Career Coach & Vocational Support Specialist

SLE Supported Living and Employment Services; Harrisonville (MO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health benefits

Top-notch training

Career mobility

Workplace culture

Employee assistance program

Mileage reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Brightli is hiring a Vocational Support Specialist in Harrisonville, MO to help individuals with disabilities achieve meaningful employment and independence. You will provide skills training, career planning, job coaching, and ongoing workplace support both onsite and in the community.

The role requires flexibility, strong communication, and a passion for helping clients reach personal and employment goals. Evening and weekend availability may be required as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience in rehabilitation, employment services, case management, social services, or a related field preferred.
• Current CPR and Standard First Aid certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Empower clients to identify their strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences and use those insights to pursue personal, educational, and employment goals.
• Teach pre-vocational, vocational, social, job-seeking, job-retention, and independent-living skills through individualized lessons, activities, and community-based experiences.
• Provide onsite and offsite job coaching that helps clients learn job duties, interact successfully with coworkers, develop natural supports, and sustain long-term employment.
• Develop individualized service plans in partnership with clients and implement strategies, lessons, and supports aligned with identified goals.
• Coordinate paid work-based learning experiences, including participant orientation, new-hire paperwork, timesheets, and individual or group support.
• Connect clients with additional services, benefits and financial-planning resources, transportation or bus training, and other supports identified in their service plans.
• Build relationships with employers and community partners to create competitive, integrated employment and skill-development opportunities.
• Educate employers about the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities and facilitate reasonable job accommodations, assistive technology, job carving, and other workplace supports.
• Serve as a liaison among clients, employers, coworkers, families, schools, referral sources, and social-service organizations to promote successful workplace adjustment.
• Adapt job-support strategies to each client’s learning style and individual needs, including physically assisting with job duties when necessary.
• Transport clients as needed to complete goals and activities identified in their individualized service plans.
• Respond appropriately to crisis situations that may arise at client worksites.
• Monitor client progress, service authorizations, utilization, and Extended Services Plans to ensure supports remain appropriate and within authorized limits.
• Document services and complete required daily, weekly, monthly, and activity-based reports accurately and within established timeframes.
• Advocate for clients and represent the organization professionally through employer outreach, community events, presentations, and public-speaking activities.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma

Associates or bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Brightli is hiring a Vocational Support Specialist in Harrisonville, MO to help individuals with disabilities achieve meaningful employment and independence. You will provide skills training, career planning, job coaching, and ongoing workplace support both onsite and in the community.

The role requires flexibility, strong communication, and a passion for helping clients reach personal and employment goals. Evening and weekend availability may be required as needed.