Growing Up New Mexico Hiring For Bridges To Opportunity Coach at Santa Fe, NM, United States Full Time

Job Description

Position Title: Bridges to Opportunity Coach

Job Classification: Regular, Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

s to: Bridges to Opportunity Program Manager

Rate: Base rate beginning at $18.00 per hour; Wage negotiable based on education, experience, and certifications.

Revision Date: 08/10/2022
Growing Up NM provides a very comprehensive total compensation package including a great work environment, competitive salaries and benefits including those listed.

• • • • • • Paid Time Off
          • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurances
          • Employer Paid Short/Long term disability
          • Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
          • Dependent Life Insurance
          • Employer Matched Savings Plan (403b)
          • 9 Paid Holidays
          • Bilingual Differential
          • Sign on Bonus

For more information and to complete an application please go to www.GrowingUpNM.org, call 505-216-2972, or visit us at 440 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM.

Summary

Growing Up New Mexico is growing and hiring coaches for our newest program: Bridges to Opportunity. The Bridges to Opportunity Coach is part of a team that supports family access to opportunities and resources to accomplish short- and long-term goals that focus on the health and well-being of the entire family. The Coach works with families, identifying their goals, connecting them to resources and supports to achieve those goals and focusing equally on parents and children to meet family goals.
The Coach responds to crisis situations, as they arise, and supports other coaches on the team to respond quickly and appropriately to family crises. The Coach works as part of a team, participating in team meetings, reflective supervision, and training.
Employees of Growing Up NM enjoy a competitive salary and complete benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and 403(b)7 retirement plan. Apply to receive a signing bonus!
Growing Up New Mexico is a 501(c)3 organization located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Inherent in our mission are guiding principles that center on the belief that all families are capable of success if given the right opportunities and resources at the right time. The focus of our work is to demonstrate and implement effective and proven early childhood and family support strategies, prenatal to age five, focused on quality, equity, and access. Growing Up NM utilizes two parallel, mutually informed strategies in all we do: a local programmatic approach and a state-wide policy approach, with each continually informing the other.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Work in partnership with all Growing Up New Mexico staff to ensure that families’ needs are met, within the parameters of the Multi-Generational (Multi-Gen) model and approach.
• Communicate effectively and regularly with coaches, and all Growing Up New Mexico staff.
• Make referrals to programs and services, providing appropriate level of support to ensure successful referral. Provide follow up as needed.
• Support families using Multi-Gen principles of active listening, coaching, resource connections and focusing on short- and long-term goals.
• Work in conjunction with Bridges to Opportunity Program Manager to assign referrals, as they are received.
• Track all family contact and referrals in the Unite Us database, maintain accurate records and track all information in accordance with agency and funder requirements.
• Perform within the prescribed limits of Growing Up New Mexico’s ethics and compliance policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Background in Social Work, Counseling, Family Coaching, or related fields is preferred.
• Degree in Social Work preferred.
• Experience working with populations served by Growing Up New Mexico to include children ages 0-5, pregnant mothers and families representing a wide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required, proficiency with reading, writing, and speaking.
• Ability to maintain accurate and current records and correspondence using both paper and electronic files.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to problem-solve, identify alternatives, connect families to local resources, work through difficult issues with agencies and individuals in an effective manner that results in a positive outcome.
• Ability to pass a mandatory background clearance required of all early childhood workers in the State of New Mexico.
• All Growing Up NM employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.
• Reliable transportation with valid New Mexico driver’s license, current automobile registration and proof of auto insurance.
• Ability to work well in culturally diverse settings, which includes knowledge of local population served.
• Ability to work non-traditional hours to meet families at times that are convenient for them.
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, drive, sit for extended periods of time and use computer equipment and cell phones. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift 40 pounds. Due to the home-based model of services, the employee is required to work in participant families’ homes and community resource agencies and businesses. Extensive local travel is required, and occasional long-distance travel may be required for training purposes.

For more information and to complete an application please go to www.GrowingUpNM.org, call 505-216-2972, or visit us at 440 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM