AmeriCorps Health and Safety Program Coordinator

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Job Description: The Health and Safety Program Coordinator will be providing social services to residents in 2 or more of the senior housing complexes served by our Housing Social Services program. Along with working with the building’s current Service Coordinator to provide resident social services, the Health and Safety Program Coordinator will be responsible for working on specific projects such as: scheduling and providing health and wellness programs and activities, safety and disaster preparedness education, and socialization activities. All programs and activities will be aimed at promoting a healthy, satisfying, and independent lifestyle.

Duties include: 

• Provide ongoing health, wellness and safety monitoring of the residents.
• Seek community partners, agencies and volunteers to provide health and wellness education to our residents 
• Coordinate socialization activities for residents.
• Conduct research on new and potential resources for residents, as well as conduct a yearly satisfaction survey and needs assessments of residents.
• Attend a weekly staff meeting with other members of the social services department, as well as meet specifically with other AmeriCorps members once per month. The member will recruit and oversee volunteers for some scheduled events.

Our Housing Social Services Program has been operating within our agency for 25+ years. We provide on-site social services to seniors and disabled adults in lower income housing. We are currently serving 22 apartment buildings, totaling 950 housing units, throughout Snohomish County. Our buildings are ethnically diverse with many non-English/limited-English speaking residents. Bi-lingual applicants are encouraged to apply. The AmeriCorps member would be part of our Housing Social Services team, assigned to specific projects and residents at two or more buildings each week. This 40 hour per week position is contingent on funding through AmeriCorps. Washington Service Corps AmeriCorps requirements: 

• Minimum Age: 18 (17 years of age with parental permission) 
• Must be a US Citizen, national or lawful permanent resident alien 
• Cannot be (or required to be) listed on the National Sex Offender Registry, or have been convicted of murder 
• Must have a high school diploma or GED- or be on schedule to complete your education for either of them during your services term (note that some positions require a college degree).

Benefits:

• FREE Apartment and paid utilities included! Apartment is a 2 bedroom unfurnished unit in one of our housing complexes (Everett/Lynnwood area). It will be shared with one other AmeriCorps member of the same gender.
• Monthly stipend of $1,202.86 before deductions and withholdings. 
• Basic health insurance (not including vision coverage). 
• Workers compensation coverage. 
• Assistance with childcare costs. 
• $5,815 education award (10.5-month positions) that can be used for future schooling or to pay off existing qualified student loan debt (upon successful completion of the service term). 
• Forbearance (temporarily postponing paying off a loan) of qualified student loans during the service term. 
• Payment of interest on qualified student loans that accrued during the service term. Serving in a full-time AmeriCorps position qualifies as "employment" towards the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

How to apply: Please send your resume and cover letter to Amy Hart at: ahart@homage.org. You can also apply through the Washington Service Corps AmeriCorps website at: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=68164&fromSearch=true