SEL Specialist

SEL Specialist

Full-time, $60,000-68,000 + full benefits

Location: SeaTac, WA

About the Organization:

African Community Housing & Development (ACHD) is a culturally specific, community-founded organization led by visionary Black women and a community Board of Directors. ACHD works towards an informed African Diaspora immigrant and refugee community that is engaged in the holistic development of families, communities, and environment. ACHD focuses on equitable and culturally relevant health, legal, and educational services; housing stability and economic development; and land-use, real estate, and property development. Collectively, ACHD staff speak a dozen languages, and the majority identify as Black or People of Color.

About the Position:

The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Specialist will work primarily with families enrolled in the Positive Family Connections (PFC) cohorts, providing them with support, education, resources, advocacy, and interventions according to federal, state, and program regulations. Throughout the program, the Family Engagement Specialist will lead families in setting goals, developing their social-emotional skills—particularly as it comes to cross-generational, culturally relevant communication—and improving their relationships. This role will also support families as they work to increase their communication and involvement with their children’s schools.

Position Duties:

• Collaborate with Director of Education and Community Engagement Coordinator to design the Positive Family Connections (PFC) program for our Seattle school(s)
• Facilitate weekly workshops for PFC cohorts with the support of Community Liaisons
• Identify areas of support needed for each cohort as well as for each individual family
• Create and maintain personalized goal plans for each family
• Plan healing-focused Nature Days with the support of the Outdoor Program Specialist and other Education staff
• Collaborate with other ACHD departments, as well as external organizations, to ensure families have access to any needed services
• Recruit guest speakers and visiting experts
• Work closely with community partners to develop programming
• Perform outreach to engage families along with the outreach team
• Complete program reports and provide artifacts as assigned by Education Programs Coordinator, Community Engagement Coordinator, and/or Director of Education
• Manage own time, in collaboration with teammates, to ensure adequate coverage for all non-instructional tasks

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Benefits Package:?African Community Housing & Development offers a comprehensive benefits package?including?medical, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401(k) retirement plan, 11 paid holidays, 10 sick days?accrued?monthly, and 15 vacation days?accrued?monthly.

Note: ACHD emphasizes a highly collaborative approach that is rooted in equity and co-learning. Supervisors are to lead with equity and humility, recognizing that each staff member brings a highly valuable and essential background and perspective. Accordingly, supervisors are also accountable to staff members, working to ensure they (supervisors) are meeting the needs of staff and providing a healthy and safe environment where feedback and learning is two-way. In other words, supervisors should work to build a positive environment where staff and supervisors learn together, and mistakes are considered a healthy part of personal and professional growth.

African Community Housing and Development does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling, and/or a related field of study
• 3-5 years’ experience as a social worker and/or case coordinator
• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Strong verbal communication and writing skills
• Experience collaborating to design programming
• Competence in creating safe, culturally relevant, anti-racist, and age-appropriate social-emotional learning teaching spaces
• Proficiency with software tools such as Microsoft Office
• Experience working respectfully with diverse communities, including speakers of other languages
• Regular weekday evening availability, and occasional weekend field trip availability
• Valid WA state driver’s license
• National background check and verification of COVID vaccination
• Reliable transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching experience
• Fluency in an African language, especially Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, or Swahili
• CPR and First Aid certified
• Current WA state teaching certification
• Comfortable teaching in an outdoor context
• Experience working with a wide variety of ages