What are the responsibilities and job description for the Independent Living Coordinator position at EmberHope?
To be a successful Independent Living Coordinator you must become able to do the following always:
- Ensure a trauma informed focus on creating a safe and supportive environment for staff and those served through knowledge, sensitivity, respect, and a focus on resilience and recovery.
- Teach relevant life skills. Demonstrate the ability to transform daily living activities into learning opportunities to assist youth in the development of independent living skills.
- Provide services to improve youth proficiencies in independent living skills by:
- Maintaining a maximum caseload of 20 total young adults, including 8 Scholarship Phase youth.
- Providing direct consultation, direct service, and referrals for all department youth.
- Developing an individualized transition plan in consultation with youth reflecting their needs. Facilitate transition plan meetings separate from regular case plan meetings.
- Visiting with youth face-to-face in their home or community as identified in the learning plan.
- Helping youth access local resources in their community to progress in academics and/or the workforce.
- Direct service to Scholarship Phase youth, including Learning Plan development and completion of the Casey Life Skills Assessment.
- Direct service to Action Phase youth, including learning plan and Casey Life Skills Assessment provision.
- Support Department of Children and Families (DCF) efforts to implement SOUL [Support, Opportunity, Unity, and Legal Relationships)
- Documentation, training, transportation, and liaison with DCF IL Coordinators.
- Follow Company Policy and Procedure and operate according to the Company’s Program Practice Guidelines.
- Back up on-call to the on-call department.
How you will spend your time in this job:
- 30% Coaching & Mentoring
- 30% Direct Services
- 20% Collaboration
- 20% Assessment & Documentation
