Part-time Life Skills Tutor

 

The Life Skills Tutor is one member of a direct service support team that helps adults with disabilities that Center for Independent Futures (CIF) serves. The Life Skills Tutor is responsible for teaching and coaching clients (participants) in a one-on-one setting on a weekly basis with the goal of developing daily living skills for the clients (participants) to gain independence and live full lives.

The Life Skills Tutor reports to a Community Life Coordinator and the Direct Services Program Director.

The Life Skills Tutor will handle the following responsibilities:

·        Work one-on-one with several clients (participants) to determine and track personal goals with the support of the individual client’s (participant’s) family and guidance from CIF’s Skills Inventory and My Full LifeTM processes

·        Model and teach effective independent living skills in the client’s (participant’s) home, at work, and in the community

·        Utilize Direct Service Training, CIF tools, and My Full Life platform to help client (participant) problem solve

·        Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries with clients (participants) while cultivating a trusting, peer to-peer relationship

·        Act as a secondary support to other members of the client’s (participant’s) direct service team in communications with family and staff

·        Communicate regularly (daily, weekly and as needed) by email, phone, text message, and in-person in order to update the support team on client (participant) progress and support needs

·        Attend staff trainings and scheduled staff meetings, and family meetings as needed

The Life Skills Tutor must have:

·        Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred

 

·        Two years or more of documented work experience in a social work, mental health, disability services field and/or an educational setting

·        Prior work experience as a member of an interdisciplinary collaborative team providing support services to persons with mental health challenges, who may also have a secondary diagnosis of ID/IDD

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Excellent organization skills

·        Demonstrated ability in problem-solving

·        Demonstrated ability to think creatively

·        Demonstrated ability to take initiative

·        Demonstrated ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality

·        Strong proficiency working with Microsoft Word.

·        Exposure and familiarity with Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint

 

·        Strong proficiency working with Google Product Suite including Google Mail, Calendar, Docs, and Sheets.

 

 

·        Must have reliable mode of transportation to attend 2-5 appointments at various locations

 

·        Flexibility to receive/initiate work-related communications outside of assigned tutoring hours

 

·        Willingness to work some evening and weekend hours

This job is part-time and projected weekly hours are flexible based on schedule. Ideally, projected weekly hours are 20 hours per week with a preference for candidates who are willing to work evening and weekend hours.