LIFE SKILLS INSTRUCTOR

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Join our family and work for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

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.

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 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 and detainees.
• Reviewing curriculums and resources available to enhance inmates' and detainees' participation in pre-release/life skill programs and activities.
• Assessing inmates' and detainees' needs and referring them to appropriate staff.
• Helping inmates and detainees in planning and developing an individual post-release plan and encouraging them to assume the responsibility for post-release behaviors and activities.

Minimum requirements include:

• 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.

Physical requirements include sitting 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.