About This Role
This Wellness Coach position provides community support and individual interventions based on assessment and evaluation, with a focus on guiding and supporting individuals with complex psychiatric, substance abuse, medical, social, and legal issues. You will assist members and participants in developing healthier habits through health and wellness programs. The role may involve developing and implementing therapeutic, recreational, vocational, and social activities.
Responsibilities
- Provide a full range of community and social support services to an assigned caseload of individuals
- Complete timely rehabilitation assessments, reassessments, and recovery plans, as well as all tracking and reporting requirements
- Engage clients and work in partnership to increase or maintain involvement in learning, working, and social activities
- Recruit members through educational meetings and forums
- Motivate participants in the health and wellness program
- Teach members about managing their mental and physical health
- Provide individual health coaching to participants in reaching health objectives
- Pursue best practice models for clients in continuing education, employment, and socialization
- Develop relationships with clinical, educational, vocational, and other social service agencies to effectively support clients in the community
- Create and adapt wellness objectives to overcome barriers to good mental and physical health based on needs and input from participants
- Provide continuous assessments, modify interventions as appropriate, and complete documentation and all required paperwork
- Ensure the safety of all participants and equipment in the Fitness Center
- Provide transportation to clients as appropriate using a personal vehicle for agency business
- Attend and participate in all required meetings
- Adhere to all Chrysalis Center, Inc.'s policies, procedures, and maintain professional standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of one to two years of experience in mental health and substance abuse fields
- Minimum of one year of experience in personal training and health and wellness programming
- Certification in personal training or other national certification in group fitness instruction
- Experience in working with diverse populations in a group setting
- Proficiency managing Microsoft and other computer applications used for tracking data and reporting outcomes
- Adapt easily to change and competing priorities
- Ability to de-escalate crisis situations with professionalism and sound judgment
