Life Coach- Portsmouth, Suffolk and Franklin

As a Life Coach/Qualified Mental Health Professional, you will provide quality Mental Health Skill-Building services to adults through training and support; enable clients to achieve and maintain community stability and independence in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment. Life Coach/Qualified Mental Health Staff will train and reinforce functional skills and appropriate behaviors related to the Client/Individual's mental health and safety, activities of daily living and use of community-based resources.

This position reports directly to the Clinical Supervisor.

Life Coach/Qualified Mental Health Staff provide services throughout Hampton Roads, serving urban and rural populations and all surrounding areas.

• Maintain a caseload, ensuring the provision of Mental Health Skill-Building Services to adults through goal-directed training in the following areas; functional skills and appropriate behaviors related to the individual’s health and safety, activities of daily living, use of community resources (including but limited to supporting clients with locating shelter/housing, financial and food assistance, etc.), assistance with medication management, and monitoring health, nutrition and physical condition.
• Provide mental health skill building services that are reflective of the attention to the individual’s specific needs.
• Provide supportive counseling/crisis intervention services to individuals as needed.
• Develop, maintain, and effectively implement the client's Individualized Service Plan.
• Develop and review client's quarterly and monthly reports.
• Develop, implement, and review client's discharge plans.
• Produce high quality, punctual, and accurate documentation of all casework consistent with Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services licensure and agency policies.
• Maintain thorough records of all services being provided to clients.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and agency trainings.
• Coordinate care to ensure client's health challenges are addressed.
• Participate in individual and group supervisions.
• Maintain ongoing communication with program staff and other treatment providers as necessary.
• Transport client(s) to appointments.

Life Coach/Qualified Mental Health Staff typically render services in the community including but not limited to hospitals, group homes & primarily residential settings.

All Life Coach/Qualified Mental Health Staff must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human services or a related field from an accredited college or university, or must be a QMHP (Qualified Mental Health Professional-A).

The Virginia Board of Counseling recognizes the following degrees as “human services or related fields:”

• Art Therapy
• Behavioral Sciences
• Child Development
• Child and Family Studies/Services
• Cognitive Sciences
• Community Mental Health
• Counseling (Mental health, Vocational, Pastoral, etc.)
• Counselor Education
• Early Childhood Development
• Education (with a focus in psychology and/or special education)
• Educational Psychology
• Family Development/Relations
• Gerontology
• Health and Human Services
• Human Development
• Human Services
• Marriage and Family Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Nursing
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation
• Psychology
• Rehabilitation Counseling
• School Counseling
• Social Work
• Special Education
• Therapeutic Recreation
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Sociology – (accepted until May 31, 2021)

The Virginia Board of Counseling may consider other degrees in human services or in fields related to the provision of mental health services.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $17.00 - $22.00 per hour

Work Location:

On the road