Life Skills Coach

About This Role

This role focuses on teaching participants and their families new skills and fostering positive growth towards recovery and wellness. The Life Skills Coach works with individuals diagnosed with mental health illnesses, neurodevelopmental conditions, and/or substance abuse, empowering them to increase independence and manage stress. The position involves working within two programs of La Crosse County: Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) and Child Long-Term Support (CLTS) Waiver.

Responsibilities

• Connect participants to resources in their local community
• Empower participants to locate and create social networks to increase confidence
• Help decrease social anxiety and manage emotions and/or symptoms by teaching and utilizing coping skills
• Assist with or teach strategies to complete daily living skills, including money management, shopping, public transportation, household tasks, appointments, medication management, and organization
• Work with children, adolescents, and teens to support emotional well-being, social awareness, community safety skills, and healthy relationships within the CLTS Waiver program
• Provide age-appropriate strategies to manage behaviors, emotions, and peer relationships
• Problem-solve to connect youth with leisure interests in home and in the community

Requirements

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a related field to Human Services, Psychology, etc.
• Potential to hire individuals working towards these degrees with life experience
• Experience or knowledge about neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and/or mental health conditions, such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Anxiety
• Self-starter and ability to manage time well
• Empathetic and personable
• Excellent communication skills for daily reports, emails, and phone calls to a team and families
• Clean background check
• Vehicle and willingness to travel in La Crosse County

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Flexible schedule
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off (12 days for full-time staff)
• Paid training
• 10% commission on all billing

Important Details

• Schedule: 32-40 hours per week, with two evening shifts required for the CLTS program (after school), no later than 8 pm
• Work format: Hybrid remote

About the Company

Mastering Life Skills (MLS) is a for-profit company that promotes self-growth by meeting with participants and focusing on areas that can decrease stress and increase independence. MLS educates and empowers participants while including them throughout the entire learning process, striving to inspire and motivate by providing community resources and teaching adaptive strategies to manage mental health and related challenges.