Parent Coach

Jewish Family & Career Services “JF&CS” is a Georgia non-profit organization with a roughly 13-million-dollar budget.  The agency makes hope and opportunity happen by providing integrated programs and services that maximize self-sufficiency and quality of life.  The JF&CS Foundation holds the agency’s endowment and restricted fund assets. JF&CS is now seeking a Parent Coach.

Summary:  The Parent Coach provides guidance and support to caregivers of children and adolescents including those experiencing complex mental health conditions, such as ADHD, depression, anxiety, and/or challenges with executive functioning.  This non-clinical position will provide evidence-based essential skills, best practices, and ideas needed to gain support for a variety of parenting issues. 

Responsibilities:

• Help finding effective ways for parents to address behavioral and emotional issues with their children
• Explore self-care options
• Teach research-based best parenting practices with regards to homework, electronics and exercise
• Provide strategies that support children and adolescent’s physical, emotional and social development
• Help create a plan to address childcare issues or educational problems
• Promote an open and honest relationship with parents
• Provide direct individualized support to clients during one-on-one sessions
• Assist parents with self-advocacy skills, such as emailing teachers or requesting accommodations
• Help parents find a system of organization that works best for their child
• Document and communicate progress reports
• Guide parents and caregivers to relevant and appropriate community resources

Minimum Requirements:

• Understands the difference between psychotherapy and coaching
• Experience coaching children, adolescents and/or parents in a therapeutic environment
• Strong ability to personally relate one-on-one with each caregiver and build solid relationships
• Experience with crisis response
• Must be able to work collaboratively within a team
• Flexibility in scheduling which may include off-business hours, including after school, evening, and/or on weekends
• Flexibility to attend school IEP meetings as needed
• Experience working with students with thinking/learning differences
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to personalize coach to each caregiver’s learning style
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• High integrity when dealing with a broad array of cultures, lifestyles, behaviors and spiritual practices
• High integrity when dealing with restricted and/or confidential information
• Ability to deal therapeutically with behavioral and emotional problems presented by young people
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries with clients while building trust and respect

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study
• Certified Coach preferred
• Work experience in community based health care service capacity preferred

How to Apply?

To apply, please follow this link to locate the full job description and application: https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/careers/searchResults.jsp?org=JFCSA&cws=1