InSHAPE® Health Mentor

At Heartland Family Service, we are committed to building a culture that is trauma informed and values and celebrates diversity and inclusion. We believe this allows for better service delivery and innovation, as it encourages our employees to bring various experiences and uniqueness to the workplace.

Trauma Informed Care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Trauma Informed Care also acknowledges the effects of working with trauma survivors on our workforce, and seeks to build collaborative and supportive working environments and relationships.

If you believe in our mission of creating healthy families and communities, and like a fast pace, collaborative and team oriented environment, then Heartland Family Service is the agency for you.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF WORK

This position is responsible for assisting InSHAPE® members to develop and implement their personal wellness program. Provides support, education, and motivation related to physical fitness, nutrition, and wellness. Encourages by example. Assists in training of volunteer mentors and other mentors as needed. Provides individual and group activity instruction. Works independently in community settings with individual consumers or leading activities. Collects data on participant progress.

Compensation: between $41,300 to $52,240 per year (salary is based on total years of relevant experience)
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week

• *Provides community-based support services to insure implementation of client’s health goals.
• *Manages a caseload of approximately 20-25 clients to establish and implement individual InSHAPE® plans.
• *Works collaboratively with clients, program staff and the InSHAPE® Coordinator to design and support individual member plans.
• *Provides fitness training, monitoring, continuing reassessment of exercise, nutrition and healthcare commitments.
• *Advise participants about important safety concerns and demonstrate exercises or maneuvers as needed.
• *Provide clients with safe, reasonable exercises that they can perform in the gym as well as at home or in the community
• *Facilitates peer relationships among participants.
• *Actively participates in activities with member when support is needed.
• *Helps members maintain focus on personal goals.
• *Encourages member participation and movement along the continuum of wellness related lifestyle changes.
• *Administers fitness assessments as needed and records data.
• *Shares member participation and progress other than, or in addition to fitness assessments with InSHAPE® Coordinator to assist in documentation for project outcomes.
• *Assumes responsibility for tracking and documenting member participation in activities.
• *Works with clients, volunteers and community partners to increase client independence.
• *Helps plan and facilitate quarterly celebration/ recognition events for participants.
• *Assists in facilitation of team building activities.
• *Provides instruction and facilitation for group activities.
• *Works with clients to identify and establish wellness support system outside of InSHAPE® program.
• *Assists in training new mentors, interns and volunteer mentors.
• *Assists in the supervision of volunteer mentors
• Display a courteous and caring attitude at all times to the clientele, volunteers, and visitors of Heartland Family Service.
• Cooperate and collaborate with program area staff, volunteers, and other Agency staff.
• Abide by all specific program and Agency procedures, policies and requirements.
• Develop personal and program related skills through participation in internal and external training opportunities including printed material and audio and/or visual media.
• *Create, maintain and share as appropriate a dynamic self-care plan.
• * Strive to make connections between the agency and the larger community whenever possible in order to contribute to the agency’s ongoing fundraising and friend-raising efforts.
• * Essential functions of this job are to be performed on company physical work site
• Perform other program related duties as assigned.

*DENOTES ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION