About This Role
This community-based position involves working directly with individuals who have sustained a brain injury or have another neurological condition. The Life Skills Coach provides functional support to clients on an individualized basis, assisting them in acquiring, retaining, and improving skills necessary to live independently at home and access community resources.
Responsibilities
- Provide positive support and advocate for the client
- Provide assistance and guidance with identifying choices and making informed decisions that involve the client's activities and life
- Provide structure and support in household management, such as maintaining cleanliness of the home environment and establishing a safe, healthy, and efficient routine
- Assist with participation in recreation and community activities to promote socialization and establish relationships with peers
- Assist clients with improving community living and integration skills in a variety of settings, such as shopping, church attendance, sporting events, club participation, classroom support, and volunteer/employment support, by providing transportation
- Work with clients to learn how to participate in their desired recreational and social activities within their surrounding community
- Provide training or assistance with mobility in the home environment, using adaptive aids, and accessing public transportation
- Provide assistance with developing effective and appropriate communication and social skills
- Operate within organizational guidelines, policies, professional, and ethical standards
- Maintain organizational confidentiality of information relating to individuals and their families in accordance with HIPAA/company policies
- Treat clients, families, co-workers, and outside parties with respect and dignity, honoring all values and all written and reasonably implied ethical practices of the organization
- Provide clients with functional support to acquire, retain, and improve independence based on established goals
- Help clients with reintegrating and reconnecting with their communities to encourage a healthy level of independence
- Identify barriers, triggers, or changes in functional status to develop proactive interventions that promote continued independence
- Educate clients on how to develop necessary problem-solving skills and strategies
- Accompany clients to locations and appointments in the community to educate them in learning how to assess and utilize their community resources and services
- Serve as a role/mentor for clients and maintain good communication/relationships with the client, their families, and referral sources
- Complete daily progress notes and other necessary documentation in compliance with organization policies and provide to supervisors and the agency's payroll/invoicing email portal
