MPI Youth LIFE COACH presso Metropolitan Family Services

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!

MFS established Metropolitan Peace Initiatives in response to record levels of community violence. The goal of this initiative is to provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to reduce homicides resulting from gun violence.  This framework brings together community-driven strategies that empower community-based organizations to intervene with those individuals at the highest risk of driving the violence while working with the overall resident population to transform perceptions and realities of their community.  This holistic framework responds to high-risk incidents while also being proactive in preventing situations.  A goal of this strategy is to increase the collaboration of community-based organizations across communities.

We are now hiring for a full-time MPI YOUTH LIFE Coach to join our Metropolitan Peace Initiatives/CP4P team!

 SALARY:

• The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $50,000 and $59,000 annually. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

• Provide support and accountability to a caseload of 15-20 youth in their reduction of risk / increase of safety through a coordinated and documented process of trauma informed support.
• Provides advocacy, case management, and supportive help to individuals and families in coping with environmental and interpersonal relationship issues.
• Conduct and document a minimum of 1 in-person Life Coaching session each week with every participant on caseload, setting and monitoring goals related to safety, case management and program progression
• Coordinate safe and stable housing.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with clients and others related to client service.
• Contacts individuals, families and/or referral sources to conduct a comprehensive assessment of client needs.
• Obtains, analyzes, and evaluates data necessary to develop and implement client service plans. Collaborates with other staff in implementing service plans.
• Reassesses and monitors the service plan to determine if clients' needs are adequately met, whether clients' circumstances have changed, and whether services are consistent with current need.
• Develops a working knowledge of resources and helps clients to effectively utilize them.
• Required to work one Saturday and at least two late nights a month.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Ability to get up to speed on domain knowledge quickly and to understand data limitations under which MFS operates.
• Ability to translate requirements from subject matter experts to data team and vice versa; there is often an iterative back-and-forth between data consumers and data team.
• Ability to educate requesters on the nuances of available data.
  Ability to partner with key stakeholders to perform root cause data analyses and remediation efforts.
• Highly motivated, proactive and a self-starter; strong sense of ownership & ability to create and execute plans without daily oversight. 
• Ability to work across multiple teams and to manage multiple priorities.
• Highly organized; able to effectively prioritize and balance multiple efforts in a fast-paced, regulatory driven environment; detail oriented. 
• Ability to decompose complex issues and drive timely decisions, knowing when to engage others for additional input, and when to act independently. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to simplify and summarize complex topics.
• Ability to enforce sometimes unpopular policy decisions.
• Ability to lead and to influence stakeholders across multiple levels and
  organizations.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in social work or bachelor's degree appropriate to the agency function from an accredited college or university required.
• 4+ years of related experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to render direct service to clients and to organize and manage job efficiently preferred.
• Ability to maintain assigned community and home-based services preferred.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screenings and criminal background checks.

TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL REQUIRMENTS:

• Driving for work required with a personally owned vehicle. Travel between sites not 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. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Metropolitan Family Services puts our people first with a top-of-the-line benefits package. Find out more by clicking here!

Some highlights include:

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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.

And so much more! Make sure you click here to see the full suite of benefits offered!

• 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.

MORE ABOUT US:

Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 122,970 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs, and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness, and empowerment.