2026 - 2027 Transition Job Coach (Part Time)

The Cove School; Farnborough; Presencial; GBP 18.677 - 26.601; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

The Cove School in Northbrook, IL is seeking a 2026-2027 Transition Job Coach for the 2026-2027 school year. This part-time role supports students 1:1 and in small groups at the K12 Campus, the Cove Career Center, and in community settings to build independent living and employability skills.

At the Cove Career Center, you will assist with budgeting, health, nutrition, fitness, meal planning and social skills; at work sites you’ll model tasks, gather progress data, and provide feedback.

Responsabilidades

• Meet with student workers to review job description and set personal goals
• Review work expectations and procedures with students (hours, attire, sign in/out, calls for sickness/late, breaks)
• Discuss and practice appropriate social interactions with supervisor, coworkers, and customers
• Practice asking work-related questions and provide feedback
• At work sites, learn and perform tasks with students; gradually fade support
• Set up weekly 10–15 minute progress review meetings with site supervisor
• Coordinate exit interviews to summarize overall performance and employability
• Suggest strategies for approaching difficult tasks
• Regularly meet with Transition Supervisor to report progress and concerns

Descripción del empleo

2026 - 2027 Transition Job Coach (Part Time) JobID: 438

• Position Type: Support Staff/ Job Coach
• Date Posted: 7/17/2026
• Location: The Cove School
• Date Available: 08/12/2026

2026 - 2027 School Year

Job Summary

A transition job coach works with students 1:1 and in small groups both at the K12 Campus and the Cove Career Center and out in the community. At the Cove Career Center, the job coach supports students during independent living instruction in budgeting, health, nutrition, fitness, meal planning, and provides social skills support. In the community, the job coach supervises and provides guidance to students at the fitness center, grocery store, meals out, and activities in the community. Additionally, the job coach provides support at work sites to individual and small groups of students, modeling the work task, implementing accommodations, taking data, and providing feedback.

Pay

• Pay starting at $22/hour (rate of pay is commensurate with education, licensure and experience)

Schedule

• Part-time
• 2026-2027 School Year
• Five Week Extended School Year Program optional

Requirements & Responsibilities

• Job coaches meet with student workers to review job description and to help each student set personal goals for the experience.
• Job coaches review work expectations and procedures with students including: work hours, work attire, sign in/out routine, call in procedures for sick or late, breaks, appropriate ways to advocate for needs, what to do during "down" time, how to ask for more to do.
• Discuss and practice appropriate social interactions with supervisor, co-workers, and customers.
• Practice asking work related questions and provide appropriate feedback.
• At the work site, job coaches are expected to learn and perform the same tasks on the job as the students, work alongside them (modeling how the tasks should be performed) and then eventually fade the level of support as appropriate for each student.
• Job coaches set up a weekly meeting time (10-15 minutes) with the work site supervisor to review student progress and collect written reports of progress monthly.
• Job coaches coordinate an "exit interview" with the student and work site supervisor in order to obtain a final summary of overall performance and present level of employability.
• Job coaches suggest strategies for student workers (different ways to approach difficult tasks).
• Job coaches assist with problem solving.
• Job coach meet regularly with Transition Supervisor at Cove School to report on student progress and concerns.

About Us

The Cove School is a non-public therapeutic day school for students with learning disabilities located in Northbrook, IL. Cove students come from 60 nearby different public schools and families can also choose to fund tuition privately. Classes are kept small. Teaching is flexible and varies according to the individual student's learning style. A team of onsite specialists work collaboratively to provide students intensive, integrated related services.