Why work with YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish?

YWCA SKS is the region's largest non-profit organization with a 120+ year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.

We're women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30+ hours), you'll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work -- apply today!

What You'll Do

The primary responsibility of the Rapid Re-housing Life Coach* *is to help secure and stabilize housing for families experiencing homelessness, or housing instability. This short-term housing intervention is intended to quickly move families experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. Services provided include, but are not limited to support with housing search, landlord liaison activities, financial coaching, and housing counseling. This position will work closely with the Housing Program Manager to implement new housing and employment strategies aimed at linking housing case management and employment services with the goal of making progress toward living-wage employment and housing stability.

This position supports the YWCA's Social Justice Initiative by understanding how racism, sexism, classism and other oppressions play out in institutions and systems. Knowing the core principles of antiracism work and grounding those principles in everyday social service practices are required job skills and core values of the YWCA. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply. 

*Hours per week: *40

*Hourly pay range: *$25.00

Responsibilities

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• • Conduct a thorough family assessment using screening, intake and placement of emergency housing families as assigned.
  • Work with families to set goals and objectives around obtaining and maintaining employment
  • Work in partnership with YWCA Employment Services staff to create a family development plan
  • Meet weekly with assigned families to coordinate service delivery, aid in overcoming barriers to housing, assist in navigating the social service system and evaluate progress in meeting goals
  • Provide advocacy, information and referrals in response to needs expressed by the family
  • Develop and maintain knowledge of community resources
  • Collaborate with other YWCA programs to provide comprehensive services to meet families' needs
  • Act as a liaison between mainstream/non-culturally responsive service providers and families when needed
  • Respond with antiracist trauma informed care in crisis/conflict situations

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``` - [Race and Gender Equity]{.underline} - Actively engages in agency-wide to understand population and agency data to strengthen Race and Social Justice Work Plan - Implements all work using YWCA's Social Justice Initiative - Understands institutional and systemic intersectional racism as well as internalized oppression - Has experience working in multicultural and multiethnic communities, specifically African- American/Black communities - Exhibits a mature level in their racial identity development and a desire for continued learning

Minimum Qualifications

At least two years of direct social service experience, including one year working with low-income and/or homeless families and/or vict