Life Coach 2

Job Details

Job Location Main Office/ Mens Campus - Nashville, TNPosition Type Full TimeSalary Range

Description

Hope Lives Here!

At Nashville Rescue Mission, you'll be empowered to influence and impact lives. Join our team today!

Nashville Rescue Mission is actively seeking a Life Coach to join our Life Recovery team. The Life Coach is an advocate for an assigned caseload of participants who, through a biblical world view, encourages participants to connect or reconnect with Christ, make right life decisions, evaluate their lifestyles, build new boundaries into their lives, and ultimately feel hope again. This position reports to the Director, Therapy and Life Coaching, is a key member of the Life Recovery team, and upholds the Mission's Statement of Faith and Code of Conduct at all times. Are you the right person?

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You're An Encouraging Mentor.

You have a desire to help others. You are able to draw upon your own personal growth experience to carry the message of hope to those you are coaching. By offering encouragement and support, you cultivate and secure a connection with participants, while teaching personal responsibility. You serve as their mentor and role model. You have the ability to coach/guide/educate participants on life and social skills.

You're An Inspiring Teacher.

You are comfortable teaching core classes, leading devotions, and speaking at chapel services. Your classes are well organized and taught in a professional manner; thoroughly challenging, while always providing hope. You are able to facilitate group discussions where talkers are held to a minimum and non-talkers are encouraged to share.

You're A Team Player.

You can work with a diverse team to assure that daily schedule, goals, and overall environment are consistently maintained to excellent standards. You actively participate in special events, activities, staff meetings, and more (including some weekends and holidays).You are not afraid to address conflict within the group. You seek to understand through conversations and not confrontations.

You're Strong In Your Faith.

Sharing the love of Jesus Christ is central to who you are. You can easily communicate the Gospel and model Christian character to those you are coaching, as well as those around you. You are able to articulate the Word of God in a way that serves as a source of encouragement, as well as a challenge to participants in the program. You are always prepared to share your testimony or the Mission's message of hope.

We are looking for a spiritually mature Christian, a counselor at heart but with the ability to inspire and encourage groups through teaching and leading. The right person is someone who genuinely cares about helping others move forward in their life.

Essential Duties:

1. Provides oversight, coaching and care to assigned caseload:

• Assumes responsibility for participants and assists them in completing program requirements.
• Meets with assigned participants three times per week for one-hour group coaching.
• Meets with assigned participants for individual coaching per program progression.
• Establishes/creates a Coordinated Care Document (CCD) in conjunction with the therapist for assigned participant.
• Develops, maintains, and secures coaching documentation on each participant in ClientTrack and offline files.

2. Teaches in core curriculum, devotionals, and program chapels.

3. Actively works with program team to assure that daily schedule, goals, and overall environment are consistently maintained to excellent standards.

4. Actively participates in scheduled daytrip activities, special events, activities, staff meetings, trainings, and assigned committees, including some weekends and holidays as required by the Director.

Other Duties:

1. Regularly performs room inspections on assigned rooms.

2. In the event of lower program numbers, participates in work therapy chores.

3. Provides occasional oversight of another coach’s caseload in the event of illness, personal leave, or vacation.

4. Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor(s).

Qualifications:

1. Master's in Theology, Social Services or Psychology required.

2. Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience; experience in a biblical recovery program preferred.

3. Shows competency in the following areas:

• Biblical knowledge and practical application skills.
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Documentation and record keeping.
• Public speaking/communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Conflict resolution skills.

4. Enthusiastic personality who can develop harmonious relationships with staff, students, volunteers and local community.

5. Acquire and maintain valid and current certifications for certain skills such as: Crisis Prevention, first aid, CPR, and Narcan. Nashville Rescue Mission will provide certifications.

6. Valid Tennessee driver’s license and insurable by the Mission’s insurance company to drive a 15-passenger van.

Physical Factors:

• Requires an above average amount of walking, standing and stair climbing.
• Daily includes reading, research, typing/computer usage, public speaking.
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
• Regularly transport students in 15 passenger van.

Nashville Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community dedicated to providing hope for today, hope for tomorrow, and hope for eternity to those who are hungry, hurting, and experiencing homelessness.

We are always looking for extremely talented individuals to join our growing team of men and women who are focused on helping those who are hungry and experiencing homelessness.