Youth Life Skills Instructor - Education & Empowerment

LifeWorks Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 73,469,000 - 103,871,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 24 days/year

11 paid holidays

Medical plan with HSA

Retirement plan with employer match

Job summary

LifeWorks Austin seeks a Life Skills Instructor to join our Life Skills team. You will facilitate in-person and virtual life skills classes for youth, focusing on core areas like housing, finances, and job readiness, while engaging families and local partners to support youth independence.

This full-time, non-exempt role offers a competitive hourly rate and a benefits package including PTO, holidays, medical coverage with HSA, and a retirement match, contributing to a stable, mission-driven

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
• 2+ years of related teaching or training experience with transition age youth.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required.
• Experience with databases; proficient level experience with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates life skills classes for youth during daytime and evening hours, ensuring engaging and developmentally appropriate instruction.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, inclusive, and welcoming classroom environment for all students.
• Maintains timely, professional, and quality communication with funders, community partners and staff members.
• Initiates contact with caregivers and referral sources to coordinate assessment.
• Maintains up-to-date class and assessment waitlists and enters referrals and authorization forms in the Agency database by given deadline.
• Develops, updates, and refines life skills curriculum to ensure content is relevant, culturally responsive, and aligned with program goals and youth needs. Responsible for conducting Casey Life Skills Assessments (CLSAs) and facilitating a discussion about the results of the CLSAs for both the youth and their caregivers in their home, in the community, or in a classroom setting as needed by contract holders.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to situations as needed to reduce tension and promote safety for clients, staff, and community.
• Communicates timely with all contract holders about teaching locations and referred youth within required timeframe.
• Responsible for recruiting youth to Life Skills classes, and leads classroom instruction, discussion, activities, and field trips. Also responsible for recruiting guest speakers to present on community resources.
• Compiles and prepares required reports and assessments for all contract holders to ensure timely completion.
• Maintains timely, complete, and accurate program documentation related to contractor assessments, reports, youth surveys and client data entry in Agency database.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with community contacts, such as referral sources, community site and residential treatment staff, juvenile justice staff, and other service providers and contract holders.
• Completes Independent Study Guides (ISGs) as needed and required for contract holders.
• Refers youth to client services with community agencies as needed.
• Responsible for the primary supervision of youth engaged in services.
• Meets with individual clients to establish a safe, healthy relationship for learning, problem-solving, and participating in community activities, as needed.
• Transports clients as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, Psychology, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

LifeWorks Austin seeks a Life Skills Instructor to join our Life Skills team. You will facilitate in-person and virtual life skills classes for youth, focusing on core areas like housing, finances, and job readiness, while engaging families and local partners to support youth independence.

This full-time, non-exempt role offers a competitive hourly rate and a benefits package including PTO, holidays, medical coverage with HSA, and a retirement match, contributing to a stable, mission-driven