Life Coach Associate

Children's Aid Job Listing•Bronx, NY

About The Position

The Life Coach Associate at CACPCS provides timely social and emotional support, community resources, help navigating multiple systems, and care coordination to scholars and their families to support students’ success at school and strengthen family support systems. The associate works directly with a small caseload of students and families, aligned with the CACPCS Life Coaching team’s work. The role also collaborates with Life Coaches and teachers to implement social-emotional curriculum for assigned grades and supports scholars and the daily operation of the school. The position works collaboratively with other Life Coaches and the Senior Life Coach, under the daily supervision of the Life Coach Director. The Life Coach Director works under the direction of the Community School Director and Head of School. The incumbent is expected to understand and promote the organization’s mission, vision, and core values. The schedule may be in person or hybrid, as determined by departmental needs, and may be reviewed and adjusted as organizational needs change.

Requirements

At least 1–2 years of experience working with young people in school and/or out-of-school settings.
High school diploma or GED.
Experience with group facilitation and classroom management.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to meet professional expectations in a dynamic school or community-based educational setting.
Commitment to goal-oriented work and outcomes.
Ability to work effectively with traditionally underserved students, learners, children with special needs, children involved in the child welfare system, and children from single-parent households.
Ability to engage and motivate young people in various settings.
Ability to work independently and creatively, manage multiple tasks, and maintain exceptional attention to detail.
Ability and willingness to collaborate with colleagues to build a strong support network for scholars and families.
Professionalism, sound judgment, foresight, flexibility, and maturity.
Ability to take initiative and solve problems when solutions or policies are unclear.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Ability to travel to multiple work sites via public transportation.
Ability to stand or walk long distances and traverse multiple flights of stairs.
Ability to perform repetitive hand and finger movements for typing and/or writing and to view documents on a computer screen for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related field.
Bilingual Spanish or French speaker.
An entrepreneurial spirit that embraces creativity and hard work.

Responsibilities

Build positive, healthy relationships with assigned students and families and with school staff, including school leaders, teachers, and other personnel.
Apply knowledge of human behavior, the social environment, person-in-environment, and multidisciplinary frameworks when engaging students and parents or caregivers.
Collaborate with Life Coaches, students, and families to assess needs and make appropriate referrals, including Health Connections and other outside referrals.
Coordinate academic and social-emotional resources for students and families with Life Coaches and the Life Coach Director.
Ensure classrooms have supplies and materials for Life Skills and Power Groups, and help scholars and teachers use tools that support self-regulation.
Provide in-class support for struggling students in collaboration with Life Coaches, the Life Coach Director, teachers, or paraprofessionals.
Organize demographic information for scholars involved with the child welfare system, experiencing homelessness, or impacted by incarceration in the school database, under the Director’s supervision.
Monitor and track referrals and request assistance from Life Coaches, the Director, or the Community School Director as needed.
Facilitate and implement weekly social-emotional curriculum for assigned classes under the direction of Life Coaches and/or the Director.
Use Children’s Aid and community resources, and create presentations to increase knowledge of child development and trauma-informed care.
Advocate for scholars, families, and staff to access external resources, in collaboration with Life Coaches and the Director.
Use empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to engage diverse scholars, staff, parents, and caregivers.
Use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.
Make ethical decisions using NASW Code of Ethics standards, relevant laws and regulations, ethical decision-making models, and other applicable codes.
Recognize the role of diversity and difference in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, and use self-awareness and self-regulation to manage personal biases and values.
Participate in ongoing training, professional development, and individual and group supervision.
Maintain up-to-date weekly case notes.