Life Coach

About This Role

This full-time Life Coach position guides and assists participants in the Florida Self-Directed Care Program with their long-term needs, goals, and available funds for mental health treatment and social services. The role involves determining program eligibility, developing and implementing Life Action Plans tied to recovery, and providing quality services and referrals to foster empowerment, self-sufficiency, independence, and recovery. The Life Coach must be culturally sensitive and dedicated to helping diverse individuals in need.

Responsibilities

• Ensure candidates meet all eligibility requirements and that program participation is clinically appropriate
• Provide education, training, and orientation, including budgeting training, to new Participants within fifteen (15) days of enrollment
• Log daily notes within 48 hours of assignment
• Assist each Participant with action plan and budget management responsibilities to address all priority areas and promote their Life Action Plan within ten (10) days of new Participant orientation
• Provide training and technical assistance regarding developing a purchasing plan, selecting, hiring, and managing service providers, and monitoring quality of care
• Establish an individually tailored budget in accordance with the participant
• Assist and educate the Participant with securing additional state and federal benefits (i.e., Florida Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplementary Security Income)
• Maintain precise and accurate records reflecting the treatment sources used and the recovery and support services offered to each Participant
• Assist and participate in the discharge planning of individuals enrolled in the Florida SDC program
• Participate in Department of Children & Families sponsored training events in the areas of recovery and Self-Directed Care when such training is made available, in addition to any related educational courses that DCF deems pertinent to keeping the Life Coaches current with new trends within their area of specialty

Requirements

• Bachelor
• Preferred three (3) years of professional experience in mental health, social work, counseling, or a behavioral health field working with individuals with serious mental illnesses
• Valid Driver's License and auto insurance
• Reliable transportation to travel throughout the community
• Must submit to Level 2 background screening
• Competence and sensitivity in providing services to persons of diverse cultural backgrounds
• Understand the following concepts of empowerment, cultural sensitivity and person-centered approach therapy and the role that they play in providing services to persons with mental illness of diverse cultural backgrounds
• Possess organizational skills and ability to develop a Life Action Plan that is easy to follow, measurable and attainable