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Form of workPosition:Transitional Living Program Life Coach
Reports To: Director of Residential Programs
Department: Residential Programs
Location: Tucker, GA
FSLA: Exempt
Job Summary:The Transitional LivingLife Coach is responsible for ensuring that the holistic needs of the youth are met through a client-centered approach. The Life Coach creates and facilitates the implementation of service planning for youth assigned to the caseload. The TLP Life Coach is also responsible for documenting and maintaining youth’s file as well as providing and/ or coordinating ancillary and social services for the assigned youth in the program. The Life Coach must demonstrate the ability to use good judgment and discretion in daily activities that leads to the overall progress toward established goals and desired outcomes for youth. The TLP Life Coach demonstrates expertise in trauma-sensitive service delivery.
Responsibilities:- Manage an assigned caseload (1:15) of youth ages 17 ½ - 21
- Participate in screening and intake to determine youth’s clinical and overall well-being needs.
- Utilize a welcoming approach to orient new clients for admission in the program and complete documents required for placement
- Develop and update all Individualized Service and Skills Plans (ISSP) according to state requirements;
- Develop and update a Supervision and Independence plan providing supervision based on a specific youth’s maturity, acquired skills, and abilities in collaboration with appropriate agency and state personnel
- Provide crisis management planning for each youth to including supporting the youth’s development of coping skills and helping to identify warning signs/triggers and linkages to interventions as needed.
- Ensure that Casey Life Skills Assessments are completed for each youth based on the state standards
- Joint designee with the ILP/TLP Program Manager for responsible and prudent parenting decisions for youth on assigned caseload
- Address motivational and psychosocial issues through a client-centered approach, utilizing strategies from the Reaching Teens model, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
- Collaborating with young adults to identify a goal and checkpoints.
- Holding young adults accountable for inaction or failure to meet milestones
- Help develop healthy coping skills, using mindfulness and. or meditation techniques to mitigate stress and anxiety.
- Provides crisis management for young adults; makes linkages for interventions as appropriate
- Participate in an on-call rotation for after hours needs and crises.
- Conduct visits to each assigned youth in their apartment living space at least weekly in face-to-face sessions
- Work with the Education Coordinator to assist the TLP youth with the development and implementation of a education and career plan to include the youth’s interest, strengths in school, visions for career and personal life and opportunities for career and work experience
- Support the TLP youth with attaining educational goals
- Connect TLP youth with local industries and employment programs so that youth will have the opportunity to
- explore career opportunities and develop a plan to achieve their career aspirations
- Offer job search training in areas such as resume’ writing and interviewing
- Document all reportable and non-reportable incidents that occur with clients on assigned caseload and notify the appropriate parties within the timeline outlines within program policy
- Maintain frequent communication with the Transition Support Team, to provide guidance, encouragement, support and intervention, as necessary to the youth in their home environment which supports the youth’s service plan.
- Prepares the youth and team for discharge by reviewing individual plans and coordinating post-discharge supports.
- Attend all staff meetings as applicable
- Assist with training of new TSW staff and student interns, as needed
- Ensure rights of all youth as relevant to job duties
- Maintain confidentiality and other responsibilities listed in governmental laws and regulations, as well as company policies and procedures
- Enter all applicable information into the GA Score and SHINES systems in the timeframe prescribed by performance-based contracting for the State of GA.
- Master of Social work or related field, preferred, or Bachelor of Social work or related field with extensive background in working successfully with youth in foster care or similar populations.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with youth or young adults with histories of trauma.
- Valid Driver’s Licenses
- Excellent Written and Oral Communication skills
- Excellent organizational and computer skills
- Successful completion of all required Criminal Background checks
- Be familiar with, and perform duties in accordance with RBWO (Room Board and Watchful Oversight) standards
- Participate in a rotating after-hours support schedule to provide after-hours advisory support to TLP youth and the Transition Support Team; reports and documents after-hour incidents
- Must participate in at least twenty-four (24) hours of annual training. At least twelve (12) hours should be directly related to working with teens including understanding developmental needs of adolescents and strength-based assessments
- Passion for working with young people
- Leadership qualities to attract develop and retain youth in our programs
- Knowledge of social services, record keeping, reporting requirements and confidentiality
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
- Ability to effectively communicate with others and foster good working relationships
- Ability and willingness to follow deadlines and/or complete assignments/trainings as assigned by supervisor
- Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and accuracy
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. May be subject to imposed deadlines. May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset clients, staff, family members, or the general public at times. General office environment: some stress may occur in meeting required deadlines. This position uses office equipment, software systems and a computer approximately 70% of the work day.
