Educational Coach - Paula Crane Life Enrichment Center Intensive Services; Morrow, GA

View Point Health

Job Title: Job and Educational Coach– Paula Crane Life Enrichment Center – Morrow, GA

Job

Hours:

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Monday through Friday with occasional evening and weekend hours.

Base

Location:

Onsite – PCLEC/Clayton

Full-time X

Part-time

PRN

Exempt X

Nonexempt

View Point Health is seeking a full-time Job & Educational Coach to join the Paula Crane Life Enrichment Center. The Job & Educational Coach provides individualized employment, career-development, and educational support to adults receiving services for substance use disorders. The coach helps participants identify strengths, interests, and goals; overcome barriers to employment and education; develop practical skills; and build sustainable pathways toward self-sufficiency and long-term recovery.

Working as part of an interdisciplinary recovery team, the Job & Educational Coach uses a strengths-based, trauma-informed, person-centered, and recovery-oriented approach. The position supports participants in developing realistic goals while recognizing that employment and education can be important components of stability, purpose, confidence, and successful recovery.

• Conduct individualized vocational assessments to identify participants' interests, strengths, skills, work history, and employment goals.
• Assist participants with developing individualized employment and career plans.
• Help participants identify appropriate job opportunities based on their skills, interests, recovery needs, and career goals.
• Provide assistance with resumes, cover letters, applications, interview preparation, and professional communication.
• Teach workplace skills, including punctuality, communication, conflict resolution, problem-solving, teamwork, and workplace expectations.
• Provide job-search strategies and connect participants with employers, workforce-development programs, staffing agencies, and community resources.
• Schedule and transport individuals to interviews, job fairs, appointments and community activities, such as shopping, banking, support groups, etc. to support the participants with achieving employment and educational goals.
• Support participants in addressing employment barriers such as gaps in employment, limited work experience, transportation, criminal-legal history, lack of identification, or limited education.
• Provide appropriate post-placement support to promote job retention and career advancement.
• Help participants explore career pathways, apprenticeships, vocational training, certifications, and other workforce opportunities.

• Help participants identify educational and training goals, including GED/high-school equivalency, college, vocational training, certification programs, and continuing education.
• Connect participants with adult education programs, colleges, trade schools, workforce programs, and financial-aid resources.
• Assist participants with applications, enrollment processes, educational planning, and navigating institutional requirements.
• Help participants develop study skills, time-management strategies, goal-setting skills, and academic routines.
• Provide individual and group supportive coaching to individuals concerning their needs and problems, and issues with personal and social development.
• Lead educational and skill-building group sessions.
• Support participants in balancing education, employment, treatment, family responsibilities, and recovery.
• Encourage continued learning and skill development as part of long-term recovery and personal growth.

• Establish trusting, respectful relationships with participants while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Use motivational interviewing and other evidence-informed…