Family Coach

Metropolitan Family Services; Wisconsin; Vor Ort; USD 45.000 - 46.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

HSA contributions

Teladoc services

401K with match

Zusammenfassung

Metropolitan Family Services seeks a Full-time Family Coach for the FamilyWorks Program in Wisconsin. You will collaborate with families to set goals and support them through coaching, with emphasis on economic independence, education, and stability.

The role requires mobility, a strong organizational approach, and experience with diverse populations. Travel between sites and some weekend hours are required, with a benefits package including health and retirement options.

Qualifikationen

• High School Diploma and 2+ years of experience required.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screenings and criminal background checks.
• Must have reliable transportation and a vehicle.
• Ability to travel between sites and work with community-based caseload.

Aufgaben

• Work with the full family in a collaborative and supportive manner to help, motivate, and inspire individual and family goal setting while allowing the family to drive the work.
• Respect for a family’s expertise to establish trust.
• Identify strengths and help families utilize them and build others.
• Use trauma-informed practices in family-centered coaching.
• Complete intakes and monitor family goals and activities.
• Complete senior assessments and monitor goals, activities, and referrals.
• Provide follow up to ensure family goals progress or are achieved.
• Coordinate events and activities to meet client needs and engage individuals and households.
• Address housing-related issues and lease compliance referrals from Property Management.
• Assist families with meeting site-based requirements and CHA work requirements.
• Provide support services including transportation, childcare, clothing and uniforms.

Kenntnisse

Mobility

Excel skills

Organized

Diversity sensitivity

Ausbildung

High School Diploma

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CMTS

Jobbeschreibung

If asked to describe the culture at Metropolitan Family Services, we could do that in one word. COMMUNITY! Reflected in both our internal culture as well as through the services we provide, community is at the heart of all we do.

Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities. Are you looking to have an impact on more than just a company's bottom line? Then we'd love to hear from you!

We are hiring for a Full-time Family Coach to be a part of our FamilyWorks Program at the Altgeld Gardens' Calumet office.

SALARY:

• The average starting salary for this position will fall in range of $44,888 to $45,500 annually. Where candidates fall in range will be based on skill and experience level.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Works with the full family in a collaborative and supportive manner to help, motivate, and inspire individual and family goal setting while allowing the family to drive the work.
• Have a deep respect for a family’s expertise, which is fundamental to establishing trust.
• Help the family to identify strengths and then work with the families to utilize these strengths and build others.
• Use of trauma informed practices. Provides services according to values and principles for family centered coaching.
• Completes the intakes and monitors family goals and activities.
• Completes senior assessments and monitors goals, activities, and referrals.
• Provides follow up to ensure family goals are progressing or achieved.
• While using a family-centered approach, services should focus on addressing the following areas:
  • (1) Foster Economic Independence
  • (2) Increase Earning Power
  • (3) Support Academic Achievement
  • (4) Enhance Stability and Quality of Life.
• Coordinates events and activities within the region to meet client needs and engage individuals, seniors, households in services.
• Addresses housing related issues including lease compliance referrals from Property Management.
• Assists families with meeting site-based requirements and CHA work requirements.
• Provides support services including transportation, childcare assistance, clothing and uniform assistance.
• Records family progress in CMTS and case files.
• Handles emergency and crisis situations with residents.
• Works within contract, grant, and program requirements including meeting timelines and reporting requirements.
• Utilizes a team approach and works with other program staff in the planning and implementation of services.
• Takes increasing responsibility for own professional development, utilizing supervision and other developmental opportunities within and outside the agency to enhance skills and understanding.
• Works effectively with diverse staff and service populations. Accountable for providing exception customer service.
• Required to work one Saturday and at least two late nights a month.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated ability to render adequate service to clients and to organize and manage job efficiently.
• Requires mobility to work with community-based caseload.
• Ability to maintain assigned community and home-based services.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups.
• Must be highly organized and knowledge of Excel to track data.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma and 2+ years of experience required.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screenings and criminal background checks.

TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Driving for work required with a personally owned vehicle. travel between sites required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle, and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.

Some highlights include:

• Aetna Medical Coverage, Guardian Dental Coverage, and VSP Vision Coverage.
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
• FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.

Some of the above benefits are available for part-time and temporary workers, but not all. Be sure to inquire upon your hire as to which benefits apply to you.

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