Life Skills Counselor (License Required) (30869)

Life Skills Counselor (License Required)

Goodwill San Antonio is seeking a Life Skills Counselor to assist employees with fostering a healthy and positive approach to personal challenges by offering counseling, support, guidance, and coaching.

The Life Skills Counselor will create strong relationships with individuals and provide unbiased feedback in a non-judgmental environment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide education, life skills training, and short-term solution-focused sessions to Goodwill clients.
• Conduct and interpret needs assessments for development of appropriate services.
• Assist clients in developing action plans for success in overcoming personal challenges.
• Provide direct services including short-term solution-focused sessions to internal team members seeking program services.
• Provide appropriate referrals for other community resources to address client needs and link clients to services as needed.
• Complete timely documentation in required format on employee encounters made either by phone or in person.
• Gather and analyze measures for success of employees in overcoming personal barriers; follow-up as needed.
• Work with employees to develop and refine life skills, to include job readiness training as needed.
• Work collaboratively with other departments and / or HR to appropriately support individuals through resolution of employee relations issues.
• Demonstrate ethics and maintain strict confidentiality of all information pertaining to services provided.

Requirements

Goodwill San Antonio is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

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