Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) (40 hours, Full-time) Non-exempt

BUILD, Inc. (Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development) is presently seeking a committed, self-motivated, and innovative individual to join our team. BUILD is a nationally respected gang intervention, violence prevention, and youth development organization based on Chicago’s West Side. Since 1969, BUILD has worked to save lives and mentor young people who live in the city’s most challenged neighborhoods. When you work at BUILD you make an important difference to the thousands of youths and families we serve.

Our Core Values : Empathy, Passion, Persistence and Innovation.

A Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) provides trauma-focused, culturally aware, and community-based direct services to individuals, youth, and families impacted by community violence at a school within the service areas of Austin, Garfield Park and Humboldt Park. Direct services available to families include, but are not limited to, clinical case management, advocacy support, resource linkage, crisis intervention and stabilization, and other BUILD programs, and outside providers/resources. The (CWA) is part of the Prevention Department. The (CWA) reports directly to the Manager of Site Based Prevention Programs.

Responsibilities/duties are but not limited to:

• Utilize motivational interviewing to complete needs assessment and creates collaborative service plan reflecting client’s self-identified biopsychosocial emotional immediate and long-term needs in conjunction with the school where you will be placed.
• Develop and implement trauma-focused and culturally aware interventions to support clients in achieving self-identified goals.
• Establish a regular schedule of home visits, contacts, and follow-up phone calls to encourage the building of relationships with clients and the completion of service plans in conjunction with the school where you will be placed.
• Connect violence-exposed individuals, youth, and families with comprehensive services that promote healing, foster life-skills, and aim to address risky behaviors resulting in increased exposure to violence and adverse outcomes
• Provide and assist in crisis intervention and stabilization support to ensure client and community safety
• Collaborate with BUILD programs to ensure appropriate wrap around services such as individual/group therapy, justice system navigation and advocacy, mentorship, extracurricular programming, etc.
• Participate in weekly team meetings with manager of Site Based Prevention Programs
• Represent BUILD to broaden community awareness and support by attending program-related community and committee meetings as needed
• Maintain knowledge current to the field in the way of participation of coursework, seminars and/or workshops
• Attend departmental and agency-wide staff meetings, as scheduled and support agency-wide events as required
• Document and report program activities and outcomes to ensure progress toward annual program objectives
• Submit statistics and reports to corresponding managers on a bi-weekly and monthly basis and/or as needed
• Maintain file compliance as required and compliance with ETO

• Minimum three years of experience working with inner-city youth in a human service setting, trauma-informed care, social service setting, or related field
• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related mental health field preferred
• Maintain respectful and appropriate relationships with program participants, all levels of agency staff and the various publics of the agency, demonstrating sensitivity to all ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds
• Self-motivated leader with the ability to communicate in a friendly and informative manner with people from a wide variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and lifestyles
• Must be willing to provide community-based direct services
• Operate professionally in the field on a flexible time schedule, which includes late evenings and weekends.
• Proficiency with technology (Microsoft Office), tech integration into daily program operations and evaluation systems.
• Must successfully pass an extensive background check
• An automobile is required along with current insurance and a valid driver’s license
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred

Benefits:

• 401(k) plan + 2% match
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Wellness Days
• Flexible Spending Accounts

BUILD, Inc., does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, citizenship, ethnic or national origin, age, disability, medical status, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, or any legally protected status. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training.

All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history. A conviction does not automatically prohibit employment. Rather, BUILD Inc., considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.

American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement : External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job specific functions (listed within each job responsibility) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

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