Community Engagement Coach

SEEC; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

STD & Basic Life Insurance

Matching 403B

Paid vacation

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

SEEC is a progressive nonprofit agency in Maryland seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to support individuals with developmental disabilities in community settings. You will implement Person Centered Plans, build monthly schedules, and coordinate resources for meaningful activities.

You will travel across Montgomery County as a floater, using a personal vehicle when needed, and assist with transportation, daily documentation, and collaboration with families and caregivers.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience supporting people to achieve personal goals.
• Strong analytical and mentoring abilities to support personal development.
• Willing to learn and use technology such as cell phones, iPhone apps, photos, videos, laptops.
• Must be willing to travel across Montgomery County as a floater, with a personal vehicle preferred.
• Work across diverse environments and assist with daily activities including lifting up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Implement Person Centered Plans to help individuals achieve outcomes and direct their lives.
• Create monthly schedules including employment, learning, volunteering, and activities; coordinate resources.
• Provide personal care, behavioral, safety, and transportation assistance as needed.
• Document daily progress and schedule changes; communicate with team and families.
• Attend trainings and adapt to new tools and support methods; help with job/activity tasks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Tech-savvy

Travel readiness

Job description

1300 Spring St
Suite 400
Silver Springs, MD 20910, USA

Description

Compensation: $20/hour + Benefits

ABOUT SEEC

SEEC is a progressive nonprofit agency providing a wide range of community supports to help people with developmental disabilities live the lives they choose. Supports are provided solely in the community and are directed by the interests, needs, and aspirations of each person.

Named as a Top Workplaces USA 2023,SEEC is a nationally recognized disability services provider in Maryland dedicated to progressive values and the belief that all those in the intellectual and developmental disability community canLive, Work and Thrive. Come join us!

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Community Engagement Team assists individuals in their educational, recreational, fitness, and social endeavors with individualized support. They work with each person to create a monthly schedule of well-rounded, meaningful experiences that provide personal enrichment and prosperous employment. People receiving supports spend their entire day in the community and are involved in activities such as working, volunteering, or participating in job-readiness activities.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL:

• Implement Person Centered Plans which support people in achieving their outcomes and goals and in directing
  their own lives.
• As part of implementing PCP, assist people in creating monthly schedules to include customized employment,
  learning opportunities, volunteering, recreational, and enrichment activities. Work with program management to
  identify community resources. Coordinate the schedules of multiple people on the caseload, and ensure schedules
  are followed daily. This will require flexibility and collaboration with colleagues.
• On a person-by-person basis, support will require providing the following:
  1. Provide assistance with individual personal care needs.
  2. Provide assistance with individual behavioral needs
  3. Provide assistance with individual safety needs while in the community
  4. Provide assistance with individual transportation needs (primarily through use of public
  transportation)including travel training (and learning how to facilitate it), booking trips, researching
  routes.
• Provide daily documentation of people’s progress, schedule changes, activity schedules.
• Communicate with team management, colleagues and with family and other caregivers, while also helping to
  work through any specific concerns or issues.
  Strengthening connections between people with disabilities and community.
• Attend trainings and ask questions related to implementing people’s goals and supporting individual needs. Be
  inquisitive. Take initiative. Be open to learning about new tools and methods of support—such as adaptive
  technology, using iPhones and iPads.
• Assist people in researching employment and recreational opportunities, completing applications/registrations and
  other job/activity/class-related internet or paperwork tasks, as necessary.

ABOUT YOU

• Minimum of 1 year experience in supporting people to achieve personal goals or experience of comparable
  nature that has helped candidate build community-engagement skills
• Strong analytical skills, good mentoring/coaching abilities and professional approach to personal
  development
• Must be willing to learn and use technology such as cell phones, iPhone apps, photos, videos, laptops
  adaptative technology and case management database.
• Must be willing to travel from multiple locations throughout Montgomery County as a floater. Using a
  personal vehicle is strongly preferred as they are following individual's daily schedules
• Work in various employment, learning, and recreational environments including offices, retail stores,
  industrial locations, community arts and recreation facilities
• Must be able to bend, reach, and lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

WE OFFER

• Competitive Pay
• STD & Basic Life Insurances
• Matching 403B
• Paid Vacation.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Employee Program Assistance.
• And more!

SEEC is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce in an inclusive culture environment. SEEC does not discriminate based on disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws

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