Wellness Coordinator
Job Overview
Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation is currently seeking a highly qualified candidate to fill its Wellness Coordinator position. The Wellness Coordinator position will be based at Wakeland’s affordable and supportive housing development located in the City of Chula Vista.
The Wellness Coordinator will be the on-site staff member responsible for coordinating, advocating for, and obtaining services for residents to support them in achieving long-term housing stability, independence, self-sufficiency, community integration and wellness in the community. The Wellness Coordinator will also coordinate and implement organized on-site community building and adult education and wellness workshops.
Summary of Job Responsibilities
The Wellness Coordinator will:
Required Skills and Experience
Salary and Benefits
Full Time Position (evening and weekend hours may be required)
$23 per hour
Health, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance provided
401k, PTO and Paid Holidays
To Apply
Interested persons should send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]
Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation is currently seeking a highly qualified candidate to fill its Wellness Coordinator position. The Wellness Coordinator position will be based at Wakeland’s affordable and supportive housing development located in the City of Chula Vista.
The Wellness Coordinator will be the on-site staff member responsible for coordinating, advocating for, and obtaining services for residents to support them in achieving long-term housing stability, independence, self-sufficiency, community integration and wellness in the community. The Wellness Coordinator will also coordinate and implement organized on-site community building and adult education and wellness workshops.
Summary of Job Responsibilities
The Wellness Coordinator will:
- Develop and maintain healthy and productive partnerships with all residents in an effort to ensure that they achieve long-term residential stability in their homes in the Casa Anita community and that their social service, behavioral health, and physical health needs are routinely, promptly and appropriately addressed.
- Consistently and frequently engage with residents in an effort to build a professional relationship and to encourage residents to participate in on-site workshops and programs designed to develop their skills for maintaining housing stability and developing and maintaining life skills. Additionally, encourage residents to connect to services that help them to maintain health and wellness.
- Develop, coordinate, and as appropriate, conduct regular and appropriate workshops, classes and social programs for residents designed to promote community building and social integration and to develop residents’ life skills and maintaining their long-term housing stability.
- Identify, access, and maintain relationships with all resources available in the community to support residents and staff, and to the maximum extent possible, bring community resources on-site to ensure resident and staff access to them.
- Attend regular meetings with contracted property management staff and third-party service providers to establish and continuously improve standard policies and procedures for effectively addressing resident and property issues and concerns.
- Provide continuous feedback on resident issues and concerns to asset management staff, property management staff and social service providers through frequent and routine communications and team meetings.
- Collect and maintain accurate data and information on all activities and outcomes achieved with and by residents and preparing qualitative and quantitative reports on activities and outcomes as needed.
- Complete monthly administrative duties including: creating monthly event calendars, completing monthly reports, submitting attendance reports, submitting supply requests, and updating bulletin boards.
- Organize and clean community room (sometimes lifting items that may weigh up to 40 lbs.).
- Travel to and support other Wakeland properties as needed.
- All other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in social work, behavioral health or related field, or 2 – 3 years related experience.
- A minimum of two years of experience working in programs serving homeless or other special needs populations.
- Experience working in a supportive housing or other residential setting a plus.
- Experience working with diverse populations with special needs.
- A personal commitment to the mission of affordable and supportive housing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
- De-escalation, crisis response and management skills.
- Excellent multitasking skills.
- Proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet search engines.
- Individuals with personal experience of mental illness and/or homelessness and/or other lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Peer support experience a plus.
Salary and Benefits
Full Time Position (evening and weekend hours may be required)
$23 per hour
Health, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance provided
401k, PTO and Paid Holidays
To Apply
Interested persons should send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]