Career Coach for Inclusive Employment

Jespy House Inc; Orange (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Education Jobs NJ is seeking a dedicated JESPY Vocational Job Coach to support clients through skill development, employment partnerships, and mentorship phases. The role involves daily client monitoring, coordinating with employers, and facilitating job readiness activities.

You will prepare clients for work environments, help identify opportunities, and maintain relationships with employers to expand job placement options.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to foster community partnerships and relationships with people across a spectrum of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and respond quickly to crises and emergencies; ability to prevent or minimize crises.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent computer skills including a working knowledge of MS Word, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Prepare clients for a variety of work environments during the skill development phase.
• Identify and develops specific job opportunities that match the clients' skills, work experience and/or training, related training and interests.
• Maintains relationships with existing employers and establishes relationships with new employers who are willing to hire disabled and learning disability employees.
• Schedules prospecting/cold calls and face-to-face meetings with employers with regard to hiring the learning and developmentally disabled.
• Assist in development plan preparation for each client
• Assess physical, attitudinal, communication, transportation and financial barriers. Request accommodations where necessary.
• Provide assistance in preparation of resumes, mock interviews, job interviews and job application, and orientation as required.
• Observe client on job site and provide training assistance as needed.
• Provide immediate feedback and assistance as required to clients regarding job performance as related by employee supervisor.
• Provide instruction in self-advocacy.
• Provide crisis intervention as required
• Advocate for client regarding job performance and other work related situations as required.
• Documents, consistently and accurately, all client and employer contact, activities and outcomes in Foothold.
• Attend Foothold training as necessary, as well as, other professional development training.
• Advocate on behalf of client in both crisis and job advancement, including salary, work conditions, and benefits.
• Responsible for input of current employee changes, including pay rate work address, supervisor and promotion or termination, for all clients, both DDD and non DDD clients.
• Report all contact (with description, i.e., reason for contact, result, regarding which client if applicable, date and time, as well as, name of contact, result and next steps/and or progress of client) of prospective employment partnerships and clients daily.

Skills

Excellent communication

Foster partnerships

Crisis management

MS Word & Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Education Jobs NJ is seeking a dedicated JESPY Vocational Job Coach to support clients through skill development, employment partnerships, and mentorship phases. The role involves daily client monitoring, coordinating with employers, and facilitating job readiness activities.

You will prepare clients for work environments, help identify opportunities, and maintain relationships with employers to expand job placement options.