Job Coach (P / T)

Primary Responsibility / Summary

Provides supervision to clients with developmental disabilities in individual or group enclave settings at assigned location. Coaches assigned participants in learning new job duties and skills to ensure they reach their potential, striving to achieve positive outcomes in competitive, integrated employment settings.

Essential Duties

Responsibilities

Oversees completion of assigned tasks; coaches assigned participants to assist them in learning job duties, remain focused on appropriate work behaviors and ensure they reach their potential, maximize productivity and stabilization on the job.

Assesses ongoing support service needs that may represent barriers to employment.

Assists participants with developing and maintaining positive interaction with co-workers, customers and other members of the public.

Through the use of hand-over-hand training, positive behavior modification techniques, and other interventions, assists participants with effectively learning and executing their assigned job tasks.

Acts as the participant’s advocate for their employment rights and suggests alternative work methods or reasonable accommodation when necessary. Identifies and alerts site supervisor to potential needs for reasonable accommodation.

Maintains communication between participants, program staff, primary Department of Rehabilitation or Regional Center Counselor, and other key stakeholders.

Completes regular written progress reports, case notes and other required case file records for each assigned participant, productivity logs and information / documentation required for billing, daily inventory records and the creation of lists of needed inventory replenishment.

Ensures compliance with work rules and safety requirements. Reports compliance concerns and unsafe conditions to appropriate employer personnel. When supervising participants, enforces compliance with all work rules especially safety related issues.

Attends meetings and training as required. If there is a

need to commute to a work event and you chose to use a car, you should have a valid CDL and required auto insurance.

Education

Experience

Minimum 2 years of job coaching or relevant experience, preferred

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required, some college preferred.

Knowledgeable on responding to work-related needs of people with disabilities; ADA knowledge preferred.

Ability to speak another language and understand another culture as required by the program or local community.

Excellent people skills and demonstrated patience & professionalism in working with all levels of participants and employers alike.

Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.

Non-profit experience preferred.

Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Shift flexibility and overtime when needed

Pre-Employment Testing

8 Panel Drug Screen

Background Check

Employment Verification

Live Scan

List of Excluded Individuals and Entities Pre-screening

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