Lifestyle Coach 1

YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metro Area; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free YMCA membership

Paid sick time

Flexible schedules

Retirement plan with employer 8%

Job summary

YMCA is seeking a part-time Lifestyle Coach in Spokane, WA to co-facilitate group classes and conduct 1:1 coaching within the Pathways to Wellness program, a CHAS Health collaboration. The role requires a medical exercise certification or relevant licensure and ability to train across multiple YMCA locations with virtual coaching.

Strong background in whole-person wellness and motivational interviewing is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to co-facilitate group classes with clinicians within Pathways to Wellness.
• Conduct 1:1 coaching sessions over 10-week program cycles.
• NCCA accredited Personal Training Certification or equivalent, or licensure in a medical specialty with exercise instruction.
• Able to work at multiple YMCA locations and provide virtual coaching via Zoom.

Responsibilities

• Co-facilitate group classes with clinicians in Pathways to Wellness.
• Conduct 1:1 coaching sessions across 10-week cycles.
• Train in LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, Pathways to Wellness, and Y Weight Loss programs as needed.

Skills

Group fitness

Wellness coaching

Motivational Interviewing

Public health

Zoom

Tools

Zoom

Job description

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LIVESTRONG Manual Labor Spokane, WA, US 3 Attachments

4 days ago Requisition ID: 2915

Salary: $17.82 Annually

This is a part time position with variable hours and some flexibility of scheduling.

Applicants for the Lifestyle Coach position are invited to preview the Community Health Team’s YouTube playlist here: Community Health Team Talks . Listen to our Lifestyle Coaches, Director, and Program Coordinators as they talk about various aspects of their jobs: what inspires them; the impacts of working with participants; personal and professional development in the role, etc. We hope this will give you some sense of our team culture and what it could mean for you to do transformative work with special populations.

The first video on this playlist, describing what it feels like to be on this team is below:

Position Overview:

The Lifestyle Coach 1: Medical Exercise team member will co-facilitate group classes (both in person and virtually) alongside clinicians within our Pathways to Wellness program, a collaboration with CHAS Health. Lifestyle Coaches working within this program will also be required to conduct 1:1 coaching appointments with program participants over the course of the 10 week sessions. Medical Exercise coaches must have an NCCA accredited Personal Training Certification or equivalent (e.g., Medical Exercise Specialist) or have licensure in a medical specialty that includes regular exercise instruction. Examples of this latter would be a Physical Therapist, Physical Therapy Assistant, Occupational Therapist or Clinical Exercise Physiologist. Applicants must be able to work at more than one YMCA location as well as to provide virtual coaching (via zoom) as needed.

The preferred candidate also has some background in whole-person lifestyle/wellness coaching, community health or public health with a basic understanding of stages of change (Prochaska and DiClemente), Motivational Interviewing and shared decision making in healthcare. Pathways to Wellness is a collaborative, participant driven model rather than a prescriptive one.

While lifestyle coaches hired for this position will be largely focused on Pathways to Wellness program delivery, they will also be expected to train in several other programs (YMCA Weight Loss Program, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA: Cancer Survivor's Wellness Program, Powerful Tools for Caregivers) and accept assignments in one or more of those programs as needed, when prepared to do so.

The hiring rate for this position is currently $17.82-18.91 per hour.

There are many benefits to working at the YMCA:

• Frequent opportunities to make a transformational difference in the lives of the individuals we serve
• Free individual YMCA membership (<19 hours/week) with YMCA program discounts available
• Paid sick time accruing at 1 hour every 40 hours worked
• Up to two hours of Child Watch services per day, per child while employee is on site and working
• Flexible schedules that work for YOU
• Something new and exciting to learn and work with every day
• Retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after 2 years of service (1,000 or more hours worked required in each anniversary year)

New Lifestyle coaches are typically hired at this level and may progress on to Lifestyle Coach II after having coached two complete sessions of one (or a combination) of the following programs: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, Pathways to Wellness, or Y Weight Loss Program. This is to ensure that the coach has had enough practice with Motivational Interviewing, exploratory facilitation, peer feedback processes, program documentation and reporting, and specific curriculum delivery to work relatively independently and serve as an effective model to new coaches. Initial training typically takes approximately 3 months to complete, and most programs run 10-12 weeks. More experienced coaches (at least 400 hours of coaching experience - including work with special populations) may be promoted to Lifestyle Coach II, after completing the Pathways Coach training.