Job description
Job code:
010259
Pay grade:
E
Pay type:
Exempt/salaried
General summary
Supports, coaches and advises Seita Scholarship students in a lead capacity.
Major duties
- Provides supervision for Seita Campus Coaches. Provides work direction, training and development for coaches. Leads weekly meetings. Provides campus coach back-up and on-call support as required.
- Provides community outreach and education on program objectives, goals and outcomes. Assists with training of the fostering success coach model throughout Michigan and other states.
- Supports, coaches and advises Seita students with all aspects of entry, assimilation, retention and graduation related to college life. Performs periodic assessments and monitors progress. Promotes personal and academic success and well-being of Seita students in their transition to adulthood.
- Coaches Seita students toward self-sufficiency in campus and community environments. Assists with securing basic needs. Coaches and prepares Seita students with the transition to post-graduation careers and independent living.
- Establishes working relationships with appropriate University departments as well as external agencies and providers to access services for Seita students in need and follows up with students accordingly.
- Provides 24 hour on-call crisis counseling and intervention for Seita students with immediate needs.
- Plans, implements and oversees campus visits, orientation, group meetings, summer camps and housing arrangements for students admitted into the Seita Scholarship program, including some evening and weekend programming.
- Assesses student needs, experience, independent and inter-dependent living skills.
- Develops, prepares and maintains statistical reports. Evaluates reports and recommends improvements to program operations.
Minimum qualifications
Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.
Required education
- Master's degree in related field from an accredited institution.
Required experience
- Two years' relevant experience.
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
Required other
- Licensure as a Master-level Social Worker (LMSW) in the State of Michigan or LMSW eligibility within one year of appointment or Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology.
- Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including weekends, holidays and on-call.
Physical requirements
Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
Working conditions
Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
Revised:
2017-07-12
This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.