LIFE SKILLS TRANSITION SPECIALIST

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

We need your help to ensure that our inmates have a successful transition back into society. Typical responsibilities include:  

• Providing general classroom guidance for career planning, social adjustment, life skills, and personal management.
• Defining terminology and identifying community resources to explain the reality of pre-release activities and plans to inmates.
• Reviewing curriculums and resources available to enhance inmates' participation in pre-release/life skill programs and activities.
• Assessing inmates’ needs and referring them to appropriate staff.
• Helping inmates in planning and developing an individual post-release plan and encouraging them to assume the responsibility for post-release behaviors and activities.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
• Bachelor's degree in a related area preferred.
• Relevant teaching and/or counseling experience in a correctional setting preferred.
• Appropriate valid teaching certification if required by the client agency.
• We would prefer someone with a Bachelor's degree in a related area as well as relevant teaching and/or counseling experience in a correctional setting.

Physical Requirements:

In this position you will sit a lot, however you might occasionally have to: lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; Push or pull up to 40 lbs.; bend, stoop, walk, stand, reach above shoulder level, and work with machinery.

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