MPI LIFE COACH

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. Metropolitan is Illinois’ first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 122,900 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness and empowerment.
We are now hiring for a full-time MPI LIFE Coach to join our Metropolitan Peace Initiatives/CP4P team!
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.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provide support and accountability to a caseload of 15-20 individuals 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.
• Collaborates with other staff in implementing service plan.
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required .
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with high-risk, street-involved individuals
• Comfortable with community-based work
• Demonstrated ability to render direct service to clients and to organize and manage job efficiently
• Ability to maintain assigned community and home-based services
• Strong problem solving, analytical, and decision-making skill.
• Must be amenable to work some evenings and weekends.
• Be comfortable with community facing events.
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment.
• Mobility for travel.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups.

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 50 pounds.

SALARY:

• Compensation is commensurate with years of related experience, position requirements, and candidate qualifications. The average salary for the position is $50,000.

Metropolitan Family Services offers a very generous benefits packet to our professionals:

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medical Coverage: HMO, Traditional PPO, or PPO w/ HSA contributions
• Dental and Vision Insurance Options
• 12 paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401K Plan
• Training and Professional Development Plan with E- Learning
• Wellness Initiative Program
• Employee Assistance Network

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)