Case Manager & Life Skills Coach

Cornerstones of Maine•Portland, ME

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Cornerstones of Maine/Rubedo Transitions is offering the exciting opportunity to join our team as a Case Manager and Life Skills Coach in greater Portland, Maine. As a part of our team, you will support clients to propel themselves through the struggles of their daily lives to a place of healthy and sustainable success. Coaches at Cornerstones support our clients to experience personal growth and to develop effective, intentional habits and skill sets. Coaches support our clients with confronting challenges that fall in 7 key areas: academics, professional development, health and well-being, independent living, executive functioning, interpersonal growth, and character building. Coaches operate in a full-time role carrying a healthy caseload of ~6-7 clients. This role in particular supports clients that are nearing graduation from the program and focuses heavily on discharge planning. Coaches meet with their clients individually and in groups and work in collaboration with our clinical team to support our clients to learn and adopt essential life skills and to build their confidence through victories big and small and the tools of reflection in order for them to develop lives that are fulfilling and rich with meaning. Cornerstones of Maine/Rubedo Transitions is a boutique therapeutic residential program located in Southern Maine. As a company, we are committed to providing a nurturing, supportive and collaborative environment for our staff, which empowers them with opportunities for professional development and personal growth. We are a diversity inclusive program and we seek to recruit and support individuals from underrepresented groups, including people of color, staff with diverse gender identities, and individuals who have followed non-traditional pathways to the mental health field due to exceptional talent and motivation in the face of adversity, such as societal, economic, or academic disadvantages. We pride ourselves on creating a staff culture that is reflective of the therapeutic environment we are setting in our residences.

Requirements

A college degree is required for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Executive Functioning
Experience in Mental Health Coaching
Experience with Academic strategies
Experience with Obstacles to learning
Experience with Motivational Interviewing
Experience supporting vocational pursuits

Responsibilities

Support clients to propel themselves through the struggles of their daily lives to a place of healthy and sustainable success.
Support clients to experience personal growth and to develop effective, intentional habits and skill sets.
Support clients with confronting challenges that fall in 7 key areas: academics, professional development, health and well-being, independent living, executive functioning, interpersonal growth, and character building.
Focus heavily on discharge planning for clients nearing graduation from the program.
Meet with clients individually and in groups.
Work in collaboration with the clinical team to support clients to learn and adopt essential life skills.
Build client confidence through victories big and small and the tools of reflection.
Develop lives that are fulfilling and rich with meaning for clients.