La Familia Project is comprised of youth workers, educators, wellness healers, artists, and organizers who create spaces, programming, and leadership opportunities for youth and young adults of color impacted by structural racism.
We disrupt cycles of violence, physical, and mental trauma by empowering young people and their communities who have experienced a lack of resources, and multitudes of criminalization using our mantra "Healthy body, Healthy mind" which embodies pillars in leadership, physical fitness, radical artistic expression, wellness and mental health services, healing, and restorative justice while also providing these communities with a voice and resources to support the needs of the community. Since our founding as La Familia Boxing Club in 2021 in Brooklyn, NY, we continue to build a world in which young folks of color can reclaim lives of wellness mind, body, and soul and live in a place of authenticity, joy, and creative expression.
We envision a world with young folks of color both gendered and gender expansive to reclaim lives and the space to dream and manifest a personal freedom all their own through collective leadership, creative expression, and mental health and wellness practices and healing.
You can find out more about us if you go to our site or our instagram.
La Familia Boxing Club has grown from Boxing to Soccer, Karate, Gymnastics, Flag Football, and Chess and we are now La Familia Project. We not only provide Sports but as of 2023 we also provide Arts and Wellness.
We are actively seeking multidisciplinary Mental Health and Wellness Practitioners who are interested in building upon their practice and who enjoy collaborating with those from different arts and sports backgrounds.
We also highly encourage Mental Health & Wellness Practioners of Color and Queer Identifying Practitioners to submit for this position as we would like the facilitators to reflect the communities they would be working in.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required (or if you are in school and in the process of getting your Masters/PHD in related work).
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated belief in the mission and vision of La Familia Project
- Knowledge of strong pedagogical practices for classroom organization, planning, and effective execution of instruction.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing so others will understand.
- Experience in progressively responsible restorative justice arts based implementation, some of which shall have been in a leadership capacity.
- Experience facilitating group programming and must be committed to using holistic and strengths-based approaches
- Must be comfortable working with youth and young adults ranging from high-school and young adults between the ages of 18 - 24.
- Knowledge of Racial and Gender Expansive identity-based coursework centered In RJ and healing work.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in working with diverse groups of students, teachers, and families.
- Experience working with students and staff members in community and or school settings in restorative or transformational justice based wellness work.
Not Mandatory but preferable and a definite + :
- Are a LMSW/ LCSW/ Psychotherapist
- Experience working with criminal justice agencies and systems involved youth and young adults.
- Experience in community outreach and organizing and must have the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in a culturally competent manner.
- Familiar with or have knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative/transformational justice wellness programming designs and intervention.
- Skill in differentiating program materials and implementation for students with special needs or in special programs.
- Bilingual (especially with Spanish)
- Skill in teaching adult learners.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Serve as Lead facilitator for the Wellness group sessions as part of a collaborative group session.
- Lead the community culture steeped in anti-bias, anti-racist, and liberatory teaching wellness practices.
- Build upon and implement a youth group-centered wellness/healing curriculum that is tailored to your specific practice in the Mental Health and Wellness space.
- Implement instruction and assessment practices for a diverse group of students.
- Demonstrate a sound ability to create a positive learning environment that promotes positive student behavior using restorative and transformative practices.
- Demonstrate the ability to embrace differentiated instructional approaches to learning.
- Find and build opportunities for interdisciplinary connections across various wellness practices.
- Build and maintain relationships with students.
- Engage in continuous professional development and shared learning with other professional staff.
- Work collaboratively with a diverse group of colleagues, parents, community members, and others to support and implement the goals of La Familia Wellness and the schools and community centers we work with.
- Participate fully in any LFP meetings and/or lesson planning when scheduled. Note: For this role, lesson planning may generally be solo. Meetings are usually check-in based and monthly.
- Required to have prompt, regular attendance in-person and be available to work on-site, in-person during assigned business hours.
- Make weekly notes on progress around this site.
La Familia Project is committed to and values being a diverse and inclusive community focused on the critical importance of equity in the workplace. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people from historically marginalized communities including people of color, people from working-class backgrounds, women, LGBTQ+ people, and members from other marginalized communities.
Job Type: Independent Contract
Rate:
$100 Per Session (as Co-Teacher), Per Site (1.5 hr sessions)
$25 for an hr of Lesson Planning per week when needed.
Schedule:
Currently starting October (will have a confirmed final start date shortly but the site has currently landed on October 10th) and will be every Thursday from 5-6:30 (except holidays). There may be option to change the day but not the time if Thursday does not work with your schedule. This is for about 8 sessions in total with the possibility to extend.
Your session time will be a minimum of (and usually) 45 minutes and no more than an hour. You can be there for the whole session (optional) as in Boxing into Wellness or only show up for Wellness which would start promptly at 5:45 so you would need to get there by no later than 5:40 for your setup.
LOCATION: LOWER EAST MANHATTAN
ABOUT US
Community and youth oriented enrichment programs based in Brooklyn, NYC. A space where mental health is as important as physical health.
HOW TO APPLY
If this positions sounds like you, please submit your resume, Cover letter, and what borough you live in and if you would be willing to travel to Manhattan once weekly.
About Us
ABOUT US
Community and youth oriented enrichment programs based in Brooklyn, NYC. A space where mental health is as important as physical health.
