Skills Coach

Job Description Summary

The Skills Coach is a qualified mental health professional (QMHP) who is responsible for ensuring that clinical services are delivered in a trauma informed and person-centered manner. The Skills Coach is responsible for maintaining standards of professional and ethical practice in the provision of therapeutic services. This position is responsible for the diagnosis and assessment of client needs for community-based treatment and the delivery of individual and group skills coaching.

The Skills Coach will demonstrate the ability to work with individuals with a range of behavioral health issues, including mental health, trauma, and substance use. The Skills Coach will demonstrate an empathic and warm attitude, conveying a message of recovery and hope to individuals served. The Skills Coach reports to the Engagement Team Supervisor.

• A Master s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Professional Counseling from an accredited college or university

• Must be licensed in the State of Missouri in Psychology, Social Work, or Professional Counseling. The Skills Coach will be a professional counselor licensed or provisionally licensed under Missouri law and with specialized training in mental health services or a clinical social worker licensed or provisionally licensed under Missouri law and with specialized training in mental health services.

• Provides diagnoses within scope of practice, performs screenings and assessments, and develops person-centered goals with clients in treatment.
• Provides effective individual skills coaching, utilizing evidence-based practice skills and based on clients’ assessed life skill needs.
• Offers group skills coaching in a community mental health setting, based on assessed client needs as identified by the community mental health programs.
• Demonstrates the use of motivational interviewing techniques and recovery-based engagement tools for improving client outcomes.
• Provides responsive crisis services for clients during regular daytime operations.
• Communicates client issues and needs to treatment teams to promote continuity of care between other programs and providers of the Center, and, as appropriate, outside providers.
• Completes all required documentation within established time frames and according to quality standards set by State and Federal regulations, CARF certifications, and program expectations.
• Demonstrates good time management to manage multiple and simultaneous deadlines.
• Achieves or exceeds established contact expectations for billing.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• Standard office environment.
• Requires prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, squatting, kneeling, and reaching above shoulder level frequently, climbing and twisting occasionally.
• Requires a typical range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires repetitive use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulation.
• Requires standing, sitting, or walking for up to 8 hours or longer per workday.
• Requires ability to work under stressful conditions, to adapt to changing schedules, and to effectively resolve conflict.
• Requires regular use of a computer.
• TB test upon hire.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Other

• Mental Health Care