Life Skills Coach

Child & Family · Newport, RI · Yesterday

Full-time

About the Role

You will work across the Semi-Independent Living and Independent Living Programs to assist with the client’s treatment team to create an individualized plan for successful transition to permanence and independence through building life skills specific to vocational training, financial and educational goal attainment. The Life Skills Coach will provide before and after transition services and integration of behavioral health treatment in the community for successful independence, whether in the Independent Living Program (ILP), reunification with family, or aging out of the system. The programs serve youth ages 16-20. This is a hybrid role with 20% remote work.

Responsibilities

Facilitate individual and group life skills trainings, ensuring that trainings are tailored to meet the needs of each individual; develop and implement workshops, training, and seminars on various life skills domains and update program curriculum as needed.
Assess client’s learning capabilities and problem-solving skills.
Apply relevant resources to designed curriculum to meet the client’s needs.
Build professional relationships with individuals within the client’s community (e.g., parents, police departments, Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), schools, etc.).
Communicate with treatment team in support of each client’s self-sufficiency plan (e.g., employment, vocational, and/or educational needs).
Work with agency team to prioritize and implement solutions to address clients with differing abilities.
Collaborate with outside workforce organizations and refer clients to community resources for job placement and career opportunities.
Cultivate a trauma-informed environment by understanding short/long-term impacts of trauma and neglect, maintaining trauma-sensitive language and approaches, and responding to clients and their families/caretakers with empathy, sensitivity, and confidentiality.

Requirements

Associate degree in social work, psychology, or related field required; bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or related field preferred.
Minimum 1 year of experience in human services, housing services, and/or homeless services required; experience as a Life Coach preferred.
Statewide travel is required.
Strong organizational, critical thinking, and time-management skills.
Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred.
Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
Must have a valid driver's license, auto insurance, and car registration.
Must meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25 lbs. It also requires operating a desktop, laptop, and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Cultural Competencies

Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.