Employment Specialist/JOB COACH

Advanced Employment Group; Truckee (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Employment Group in Truckee, CA is seeking an Employment Specialist/Job Coach to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in obtaining and keeping competitive employment with local businesses.

You will provide job training, coaching, and accommodations, help with interviews, and coordinate travel statewide while building strong relationships with employees and employers to ensure success at the work site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Special Education degree or experience and bilingual beneficial.
• Experience with young adults with IDD preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Background screening and drug testing required.
• Willing to travel statewide with personal vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provides person-centered support to meet employee needs in the work environment.
• Develops plans to help achieve personal and employment goals.
• Facilitates social interactions between participants and other employees.
• Models productive behavior and encourages independence.
• Develops cooperative relationships with co-workers.
• Supports positive outcomes by building positive rapport.
• Prepares employees for interviews and develops job-related problem-solving approaches.
• Communicates effectively with AEG staff, employers, and employees.
• Uses various communication methods (meetings, surveys, calls, text, social media).
• Identifies environmental modifications and assistive technologies.
• Provides travel training and transportation coordination as needed.
• Accurately collects and reviews employment performance and progress records.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Verbal communication

Driver's license

Home internet access

Advocacy

Job coaching

Bilingual (beneficial)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Special Education degree or experience (beneficial)

Tools

MS Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Zoom

Webex

Google Meet

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Truckee - Truckee, CA, Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time, Salary Range: $25.00 - $27.00Hourly, Employment Specialist/JOB COACH

This is a professional position that supports adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in finding and maintaining competitive employment with local businesses. This role requires providing job training, job coaching, developing and implementing accommodations, and providing support to the employee as well as the employer to ensure that work tasks are accurately, effectively and independently performed. This position is responsible for building a strong rapport and communication with the employee and the employer, which is vital to ensuring ongoing success and a mutually beneficial relationship at the work site.

Hourly Rate:$25+

Employment Type:PART TIME/FULL TIME

Work Location: STATEWIDE WORK

Essential Functions

• Provides person-centered support to meet the needs of the employee within the work environment, being mindful of the employer’s needs and mission.
• Develops specific plans to assist in achieving personal and employment goals.
• Facilitates and encourages appropriate social interactions between participants and other employees at job site.
• Models productive behavior, encourages independence, and teaches behaviors that lead to personal and professional growth.
• Develops constructive, cooperative relationships with co-workers.
• Supports positive outcomes by building positive rapport.
• Supports employees by preparing them for interviews and developing work-related problem-solving approaches.
• Effectively communicates with AEG staff, employers, and employees.
• Communicates with employee via various methods including, but not limited to, one‑on‑one meetings, surveys, group presentations, phone calls, text messages, social media contacts, or on‑site coaching (as needed) zoom, webex or google meets.
• Identifies and implements the use of environmental modifications and assistive technologies.
• Provides travel training and transportation coordination, as needed.
• Accurately collects, records and reviews the employment, performance, feedback and progress records to ensure standards are met.

For more information on the Advanced Employment Group, please visit

www.ADVANCEDEMPLOYMENTGROUP.COM.

NOTE:The Advanced Employment Group (AEG) reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way that does not violate federal, state, and local laws and regulations and AEG's policies and procedures. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. AEG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications: Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (preferred)
• Special Education degree or experience and bilingual is beneficial
• Experience working with young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License required at time of and for duration of employment.
• Background screening and drug testing required.
• Travel STATEWIDE with use of personal vehicle.(MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDED)
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
• MUST have a home computer or tablet, smartphone and reliable internet.
• Advocacy, counseling, job coaching skills.
• Proficient using computer software as a work tool, including MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Zoom, Webex and Google Meets