Life Skills Specialist, Supportive Housing

Life Skills Specialist, Permanent Supportive Housing

Cleveland, OH, USA

Posted Monday, December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM

• Provides i ndividualized interventions in living, learning, working, and other social environments, as indicated in individualized service plan
• Identifi es , with the person, strengths that may aid clients in achieving recovery, as well as barriers that impede the development of skills necessary for functioning in work, with peers, and with family and/or friends
• Supports skills development to build natural supports (including support/ assistance with defining what wellness means to the person to assist him or her with recovery‑based goal setting and attainment)
• Assists in the development of interpersonal, community coping , and functional skills (which may include adaptation to home, adaptation to work, adaptation to healthy social environments, learning/practicing skills , such as personal financial management , medication self‑monitoring, symptom self‑monitoring, etc.)
• Assists in the acquisition of skills for the person to self‑recognize emotional triggers and self‑manage behaviors related to the behavioral health issue
• Assists with personal development, work performance, and functioning in social and family environments through teaching skills/strategies to ameliorate the effect of behavioral health symptoms
• Assists in enhancing social and coping skills that improve life stresses resulting from the person’s mental illness/addiction
• Assists the person in his or her skills in gaining access to necessary rehabilitative, medical, social , and other services and supports
• Assists the person and other supporting natural resources with illness understanding and self‑management (including medication self‑monitoring)
• Identifies with the individual and named natural supporters of risk indicators related to substance‑related disorder relapse and the development of skills and strategies to prevent relapse
• Assists the individual and family and/or responsible caregivers in the facilitation and coordination of the Individual treatment plan including providing skills support in the individual and/or family’s self‑articulation of personal goals and objectives , which can be billed
• Provides rehabilitation and support’s daily functioning to improve self‑management of the negative effects of psychiatric or emotional symptoms that interfere wi th a person’s daily functioning
• Supports the individual with restoration and implementation of daily functioning and daily routines , which are critical to remaining successful in the ho me, school, work, and community
• Provides rehabilitation and support to restore skills to function in a natural community environment
• Promotes crisis prevention and improvement while assisting the individual to respond effectively to or avoid identified precursors or triggers that would risk his or her remaining in a community setting or that result in functional impairments . Activities may include, but not be limited to, assisting the individual and family members or other collaterals with identifying a potential psychiatric or personal crisis, developing a crisis management plan, and/or, as appropriate , seeking other supports to re store stability and functioning
• Regularly administers the PHQ‑9, GAD‑7, BAM, CAGE, Ohio Outcomes Form, and questionnaires used to monitor s ocial d eterments of h ealth , and other outcomes tools to monitor treatment outcom es and trigger needed referrals
• Provides services to clients as related to social determinants of health including, but not limited to the following:
  • housing/ n eighborhood / e nvironmental needs ;
  • social s upports / c ommunity and p eer needs ; and
  • e conomic needs

Supervisory:
This position does not supervise any other position.

• Effective oral and written communication skills
• The ability to make sound decisions under stressful conditions
• An ability to organize and prioritize tasks
• An awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the populations served
• Using creativity and a drive for results, act as a liaison for the client to receive community resources
• Working knowledge of the stages of…