Overview
Integrative Guide Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at Soul Seated
Title: Integrative Guide
Company: Soul Seated
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
About Soul Seated Journey
Soul Seated Journey is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting emerging adults ages 18–29 from underserved and marginalized communities as they navigate a 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 believe there is no one-size-fits-all path to growth. Soul Seated is designed as a connected ecosystem that brings together in-person immersive experiences, dedicated human support through our Care Team and guides, ongoing community, and thoughtfully built technology, to meet people where they are and support them over time.
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. We design our work to be inclusive, culturally responsive, and grounded in the realities people are living.
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 up to 15 members as the consistent human thread that holds their individual journey together long after the group container has closed.
What You’ll Do
Prepare: Welcome & Threshold Check-In (5%)
- Conduct a 15-minute 1:1 welcome session with each of your 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
The following qualifications describe what we expect in a successful candidate.
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
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
- You successfully complete our Care Team Training with a strong review and ongoing endorsement from our Training Lead and Practice Supervisor. This review will also draw on member feedback and we expect above average (medium) scores overall.
- Every assigned member arrives at Day 1 having felt genuinely met — purposeful rather than anxious
- Members describe their 1:1 sessions as the safest, most honest space they have — not because you solved anything, but because your presence held them
- Members in Integration describe the program as a new way of living, not a closed chapter — and name you as the consistent presence that made the translation possible
- Escalation handoffs are handled with such care that no member experiences a referral as abandonment
- Your field contributions have made program materials and Care Team coordination visibly stronger
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
Work Arrangements
Employment Type: Contract — Session-Based (7 months)
Location: Remote, with preferences for candidates in San Francisco Bay Area
Hours / Schedule: approximately 15-22 hours / week, and additional time for training
Application
To apply, please complete our application form: https://forms.gle/9BT3S9B23TzTqciE9
Our Commitment to Equity
Soul Seated Journey is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other historically underrepresented communities. We believe personal transformation is for everyone, and our team should reflect the diverse communities we serve. We intentionally seek to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. Practitioners with demonstrated depth and non-linear career histories are strongly encouraged to apply.
