Apprentice

Bonton Farms (Dallas TX, USA) Follow 9 days ago

Benefits:

Health insurance
Help or transport service
Paid time off
Training & development
Vision insurance
Dental insurance

APPRENTICE

Seedtime to Harvest Apprenticeship

At Bonton Farms, the Seedtime to Harvest Apprenticeship engages an individual in the process of acquiring new skills that lead to greater self-actualization and workforce development. Each Apprentice’s journey will begin by working on the farm as a Farming Apprentice. We believe starting as a Farming Apprentice can help develop a wide range of transferable skillsets that are applicable to various professional industries beyond agriculture, and offers numerous benefits, which support the organization’s mission and core values, including:

Hands-on Learning
Problem Solving
Time Management
Real-World Experience
Teamwork and Collaboration
Attention to Detail
Adaptability
Skill Development
Leadership
Environmental Awareness
Mentorship / Guidance
Personal and Professional Growth

The Bonton Farms Seedtime and Harvest Apprenticeship Program is a peer driven program designed to achieve self-actualization. The Program endorses a relational, transformative, person-centered approach to empower, educate, and equip on the (7) Human Essentials, which are based on the social determinants of health and their workforce development needs.

The (7) Human Essentials are Transportation, Education, Access to Financial Tools, Community, Health & Wellness, Economic Stability, and Safe and Affordable Housing (T.E.A.C.H.E.S.). Bonton Farms uses the acronym, T.E.A.C.H.E.S., as a convenient and effective way to streamline our communication, enhance clarity, and facilitate memory recall regarding the importance of the Human Essentials. Apprentices will be exposed and educated on these concepts through a classroom type of environment in which they attend several times a week.

Here are three concepts to the Apprenticeship Program important for you to know:

Self-actualization is a concept that refers to the realization or fulfillment of your potential, talents, and abilities. It represents the desire to become the most that you can be, and to achieve personal growth and fulfillment.

Social determinants of health are the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence an individual’s health outcomes and overall well-being. These factors include socioeconomic status, education, employment, housing, access to healthcare, social support networks, and environmental conditions. Understanding and addressing social determinants of health are crucial for promoting health equity and improving population health.

Workforce development refers to the systematic process of preparing you to enter, succeed in, and advance within the labor market by providing you with the education, training, skills, and support needed to meet the demands of employers and contribute effectively to the economy.

Program Eligibility:

Apprentices will go through several evaluations to determine eligibility.
Must be at least 18 years of age (Age of Majority).
Must have demonstrated abstinence from illicit substance use.
Applicants with a substance use history must present proof of sobriety for a minimum of 30 days and/or a certificate of completion from a treatment program.
Must demonstrate a voluntary willingness to work well with others and subordinate to peer coaching and mentoring relationships.
Must strive to possess a growth mindset (believing that you can improve with optimal and intentional effort, hard work, and persistence).
Must not have any history with committing a sex offense.
Must be able to lift up to 15 lbs., bend, walk, and stand for long periods in all seasons of the year.

The Apprenticeship Program is not an intervention. We give Apprentices the opportunity to practice what they are learning on the job, as well as the grace to fail forward.

Program benefits based upon need:

Financial Wellness Program
Sense of Community & Belonging
Build Workforce & Industry Partnerships
Opportunities to Acquire & Develop Workforce Skills Mentorship & Peer Support
Subsidized Housing
Access to Mental Health Service
Support with Personal & Professional Goal Development
Assistance with Transportation
Benevolence
Meal assistance – one a day

Compensation: $15.00 per hour

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Mission

Transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where change yields health, wholeness and opportunity as the norm.

Vision

The change in Bonton becomes the change in the World.

Core Principal

Our values are bathed in our Christian faith, born out of a passion for people and guide how we put them into action.

What is Bonton?

For the last 200 years, racial injustice and systemic oppression prevented opportunities in Bonton, a community in South Dallas, that were a given elsewhere. People here experienced higher rates of diabetes, stroke and cancer, and 48% of residents lived in poverty. Residents have been denied access to the seven human essentials that are necessary to survive and thrive - health & wellness, economic stability, safe and affordable housing, transportation, a sense of belonging, education and access to fair credit. Today, the community is transforming, and healing is coming from within.

Who We Are

Bonton Farms is on a mission is to transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where health, wholeness, and opportunity are the norm for all people. While many nonprofits work to solve one issue, Bonton Farms focuses on place-based interventions to build community capacity for long-term change. As the ecosystem of community resources improves, the neighbors in Bonton use these resources to build successful, self-sufficient lives, ultimately interrupting the impact of decades of disenfranchisement. Bonton Farms’ programs focus on the all of the seven human essentials that the community has been denied for so long. We invite you to come and join us in the transformation!

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