Life Coach (Day Shift)
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What you'll do
- Work with clients in an emergency housing setting to support their transition into permanent housing
- Maintain ongoing caseloads and provide intensive case management
- Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, safety monitoring, and client support
- Respond to resident needs and emergencies, conduct regular facility rounds, complete required documentation, and help ensure the overall safety and security of the building
- Assist with new client arrivals when needed, support residents in accessing immediate resources, reinforce program expectations, and communicate important client updates to the team
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Full description from employer
The Edmonds New Start Center (EDNSC) is a new 24/7 Emergency Housing facility operated by the YWCA of Seattle | King | Snohomish, located in Edmonds, Washington. The center provides safe, supportive housing for up to 45 individuals transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. Clients have access to a range of onsite services, including case management, life skills training, and connections to healthcare, employment, and other community resources, all designed to support their journey toward stability and self sufficiency. The center fosters a compassionate, community focused environment where clients can rebuild their lives with dignity, independence, and hope.
Life Coaches work with clients in an emergency housing setting to support their transition into permanent housing. Through comprehensive intake and individualized services—such as housing navigation and employment support—Life Coaches help clients overcome barriers to stability. The goal of onsite supportive services is to assist clients in reentering the workforce, building essential life skills, and securing permanent housing without returning to homelessness. Life Coaches are responsible for conducting intakes, setting and tracking client goals, connecting clients to community resources, facilitating life skills workshops, and monitoring progress toward long-term housing stability and self-sufficiency.
This Life Coach position will support a regular caseload of clients Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work.
This position has a social justice component that requires critical thinking through the lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Knowing the core principles of antiracism and grounding those principles in everyday work are required job skills and core values. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.
Note: This is an onsite position.
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