Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications, with a maximum salary of $73,902.40.Come join our team! The City of Saint Paul Office of Neighborhood Safety is hiring Life Coach Case Managers. These are critical roles to help reduce gun violence within the City of Saint Paul and provide ongoing case management support to Project PEACE programming.
Life Coach Case Managers are assigned to work with the young adults in the City who have been identified as being at very high risk of being involved in gun violence or individuals who are victims of gun violence and community violence and their families. Life Coaches work primarily with persons and families who have extensive criminal justice involvement; are members of groups; and have been shot before and/or have close friends who have been shot recently, individuals who are victims of violence.
Life Coaches are expected to establish trusting relationships with their clients and spend significant time with their clients helping them mitigate their risk factors and eventually connecting them to services, supports, and opportunities, and providing them ongoing coaching, mental health, and behavioral health coaching.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide in-person client connection with assigned clients to include assessing education, employment, housing, food, social/emotional, behavioral and basic necessity needs and gaps.
• Assess challenges and barriers related to justice involvement and educational or vocational needs, aptitudes, and interests.
• Apply for immediate and emergency services as necessary for family preservation.
• Develop ongoing service plans for families and individuals, including providing community referrals, completing necessary paperwork, and documenting necessary service plans and case records.
• Engage clients in ongoing treatment process through individual and group counseling, including establishing goals and objectives for improvement in identified areas through life coaching and assessing progress
• Coordinate care and appointments for clients when necessary for physical, mental, and behavioral health as well as justice involvement and other social service appointments, conducts case management conferences with provider partners serving the individual and family

The City of Saint Paul offers an excellent benefits package including health insurance, retirement contributions and paid time off.
Essential Functions are the functions that the individual holding the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation. The Essential Functions for this position are identified in the Supplemental Information section of the Assistant to the Mayor I Job Description.The City of Saint Paul’s mission is to integrate equity and inclusion into how we approach all our work. Our vision is to be committed to building an equitable and inclusive city that will shift culture in city processes and policies, eliminate structural inequities, and ensure timely and relevant access to services, resources, support, and opportunity to every person in Saint Paul.

• Minimum of four years of individual and family crisis counseling/life coaching experience; preferably with a high-risk client population

OR

• Four years of college education in related field 

• Training and experience in assessing the vocational and education needs of clients OR the ability to attend this training within 6-9 months of employment at the City, to be provided by the City.

1. Submit a City of Saint Paul online application, including answers to the Supplemental Questionnaire.
2. Upload or submit the following required document via the online application system, mail, in person, email, or fax. (Zip files and web links will not be accepted. Each uploaded attachment is limited to 10MB.) 
   1. A resume - please ensure that your vacancy-related experience is documented

First time applying online? Read our How to Apply Online Guide.Unclassified Posting: This is an UNCLASSIFIED position and is therefore not governed by City Civil Service Rules.
Selection Process: Applicants who meet the criteria and requirements stated on the job posting will be placed on a hiring list for consideration. Hiring Managers may interview/hire anyone from the list.
Final Selection Process: You will be notified if you are invited to participate in the final selection process which may include an interview, job simulation, work sample submission, or other evaluation method.
Condition of Employment: This position requires a background check which may include criminal history, and employment history as a condition of employment. Candidates will be required to submit proof of education to Human Resources upon conditional job offer, if qualifying based on education. The City of Saint Paul encourages individuals to apply for positions regardless of criminal history.
Human Resources Contact Information:
Kate Moen at (651) 266-6530200 City Hall Annex
25 West Fourth Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Fax: 651-266-6490
E-mail: kate.moen@stpaul.gov
 
To refer to this information, we recommend you print this job posting before you apply. For technical assistance regarding the online application, please call 1-855-524-5627 during regular business hours. Additionally, City of Saint Paul staff are available for application assistance between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 651-266-6500.
Veteran’s Preference: If you are a veteran and would like to receive Veteran’s preference in accordance with MN Statute 197.455, you must submit a photocopy of your DD214 preferably at time of application. Click here for more information.The City of Saint Paul is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Veterans, women, persons of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Working Title: Life Coach Case Manager
Official Title: Assistant to the Mayor I