FOCUS Ministries is an equal opportunity provider to our global clients as we minister to physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Our vision is to offer extended services at our future Hope and Healing Campus which includes:
- Women’s Center for counseling, support groups, discipleship, job training, financial and legal services
- Transitional Housing in which residents could choose to have a job on the campus
- TEEN FOCUS Center for counseling, support groups, and discipleship
- Children’s Center for play therapy, counseling, support groups, and discipleship
- Women’s Retreat Center with lodging and meeting rooms plus a place for women in DV to get away for a few days
- Teen Retreat Center with lodging and meeting rooms
- Conference Center for seminars, workshops, conferences, and trainings
- Chapel for worship services, prayer, and quiet reflection
- Dining Hall with Living Water Lake (based on the story of the woman at the well in which Jesus gave her living water)
- FOCUS Administration Building
We are looking for the following part-time position to move our vision forward.
Besides ministering to clients, FOCUS Ministries, Inc. is dedicated to educating the Christian community about domestic abuse and abusive relationships as it relates to faith issues. There are openings for Part-time Trainers for our full day seminars (Partners in the Journey and Faith Based Domestic Violence Certificate Trainings) and our 3 hour courses.
Part-Time Trainer
Job Description:
- Has completed domestic abuse training
- Knowledge of Biblical Scriptures
- Experience with presentations
- Can develop courses and interactive presentations
- Communication skills
- Team player
- Works well with attendees and team
FOCUS Course Topics
- Training 1 – DV 101
- Training 2
- Profile of an Abuser
- Inside the Mind of an Abuser
- Training 3
- Profile of a Victim
- Why does she stay
- Impact of abuse on a victim
- Training 4
- Do’s and Don’ts of Counseling
- Signs He’s Changed
- Helper Vs. Rescuer
- Training 5
- Teen Dating Violence
- Bullying/Cyber Bulling
- Other topics
- DV in the Workplace
- What the Church Can/Should Do
- Cultural responses to DV
- Healthy Relationships
- Effects of DV on Children
- Order of Protection and legal system
- Elder Abuse
Breaking the cycle of domestic abuse in the lives of our children is of utmost importance. To prevent them from repeating the cycle, FOCUS is committed to educating our tweens and teens regarding abusive relationships and instructing them on the dynamics of healthy relationships. To achieve this goal, we are in need of someone to develop further our TEEN FOCUS Program.
If you reside in the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, and believe you may be qualified for one of the positions, please contact Paula Silva at [email protected] or call 630-617-0088 to request more information.