About the Role
The Integrative Guide is the primary one-on-one companion for each SSJ member — a transdisciplinary practitioner who holds individual relationships across the full seven-month arc, shifting fluidly between chaplaincy, counseling, and coaching as each member’s needs evolve. This is not one helping profession; it is the practiced capacity to move between them with skill. Reporting to the Practice Integrity Supervisor, you carry a “care load” of 12 members as the consistent human thread that holds their individual journey together long after the group container has closed.
How This Roles Supports the Organization
What You'll Do
Prepare: Welcome & Threshold Check-In (5%)
Conduct a 15-minute 1:1 welcome session with each of your 12 assigned members before the program begins
Help each member arrive at Day 1 with intention rather than anxiety; address residual concerns and establish the relational foundation
Identify and respond to dropout risk signals between enrollment and program start
Immerse & Integrate: 1:1 Accompaniment & Presence (70%)
Meet individually with each member approximately every two weeks across the 8-week Immersion — more frequently during the “messy middle” of weeks 3–5
Hold a trauma-informed container for members to process experience and make meaning of their inner work; offer grounding when struggling, gentle momentum when stuck — without solving for them
As the program ends, shift focus from “what are you experiencing?” to “how is this showing up in your life?” — help members build concrete plans for sustaining their practices
Hold space for regression; help members distinguish genuine setback from the testing of new capacities by old environments
Connect members to appropriate internal and external resources; coordinate with the Practice Integrity Supervisor on any escalation, managing all handoffs with care
Care Team Collaboration & Scope Management (25%)
Partner with your pod’s Facilitator-Guide to share observations and identify members needing additional support
Participate in individual and group supervision with the Practice Integrity Supervisor throughout the program cycle, including Care Team debriefs
Manage digital platform responsibilities: session notes, appointment coordination, member follow-up, and Care Team communication
Contribute to the refinement of program materials and job aids based on direct member experience
What You Bring
Beyond credentials, we hire for how you show up. These are the qualities that make someone exceptional in this role.
Compassionate Restraint: Your instinct is not to fix or direct — you trust the member’s process and create conditions for it to unfold, and that restraint is itself a form of skill.
Transdisciplinary Range: You move easily between spiritual accompaniment, psychology, coaching, and social advocacy — reading the person and the moment, drawing from wherever they need you.
Present Across the Arc: You understand that what a member needs in Prepare is categorically different from what they need mid-Immersion or in Integration — and you shift accordingly, without being asked.
You Live What You Teach: You are genuinely on your own path of growth and awareness — members feel whether this is true, and it matters more than any credential.
Liberation Orientation: You have actively integrated structural inequality and cultural harm into your practice; cultural safety is foundational to how you hold every relationship.
What We're Looking For
Must-Have
7+ years of professional experience in one or more helping professions: psychology, chaplaincy, coaching, social work, expressive arts therapy, or a related field
Demonstrated integrative approach: trained in and able to draw from multiple healing and transformation modalities
Experience working with BIPOC communities, particularly youth and emerging adults, in trauma-informed, culturally responsive settings; lived BIPOC experience prioritized
Documented practice within trauma-informed frameworks in both individual and group settings
Demonstrated integration of racial justice and structural inequality frameworks into past work or training
Nice to Have
Experience working specifically with Gen Z or emerging adults (18–29) in structured multi-week program contexts
Background in expressive arts, somatic practices, or body-centered healing modalities
Existing relationships with Bay Area mental health, wellness, or spiritual community organizations
Experience & Capabilities
Spiritual & Contemplative Practice: Documented investment in spiritual or contemplative study, with experience guiding from this perspective without imposing a framework
Integrative 1:1 Support: Proven ability to hold individual relationships across an extended arc, including meaning-making, integration support, and adaptive care transitions
Scope & Escalation Judgment: Demonstrated ability to recognize when a member’s needs exceed your scope and coordinate referral with care and professionalism
Digital Fluency: Comfort managing member communication, session notes, and Care Team coordination in shared platforms
What Success Looks Like
Why Join Our Journey
Role Arrangements
Employment Type: Contract — Session-Based (7 months)
Location: Remote, with preferences for candidates in San Francisco Bay Area to occasionally join events/programming
Hours / Schedule: approximately 15-22 hours / week, and additional time for training
Compensation: $48 - $57 / hour commensurate with experience
How to Apply
Our Commitment to Equity
Soul Seated Journey is committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who are often underrepresented in the wellness sector. We believe that diversity of experience and perspective makes our work stronger and more just.
About Soul Seated
Soul Seated Journey is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting emerging adults ages 18–29 as they navigate this pivotal stage of life. We create experiences that help people better understand themselves, build meaningful connections, and move through the world with greater compassion, clarity, and steadiness. Grounded in both science and wisdom traditions, our approach brings together community, guided learning, and real-life practice. We are committed to expanding access to spaces of belonging and growth - particularly for young adults who have had less access to the kinds of support, community, and guidance that make this stage of life more navigable.