Shelter Life Coach
Shelter Life Coach
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07-04-2025
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Job Description
Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish
YWCA SKS is the regions largest nonprofit organization with a 120 year legacy focused on the needs of women with programs serving 7000 people each year. When you work with YWCA you make a difference.
Were women and BIPOCled familycentered and supportive of employees. As a fulltime YWCA employee 30 hours) youll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance generous vacation holiday sick leave plans and an outstanding retirement plan.Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work apply today!
What Youll Do
The primary responsibility of the Shelter Life Coach is to serve families experiencing homelessness by providing timelimited emergency shelter along with enhanced services focused on employment support with housing search and placement to help secure permanent housing. Shelter is provided in the form of hotels/motels or individual shelter units. The enhanced services include but are not limited to landlord liaison activities financial coaching and housing counseling. This position will work closely with the Housing Program Manager to implement new housing and employment strategies aimed at linking housing case management and employment services with the goal of making progress toward livingwage employment and housing stability. There are two open roles for this position.
This position supports the YWCAs Social Justice Initiative by understanding how racism sexism classism and other oppressions play out in institutions and systems. Knowing the core principles of antiracism work and grounding those principles in everyday social service practices are required job skills and core values of the YWCA. As an equal opportunity employer we highly encourage people of color to apply.
Expectations of your role:
- Conduct a thorough family assessment using screening intake and placement of emergency housing families as assigned by the Housing Program Manager.
- Work in partnership with YWCA Employment Services staff to create a family development plan.
- Meet weekly with assigned families to coordinate service delivery aid in overcoming barriers to housing assist in navigating the social service system and evaluate progress in meeting goals
- Strong working knowledge of best practices of service navigation for families through a culturally responsive lens
- Serve as a liaison for the agency with partnering hotels/motels
- Schedule cleaning of emergency and transitional housing units to include reporting and monitoring repairs needed to the Facilities Technician or the Program Manager and schedule pest control services as needed
- Stock emergency housing units with hygiene supplies cleaning supplies and household items.
- Actively participate in regular supervisory and team or unit meetings
- Work internally with other YWCA departments (e.g. Children and Youth Services Gender Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Economic Advancement Health and Safety) to provide seamless service provision
- Create external connections with other culturally responsive social service providers or institutions (e.g. public schools medical providers government institutions) to ensure seamless service provision
- Actively engages in agencywide Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) and strives for racially equitable outcomes; takes responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe and welcoming community by making room for people of color trans and gendernonconforming folks and other populations who routinely encounter systemic oppressions
Must haves to be successful:
- At least 2 years of direct social service experience including 1 year working with lowincome and/or homeless families and/or victims of domestic violence OR Bachelors Degree with at least 1 year of direct social service experience working with low income and/or homeless families
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills of basic computer competencies such as emailing calendaring entrylevel data entry and familiarity with Microsoft Office products
- Ability and willingness to work independently and as a part of a team
- Knowledge of available resources in SeattleKing County for low income/homeless families
- Knowledge of mental health drug and alcohol issues preferred
- Experience working with communities of color and people from different cultures than your own
- Must have valid Washington State Driver License and insurance and an acceptable driving record. No more than 2 moving violation within a year period and no accidents within 3 years.
- Core Competencies Expected: Initiative Collaboration Achieving Measurable Results Ethics and Integrity Problem Solving Race & Social Justice Advocacy Fostering Diversity
Hours Rate and Benefits
- Hourly Rate: $26.50
- Hours: 40
- Excellent benefits package including medical insurance retirement plan plus generous vacation holiday and sick leave plans
- At the time of hire employees may enroll voluntarily in the Fidelity 403b Plan
- After two years of employment employees are eligible to participate in the YWCA Retirement Fund
Physical Requirements
- Continuously exchanges information through listening and talking with families agency staff volunteers and individuals in the community
- Frequently stands walks sits and climbs in performing duties and in traveling to offsite meetings
- Frequently reaches and grasps in using telephones computers and in general operations
- Frequently lifts and carries up to 5 lbs. of paperwork files and materials
- Frequently to occasionally performs close work while updating files reading program information and using computer
*Continuously Over 80 of the time * Frequently 2080 * Occasionally Under 20
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YWCA encourages applicants with a variety of experiences to apply!
At YWCA we recognize that lived expertise is a powerful asset. This refers to the insights knowledge and skills developed by those who have navigated systems and experienced inequity.
Valuing lived expertise helps build trust with program participants develop culturally responsive programs and break down barriers to equity. It enriches our collective understanding and enhances our ability to serve communities that are furthest from opportunity.
Mental Health Considerations
All employees of the YWCA interact with clients who have experienced or are experiencing trauma in various forms including but not limited to racial trauma domestic violence sexual violence homelessness unemployment and financial hardship. As a result employees are at risk of secondary trauma.We encourage employees to seek support inside and outside the workplace and maintain selfcare routines.
Equal Opportunity Employment
YWCA Seattle King Snohomishis an Equal Opportunity Employer.To read more about this view theEEO is the LawPoster and thisEEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
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