About This Role
Working independently in a fast-paced environment, the Life Skills Coach helps individuals reintegrate into the community by providing support, planning rehabilitation programs, and facilitating workshops. This role suits someone with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail, who can manage a large workload while working under pressure.
Responsibilities
- Interview inmates to assess adjustment problems
- Perform administrative tasks
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Assess offenders' prospects for successful reintegration into the community
- Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives
- Implement life skills workshops
- Refer offenders to community and social services programs
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- Implement substance abuse treatment programs
- Conduct individual and group counseling sessions
- Liaise with other social services agencies and healthcare providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- Complete housekeeping activities
- Prepare food
Requirements
- College/CEGEP or equivalent experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years of experience
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Experience with culturally diverse groups, females, males, persons with mental health disabilities, and street population
- Electronic mail and MS Office knowledge
- Experience in a community service organization
- Enhanced reliability security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity license check
- Own transportation
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to work independently
