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Coach/Mentor - Independent Living

Spread Your Wings
Garden Grove, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Jul 2025
💰 $43,000/yr

About the role

💙 Now Hiring: Life Skills Coach, experience not required.
📍Based out of the Company's Orange County branch office
🕒 Part-Time and Full-Time|
🧠 Supported Living / Social Services

💸 Perks:
  • $21.50 per hour - Experience in ILS or SLS preferred, but we will train those who show the drive and passion to learn new skills.
  • Flexible scheduling – build your weekly schedule around the availability of the individuals assigned to you.
  • Accrued sick leave
  • Mileage reimbursement + monthly cell phone stipend
  • Team support, mentorship, and career growth opportunities
Make a Difference. Build a Career.
Are you passionate about helping others? Do you possess qualities like patience, compassion, and dependability? If you are seeking a meaningful career, consider joining Spread Your Wings, LLC – ILS Services as a Life Skills Coach. In this role, you will support individuals with developmental disabilities in achieving greater independence and confidence in their daily lives.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 What You'll Do:
  • Coach individuals in functional life skills that strengthen their independence. (e.g., cooking, managing medical appointments, budgeting, hygiene)
  • Encourage, motivate, and support clients with developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges
  • Help plan, create, and organize ways to meet their ISP goals.  
  • Provide consistent documentation of progress through case notes and quarterly reports.
  • Communicate and coordinate with the Regional Center and the individuals' Circle of Support on progress, concerns, and scheduling required quarterly meetings.
  • Spend 90% of your time in the field with clients and 10% on admin/documentation.
Those successful in this position are:
  • Passionate about helping others and believe in treating people with dignity and respect.
  • Strong communicators, adaptable, dependable, and creative problem-solvers.
  • Continuously advocate for their clients and their rights.
  • Are comfortable working independently in one-on-one settings in the client's home or out in the community.
  • Enjoy being out in the community, and are okay with driving from client to client.
  • Have behavioral health experience (preferred, not required)
📋 Requirements:
  • Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable transportation
  • Able to work in the Orange County area
  • Able to pass a background check (per state industry standards)
  • Computer literacy: MS Word, email, basic data entry
🌟 Why Spread Your Wings, LLC. – ILS Services?
Founded in 2015 with be office in Santa Clara County, we have expanded our services and locations, offering wrap-around services throughout California, from Ukiah to San Diego. We believe that everyone deserves support and the chance to grow in their independence and live a fulfilling life. When you join our team, you’re not just starting a job—you’re becoming part of a meaningful mission, and a large, supportive family.

💬 “We take pride in the difference we make in the lives of those we support—and so could you.”
📲 Ready to Apply?
Here’s your chance to take the first step towards joining our team! Apply now through this post!

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