Social Skills Coordinator

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2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $27.49 To $29.91 Hourly

The Social Skills Coordinator partners with students, their families and referring professionals to facilitate our students’ path toward independence, as well as to serve as the main facilitator and liaison to all CIP functions within the center. The Social Skills Coordinator is an onsite full-time non-exempt position located in Berkeley, CA that reports to the Assistant Program Director.

This position operates in a highly scheduled environment but may require longer hours and weekend work and minimal travel as job duties demand. The Social Skills Coordinator position involves a moderate physical demand.

The College Internship Program (CIP) is a full-year private young adult transition program for individuals 18-26 with autism, ADHD, and other learning differences offering comprehensive and specialized services. CIP’s programs uniquely address the needs of adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism, ADHD, and other learning differences by providing a comprehensive curriculum, expert staffing, and a structured weekly schedule. We believe that a learning disability is a learning difference, and our expert staff understand and meet our young adults enrolled in the program where they are at.

Our programs focus on the generalization of specialized skills specifically for autism and learning differences. CIP students live with a close-knit community of peers within a supported apartment living setting and fully access the community around them. Each student’s unique needs are met individually as they prepare for success in independent living, college, and employment. CIP is the result of strategies we have developed over 40 years working with hundreds of young people who learn differently and have exceptionalities, helping develop the self-knowledge and skills to live happy and productive lives.

Instruct social skills curriculum in individual and group sessions, including aspects of social communication, awareness, behavior, and confidence.

Support instruction in program areas of Reframing, PEERS, and Social Mentoring.

Assess student social skills strengths and challenges and assists in student goal setting.

Develop relationships with local colleges for the purposes of recruiting a pool of college interns to interact with CIP students as social mentors.

Supervise and train Social Skills department staff and perform regular one-on-ones and evaluations.

Collaborate on social thinking projects across departments to ensure Social Thinking is an integral part of the student’s holistic plan.

Produce individual social thinking session notes, monthly group notes, progress reports.

Develop and plan weekend activities in collaboration with life skills for all students to participate in and practice social skills.

Lead and oversee the Student Council.

Participate in department head and team review meetings and contribute to the overall student’s program plan.

The Social Skills Coordinator will possess exceptional communication skills, precise attention to detail, superior organization and prioritization skills and self-motivation in managing tasks to completion. They will have genuine empathy and awareness of the needs and sensitivities of prospective families, students, and staff.

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Psychology, Social Work, Education, or a related field is…