BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PURPOSE
Founded in 1986, The Gathering Place (TGP) provides essential services and holistic, trauma-informed care to women, gender-diverse people, and children experiencing homelessness or instability.
Our mission is to support those we serve as they build stable lives through home, health, purpose, and community programs. We envision Colorado where all marginalized groups have pathways to housing and stability. Our values are community, safety, inclusivity, empowerment and hope.
TGP is seeking a qualified individual to facilitate supervision groups for direct service staff, and their supervisors, who directly deliver the support and resources to individuals accessing TGP services.
Group supervision involves the use of a group setting to enable staff to reflect on their work. By sharing skills, experience and knowledge, the aim of the session is to improve the skills and capability of both individuals and the group through peer learning and support.
Goals:
SCOPE OF WORK
The contractor will facilitate approximately 5-6 in-person groups each month. The group duration will be 1 hour with approximately 5-6 participants. Contract will increase/decrease accordingly based on staffing changes and needs. Schedule of groups will be established to accommodate staffing and agency needs.
Facilitation will follow an established set of group norms and semi-structured curriculum. Group norms include:
REQUIRED CREDENTIALS
The contractor must have experience facilitating supervision groups and preferably have lived or working experience with individuals experiencing poverty and/or homelessness. The contractor must be able to demonstrate cultural responsiveness and be able to incorporate the principles of Trauma Informed care into their facilitation approach.