery Job Summary: Develop, plan and lead curriculum for children ages 2-5 years old in the crisis nursery. In supervisor’s absence, assume supervisory responsibility for staff and operation of crisis nursery. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education; or, [...]
Job Title: Supervisor* Employment Status: Full-time regular Program - Dept/Location: Truancy Prevention & Intervention - Germantown Job Summary: Oversee implementation of truancy initiative, adhering to program standards Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in social work or comparable human service field Two years of supervisory and or management work experience in the field of family and children services. A [...]
Philadelphia's District Attorney's Youth Aid Panel was created in 1988 to help divert arrests of juvenile offenders with first time offenses to a three month contract program. David Chaney, Community and Youth Outreach Social Worker at Youth Emergency Service was deputized by Philadelphia's District Attorney to serve on the Youth Aid Panel along with other [...]
An evening to celebrate 40 years of child advocacy The Support Center for Child Advocates will celebrate 40 years of child advocacy by recognizing forty "Distinguished Advocates". Youth Service, Inc. is honored to announce YSI's Executive Director, Gwendolyn Bailey; will be acknowledged for her committed service and extraordinary efforts towards improving the lives of traumatized children. [...]
We are excited to announce that Rite Aid has identified Youth Service, Inc. as an official KidCents charity!  KidCents is a program created by The Rite Aid Foundation that allows Rite Aid customers to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar and help support kid-focused charities.  Please consider selecting Youth Service, Inc. for your [...]
Join us for the 15th Annual Anthony Martin's "I Can Dream" Teen Conference hosted by Youth Service, Inc. This year's event is expected to have close to 300 teens in attendance at Temple University's Howard Gittens Student Center on Saturday May 20th, 2017 from 9 AM to 3 PM. https://youtu.be/7rs4IYaIpBc  This year our theme will [...]
Volunteers who get involved with YSI are constantly demonstrating what it really means to care for others and believe in a cause. If you or anyone in your family has volunteered before you know it’s not for the faint of heart. It can be incredibly rewarding, but also challenging and requires a certain type of [...]
It wasn't long ago that Carolyn fled from South Carolina to Philadelphia by plane with her children, each of them carrying their possessions in a single suitcase. Running from an abusive partner who she feared might kill her and harm her children, Carolyn arrived at the home of her brother's family unsure of what her [...]
Thank you to the generous donors that responded to our request for support to purchase a new van for our teen shelter, Youth Emergency Service (YES). Donors included: Barbara Rittenhouse, Dorothy Stevens, Laurie Ward, Barbara O’Brien, Pat Rentschler, Dina Ghen, John and Theresa Barth, Betsy Wice and Lucy Andrew Cummin. We are grateful for their [...]