Family Coach

Do you know, you have the power to change the course of someone's life? Avivo employees do this every day, and we want you to join the team. At Avivo, our employees work with utter commitment to their clients, embracing the full person, believing in the dignity of all people.

Avivo serves nearly 15,000 individuals each year; helping them achieve recovery, find housing stability, and achieve employment and economic advancement. Serving Minnesota since 1960, we specialize in helping individuals and families who face complex barriers poverty, homelessness, unemployment, chemical addiction or mental health concerns achieve recovery and economic stability. Avivo's holistic approach to providing chemical and mental health services, career education, and employment services embraces each person's unique journey. Ultimately, our paired services lay a foundation of health, and social and economic wellness, that transforms lives.

The Family Coach position provides customized and intensive services to eligible (newly arrived refugees, asylees and other immigrants with humanitarian protection status) residents of all ages in Central Minnesota. This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with families, school districts, community resource organizations, and resettlement partners to successfully move families toward self-sufficiency through meaningful community connections and financial stabilization. This position will also establish customized employment services and partnerships with local businesses as needed.

FAMILY COACH RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend Check and Connect training, as requested by the state and utilize the service model in serving families enrolled in the Central MN Regional Network (CMRN).
• Complete Family Wellbeing Inventory with families upon enrollment.
• Utilize the family-centered mentorship model (Check and Connect) to build relationships and support families over an extended timeframe.
• Work closely with CMRN partners and community liaisons to advocate for and secure needed resources and services that promote movement toward self-sufficiency.
• Secure speakers and facilitate workshops for all ages and relevant to the needs of the families served.
• Ensure services provided are culturally responsive utilizing best practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Social Services, Psychology or similar field or four years combined equivalent experience and/or training in human services or related field.
• Desire to work with persons of diverse cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Fluent in Somali language

FAMILY COACH PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with youth engagement. Two or more years of experience providing vocational/employment counseling, case management, vocational rehabilitation, supported work settings, community mental health, or chemical dependency services.
• Ability to deal effectively with a variety of people and personalities; understands and displays high level of internal and external customer service.
• Competency in MS Office Suites, e-mail and Internet. Ability to effectively use database systems.
• Familiar with grants, funding sources and quality programs and services for persons with barriers.
• Ability to provide or arrange services such as career/personal counseling, family counseling, financial counseling, housing issues, medical, mental health, and chemical dependency treatment.
• Self-motivated, show initiative, and able to work independently.

FAMILY COACH BENEFITS:

• Medica health plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Nice Healthcare: offers chat, video visits and in home primary care visits
• Dental plan
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Life/AD&D & Voluntary Life/AD&D
• Long term disability
• Option to purchase critical illness, accident insurance and short-term disability
• 401(k) Plan: with matching contributions
• 10 Paid holidays & generous PTO
• Flexible schedule (hybrid, remote options)

IN ADDITION:

• Mission driven culture that celebrates diversity
• Clinical supervision towards licensure
• Competitive pay, based on education & experience
• Mileage reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Avivo is an equal opportunity employer and will recruit, hire, promote and transfer qualified persons into all job classifications regardless of race, gender, religion, skin color, national origin or ancestry, physical disability (including pregnancy) or mental disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, veteran status, or genetic characteristics.