Social Skills for Adults - Career Development - Positive Behavior Support
Job Posting
Personal Development Professional- Career Development, Social Skills, Executive Function, Independen
Job Description
The LIFE team provides virtual and in person coaching to adolescents and adults with ADHD, Autism, developmental disabilities, anxiety, and other unique circumstances. Areas addressed include relationship building, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, advocacy, and teaching new strategies to support client growth.
We emphasize achieving positive results, with the awareness that all clients need to move at their own pace. While there is a level of urgency to achieve goals, our approach focuses on shared and effective delegation when necessary. Motivating clients often requires utilizing the methodology of a “do with” not “do for” approach to build confidence. The focus of this job is engaging with people on an accepting and nonjudgement personal level. And most of all commitment to helping people leverage their strengths to realize their potential.
The work involves building toward results by obtaining the commitment and buy-in of clients and their families. While the job requires strong initiative and self-direction, results are only achieved with and through people.
Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to recognize learning styles and use the appropriate coaching strategies. They will have proficient communication skills and the ability to connect with a wide variety of people. They show awareness of the necessity to meet learners where they are and then provide individualized support to make impactful growth.
We have found that our most successful employees are very passionate about helping people identify and overcome challenges. As you look over the job description and qualifications, know they are meant to be a guide and not a checklist of requirements. If what you have read so far piques your interest in our organization, regardless of the exact details of the description, we would like to hear from you. It is not about finding an exact match; we are looking for people who are motivated to learn with kindness and empathy and a desire to help others. It takes all types of people to build a well-balanced team.
Roles and Responsibilities-
- Conduct individual personal development sessions to provide education, training, and coaching to support clients with Neurodivergent brain styles and other disabilities in setting goals and completing action steps toward those goals.
- Provide clients with techniques to manage social anxiety, learn to improve the quality and success of their social interactions.
- Listen effectively and offer solutions appropriate to the client's needs.
- Help clients create the space for change and build confidence.
- Assess current skill levels and prioritize next action steps
- Maintain a high level of communication with everyone on the LIFE team, clients, and families.
- Provide career development planning through exploration, informed decision making, to find not just any job but the RIGHT job.
- Take the initiative to stay current on disability inclusion and evidence-based best practices for skill building and coaching.
- Assisting or leading classes virtually and in person.
- Maintain standardized files for clients.
- Maintain HIPPA Compliance.
- Demonstrate ability to deal with confidential information, and assess risk
Core Competencies:
- Be an eager learner yourself! Learn from teammates, clients, and through self-teaching.
- Creative out of the box, innovative thinking
- Self-Starter who is proactive and takes initiative
- Flexibility for the good of the clients we serve
- Effective communication style
- Intentional time management and organizational skills
- Cultural competency with a willingness to listen and embrace differences in perspective
- Integrity
- Collaborative
- Authenticity
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Cognitive Rehabilitation, or in any career area where they could contribute their knowledge about professional careers and
- Experience providing 1:1 support to different types of learners, and/or supporting diverse populations
- Awareness and knowledge of disability culture and its changing nature
