Community Job Skills Trainer - Warrensburg

Ability KC; Warrensburg (MO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Ability KC in Warrensburg seeks a Community Job Skills Trainer to deliver hands-on job skills training for diverse individuals with disabilities. You will conduct intake, prepare participants for employment, and partner with local employers to create meaningful placements.

This role involves in-person and remote collaboration, documentation in case management systems, and ongoing professional development to support participants' growth and successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assists with participant intake and orientation procedures at employment site.
• Assists with participant employer site on-boarding, job orientations.
• Trains participants to fill chosen work assignments and assists them in learning their jobs tasks.
• Follows up on participants work to ensure it meets employer expectations.
• Works one-on-one with participants to improve work skills and production skills, as required.
• Utilizes coaching tools to increase motivation and knowledge of participants’ job responsibilities (role modeling, visual aids, prompting).
• Observes, evaluates and documents each participants’ performance.
• Creates task analyses to use in teaching participants how to complete their daily job tasks.

Job description

Community Job Skills Trainer - Warrensburg

Are you looking to help job train diverse individuals with unique abilities?

YOU have the ability to help build brighter futures for those with different abilities all around your area.

Under general direction of the Employment Services Branch Manager and/or Employment Services Training Manager, the Community Job Skills Trainer is responsible for job skills training and planning, task analysis of job duties, retention and training of persons served.

On a regular basis, the Community Job Skills Trainer will have in-person and remote contact with persons served, referral sources, employers, management and team members. The Community Job Skills Trainer will engage in part or all activities as assigned to support vocational outcomes.

The Community Job Skills Trainer supports general and specific assignments including, but not limited to, individuals in community placement, partnership client evaluations and observations, partnership client training and partnership client career fairs. The Community Job Skills Trainer may serve as a floater as needed for all branches within the Employment Services Department.

The Community Job Skills Trainer will participate in professional development, staff trainings, as well as culture and team engagements and communications.

The Community Job Skills Trainer will be knowledgeable to perform essential functions of this position, including:

• Assists with participant intake and orientation procedures at employment site.
• Assists with participant employer site on-boarding, job orientations.
• Trains participants to fill chosen work assignments and assists them in learning their jobs tasks.
• Follows up on participants work to ensure it meets employer expectations.
• Works one-on-one with participants to improve work skills and production skills, as required.
• Utilizes coaching tools to increase motivation and knowledge of participants’ job responsibilities (role modeling, visual aids, prompting).
• Observes, evaluates and documents each participants’ performance.
• Creates task analyses to use in teaching participants how to complete their daily job tasks.
• Conducts evaluations on each participant at required milestones.
• Attends all VR appointments, with participants, as applicable.
• Coordinates with employer sites and various employer departments to learn skills prior to participant assignment.
• Shadows employer sites and various employer departments to determine appropriateness of participants as applicable.
• Attends all scheduled activities associated with participants’ program(s) and monthly meetings, as applicable.
• Orients the participants with completing resumes, applications and interview skills, as required.
• Provides off site training (i.e. using public transit) and soft skills training, as required.
• Establishes and maintains a professional rapport with internal and external customers including participants, families, and employer sites and various employer departments.
• Maintains all client contact standards and enters participant information in the case management database on a daily basis; physical case files will be maintained as applicable.
• Understands a variety of funding sources and completes appropriate documentation.
• Cross-trains on other mission-related programs/positions as applicable towards participants’ successful outcome overall (ACCT and Driving programs).
• Regularly updates Employment Services Manager on participant issues and concerns.
• All duties require maintaining participant confidentiality as required by both off-site employers and Ability KC policy and procedures.
• Completes tasks in compliance with all company policies, procedures and legal requirements.
• Serves as a floater for all Employment Services branches as needed.
• Provide assistance as primary and secondary support to Community Employment Specialist staff.
• All duties require maintaining patient/client confidentiality as required by Ability KC policy and procedures.

Who We Are:

As a Kansas City based not-for-profit since 1947, Ability KC builds brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities through medical, educational, and vocational therapeutic services. The depth, breadth, and continuum of expertise within the Ability KC team is internationally recognized through multiple accreditations and more importantly through the achievement of milestones by the individuals and families served. The Ability KC mission and culture is founded upon legacy that continues to innovate and evolve through the connectedness of team, those served, families and caregivers, referral and partner organizations, supporters, volunteers, and community. Ability KC is a designated comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility (CORF) since 2002, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities since 1971 and accreditation with National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Ability KC is a leading hub of therapeutic services supporting the continuum of disabilities across ages. From our goal-oriented approach in services to our long-range planning, our teams are continually looking towards building a foundation of success for those we serve and our organization today and into the future. As we look ahead to the next chapter in our history, we envision a more inclusive community that prepares individuals of all varying abilities to fully participate and contribute to our community. We envision communities that are more adaptable, more inclusive, and stronger as individuals and their families’ partner with Ability KC for every transition in life.

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Background and post offer drug screenings required.