Mobility Mentor

Family Service; Uvalde (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Family Service is seeking an Economic Mobility Mentor I to work with participants to identify strengths and set goals toward economic self-sufficiency using Mobility Mentoring.

You will help clients stay adequately housed, access housing resources, and progress toward personal goals, while applying trauma-informed care aligned with social determinants of health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related behavioral science with two years of related experience.
• High school diploma with comparable experience in finance, counseling or social service delivery.
• Understanding of cultural differences and sensitivity to implications for service delivery.
• Strong computer skills and ability to enter data into electronic databases; Microsoft Office.
• Access to reliable transportation and Texas driver license with liability insurance.
• Fluent in English and Spanish desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist participants to identify strengths and set goals using Mobility Mentoring.
• Support housing stability and connect participants with housing subsidy programs.

Skills

English and Spanish fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work or related behavioral science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Driver's license

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Economic Mobility Mentor I works with participants to identify individual strengths and areas for goal-setting to move households towards economic self-sufficiency. Through the use of the economic mobility coaching model (Mobility Mentoring), goals will be established to service members and their families. The Economic Mobility Mentor I will work with participants to remain adequately housed and supporting participants in maintaining permanent housing and making progress towards goals related to economic self-sufficiency, while ensuring that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency.

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Healthcare and Human Services Environments:

Ability to explain issues and advancements in the healthcare and human services industries.

Achievement Orientation:

A concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one's own past performance; an objective measure; outperforming others; challenging goals, or something that has not been done previously.

Community Orientation:

Ability to align one's own and the organization's priorities and assess and address community needs in an evidence-based and holistic manner, one that addresses the social determinants of health through a trauma-informed lens.

Professionalism and Ethics:

The demonstration of ethics and sound professional practices, as well as stimulation
social accountability and community stewardship. The desire to act in a way that is consistent with one's values
and what one says is important.

Interpersonal Understanding:

Ability to understand other people as well as to accurately hear and understand
the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. It measures increasing complexity
and depth of understanding of others and includes cross-cultural sensitivity through a trauma-informed care lens.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Training/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or a related behavioral science area of study plus two (2) years of related work experience, OR High school diploma with comparative years of relative experience in the field-- with some background in finance, financial education, counseling/coaching / goal setting or social service delivery; working with a diverse population, including homeless and formerly homeless families.
• Understands cultural differences and is sensitive to the implications of culture for service delivery.
• Demonstrated knowledge of basic community resources to include familiarity with a variety of housing subsidy programs, Landlord/Tenant rights and of making referrals and providing followup consultation.
• Strong computer skills and ability to enter data into electronic databases. Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Access to reliable transportation required. State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance. (required)
• Staff will be required to submit proof of their vaccination status or may request to be exempt from vaccination due to a religious and/or medical accommodation.
• Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, you must be able to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear, and taste or smell.
• You may be able to lift up to 10 pounds, have close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust your focus with good hand-eye coordination.