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Life Skills Caseworker

1.0	Accepts referrals from the Children’s Services Caseworker for all youth for whom the service is appropriate and works collaboratively to promote the youth’s best interests.
2.0	Either individually or in collaboration with the Children’s Services Caseworker completes strengths and needs assessment through personal contacts and develops an independent living plan with the youth based on this assessment.
3.0	Actively works with youth to support and assist with educational and employment pursuits including high school or equivalency, college, vocational training or the military, career planning, financial aid, job placement.
4.0	Teaches and/or provides learning opportunities for youth in basic living skills, such as money and household management, consumer skills, family planning and parenting, health care, accessing community resources, utilizing transportation services, housing options/location and tenants rights.
5.0	Provides opportunities to participate in individual and group life skills services such as conferences to improve self-esteem and other interpersonal and social skill training.
6.0	Uses discretion in providing financial support for a range of services, e.g. apartment security deposit, short-term housing cost assistance, assistance with room and board at campus housing etc.
7.0	Plans and conducts adventure based trips for selected youth following submission of a proposal and approval of the Independent Living program Manager as specified in policy.
8.0	Aids youth in gathering and retaining important documents and information.
9.0	Provides youth with a comprehensive list of community resources geared to the needs of youth living independently.
10.0	Documents activities in MACWIS to ensure compliance with requirements for federal financial participation as well as Title 22 and BCFS policy.