AmeriCorps Stability Mentor - Support Specialist

We have live-in and live-out options available for this position.

Interested applicants may apply here: https://maggiesplace.org/americorps-application/

Please direct all questions to [email protected]

About Maggie’s Place:

Our Mission: Maggie’s Place provides safe housing and a nurturing community for homeless pregnant women, empowering them to thrive throughout their lifetime.

We have five homes across Maricopa County housing between four and eleven moms and two to five AmeriCorps members.

Visit https://maggiesplace.org/americorps-arizona/ for more information!

About AmeriCorps:

AmeriCorps is the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities.
Please visit americorps.gov for more information on AmeriCorps.

Position Summary: AmeriCorps members spend up to a year living with pregnant and parenting women formerly experiencing homelessness who are now housed in a loving, caring environment at Maggie’s Place in Phoenix, Arizona.

Using a trauma-informed care approach, AmeriCorps members are on the front lines of the fight to overcome Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and break the cycle of poverty. AmeriCorps members live and work in one of our five Maggie’s Place homes, managing the day-to-day needs of the house and fostering a safe and welcoming home environment.

Members must be emotionally mature and resilient, empathetic, accepting of different backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures, and open to growing through uncomfortable situations. Members should have a commitment to service, solidarity, and non-judgmental support. We train Corps members in conflict resolution, trauma-informed care, best practices for working with the population we serve, and emotional de-escalation techniques.

Because of the immersive nature of the work, professional development, and education award, this is the perfect post-graduate position for graduating college seniors in all helping professions to gain firsthand experience before starting a career or embarking on graduate school!

Responsibilities:

• Work as a team with other AmeriCorps members and Maggie’s Place staff
• Respond to emergencies, crises, and conflicts within the home
• Own 1-2 of the following roles in the home as assigned: House Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Donations, House Operations Coordinator, and/or Program Coordinator
• Plan and participate in community functions including celebrations, house outings, weekly house meetings, Maggie’s Place community events, and AmeriCorps community events
• Moderate conflicts, such as roommate disagreements
• Provide daytime and overnight house coverage including responding to the phone, welcoming visitors, offering tours, receiving donations, assisting moms in move-ins/move-outs, and responding to the duty of the moment
• Foster a home environment where all who enter feel safe, welcomed and respected
• Manage the day-to-day needs of running a household, working with teammates to ensure a clean and safe environment
• Serve as Stability Mentors, modeling the skills and capabilities that enable moms respond adaptively to adversity and develop resiliency
• Support moms in recovery from substance abuse (including opioid addiction) and provide one-on-one coaching to address risk factors common to addiction
• Model healthy conflict resolution and relationships and having difficult conversations

Benefits:

• Monthly living stipend of at least $1,700
• Housing and access to community food
• Health insurance at no cost to member
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Segal Education Award at successful completion of service
• Vacation days
• Personal time off duty
• Access to day-off respite house

Qualifications:

• High school diploma required
• College degree or equivalent life experience preferred
• US Citizen or Permanent Legal Resident
• Ideally candidates are 21 years of age and older
• Ability to lift 30 lbs.
• Be in a place of personal stability and mental and emotional resiliency with well-developed coping skills
• Able to handle moderate to high amounts of stress
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Committed to providing empathetic and nonjudgmental care to all members of the Maggie’s Place community. This includes those who have mental health concerns or various backgrounds, beliefs, and customs
• Committed to personal growth during challenging situations
• Conversational Spanish a plus

Interested applicants may apply here: https://maggiesplace.org/americorps-application/

Please direct all questions to [email protected]

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $1,700.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Application Question(s):

• This is a stipend-based service position. Have you read and understood the benefits and qualifications before applying?

Work Location: In person