Bilingual in Spanish - Health and Wellbeing Lifestyle Coach

Description

TIMES & DAYS

Bilingual in Spanish/English required. Daytime (10:30-12:30 pm) and/or evening (5:30-7:30 pm).

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Senior Manager Health and Wellbeing, Diabetes Prevention Program, the Lifestyle Coach facilitates delivery of the YMCAs Diabetes Prevention Program, provides support and guidance to program participants, and maintains fidelity to the curriculum. The Lifestyle Coach will deliver professional customer service and relationship building skills to create a welcoming environment in the program.  The incumbent will also exhibit the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in all aspects of their work with the YMCA. 

THE YMCA AS THE THIRD PLACE 

To be the welcoming and transformative place - beyond work and home - where people feel most able to be their true selves; explore their purpose, dreams and goals; achieve health and wellness for their spirit, mind and body; connect with their community and feel a sense of belonging and possibilities like nowhere else. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  

1. Deliver curriculum to program participants in effective, meaningful, and compelling ways. 
2. Deliver curriculum in both English and Spanish as needed per cohort.
3. Flexibility to deliver daytime, evening or weekend classes.
4. Encourage group participation and interaction through open-ended questions and other facilitation skills 
5. Cultivate participant commitment and support retention of participants 
6. Create a safe, judgment-free, and encouraging environment that is friendly and non-competitive for participants 
7. Foster relationships with and between participants 
8. Make learning a shared responsibility for the group 
9. Support and encourage participant goal setting at each session 
10. Travel to community locations for program delivery (ability to deliver at multiple Metropolitan Denver YMCA locations preferred)
11. Flexibility to deliver daytime, evening or weekend classes
12. Prepare for each new session (e.g. review session content, develop facilitation outline, review notes and participant food and activity trackers, conduct participant reminder call/send participant reminder email 
13. Weigh or collect weight information from participants at each session 
14. Be accessible to participants before and after sessions to answer questions and provide follow-up 
15. Follow-up with participants outside of class as needed 
16. Schedule and conduct in-person make-up sessions 
17. Record weekly data for each participant (attendance, weight, physical activity minutes, food tracker completion) in Welld Health database within 48 hours of session 
18. Adhere to the YMCAs HIPAA policies and procedures and ensure participants’ protected health information is secure 
19. Required to participate in quality assurance opportunities to support fidelity to the curriculum and to meet performance standards
20. Arrive for class on time and dressed appropriately wearing nametag during program 
21. Required to participate in all required Lifestyle Coach team discussions (meetings, emails, or conference calls) and professional development opportunities 
22. Connect with Senior Manager. Health and Wellbeing on a regular basis to update on program status and progress and as per any additional expectations outlined.   
23. Follow and enforce all YMCA procedures and policies, including personnel guidelines, safety guidelines, facility access procedures, and membership policies. Carry out emergency plans as necessary. 
24. Attend and remain current on all mandatory trainings. 
25. Be knowledgeable and supportive of the YMCA annual support campaign. 
26. Any other duties as assigned

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb, balance, stoop, kneel crouch, crawl; talk and hear. 
• The employee must regularly lift up to 10 pounds. 
• The vision abilities required by the job include: close, distant, peripheral, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to a moderate level and occasional high noise levels.  The employee may occasionally be subject to outdoor weather conditions.

Qualifications & Benefits

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bilingual – English and Spanish, required
• Current certification in CPR and First Aid is preferred 
• Knowledge of basic health, nutrition and fitness is preferred 
• Committed to and supportive of the Y mission with an emphasis on support to health seekers. 
• Must have strong communication and relationship building skills and the ability to build community within a group and have empathy for health seekers 
• Must be flexible to work with a wide variety of people. Experience in working with the older adult population preferred. 
• Familiarity and proficiency with Listen First or motivational interviewing highly encouraged. 
• CDC approved, DPP Lifestyle Coach training certification or will train after hire

BENEFITS

• Free individual membership 
• Program discounts
• Generous Retirement Contribution Options -Includes company contribution of 10% once eligibility is met
• Employee Assistance Program
• Accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked
• Paid Time off for those scheduled and working 20 per week

Salary : $23 - $26