Job Coach

Institute for the Redesign of Learning; Whittier (CA); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Retirement plan

FSAs

Job summary

The Institute for the Redesign of Learning (IRL) is hiring a Job Coach for clients in the Whittier/La Mirada area. This 25-hour-per-week position involves partnering with a supportive team to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn job duties and maintain work behaviors.

Salary ranges from $19 to $21.78 per hour, with contingent factors including experience, credentials, education, and use of a second language.

Qualifications

• Self-starter with initiative and reliability.
• Must hold a valid CA driver’s license and be able to travel to client sites.
• Ability to access a mobile phone and use basic internet/email.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison and advocate for clients with employers.
• Provide on-the-job support and demonstrate needed skills to clients.
• Assess ongoing support needs and remove barriers to employment.
• Assist participants with developing positive interactions with coworkers and customers.
• Ensure tasks follow analyses and maximize productivity via positive behavior strategies.
• Document ISP goals and progress using basic computers/notetaking.

Skills

Self-Starter

Valid California Driver’s License

Be able to arrive at client sites by自己

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Our intentional, mission-driven organization seeks a dedicated individual to join our Transitions & Adult Services team as a Job Coach for clients in the Whittier/La Mirada area. In this 25-hour-per-week position, you'll have the chance to work alongside a supportive and collaborative team of professionals in making a real difference in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to grow your skills and contribute to a worthy organization–

Our team of Job Coaches plays a vital role in our community by supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping them learn new job duties, maintaining appropriate work behaviors, and increasing productivity and stability on the job. Through their dedication and expertise, our Job Coaches help participants reach their full potential and strive for positive employment outcomes. Their role is essential in promoting competence, empathy, and contribution among our clients, allowing them to become valuable members of society.

Salary Range

$19 - $21.78/hr*

*Salary range is contingent upon relatable experience, credentialing/certification, education, and use of a second language in your role (50% of the time).

As a Job Coach at IRL, you will (list is not inclusive of all duties):

• serve as a liaison and advocate for the client to the employer and help ensure that the participant is successfully integrated into the workplace.
• provide on-the-job support for clients by demonstrating needed skills for the client to utilize in their daily tasks.
• assess ongoing support service needs that may represent barriers to employment.
• assist participants with developing and maintaining positive interactions with co-workers, customers, and other members of the public.
• ensure that participants perform job assignments following steps outlined in task analyses and maximize productivity through positive behavior modification techniques and other interventions.
• develop and typewrite documentation on client ISP goals and objectives using computers and/or basic note-taking skills.
• access and read company email daily.
• monitor and assess individual consumer progress and collect and report data to the Program Manager as requested and in keeping with reporting periods.

Incentives and Benefits of Joining Our Team:

• Competitive total compensation package
• An excellent mentorship program and exceptional training provided
• Intentional professional growth plans (we promote from within!)
• Dedicated support from our Leadership Team
• health, dental, and vision insurance and a $25,000 life and AD&D insurance policy (if eligible).
• generous paid time off with up to 2 weeks of paid vacation, 13 paid holidays, and 5 paid sick days.
• retirement plan and medical and dependent flexible spending accounts.

You will need the following minimum qualifications to be considered:

• Self-Starter
• High School Diploma
• Be willing to complete the first three (3) sessions of a 10-week graduate-level training program as part of the conditions of employment
• Auto insurance liability coverage which meets the minimum for work-related travel (25/50k liability coverage; 100/300k if you drive Clients)
• Valid California Driver’s License
• Be able to arrive at any work site of the clients using your vehicle
• Access to a mobile phone (for email) & basic internet (if working offsite)
• Clear a current background check through the FBI, DOJ, and CCL
• Pass a pre-employment health screening
• A negative TB Test

Environment & Physical Qualifications

Coaching and training may require employees to be exposed to working conditions in various independent living settings such as in a client's home, classroom, or natural environments in the community, i.e., the mall, post office, bus stop, and/or in community businesses including an office, retail, warehouse, food service, or janitorial setting. Employees may be exposed to cleaning chemicals when training clients in janitorial and maintenance assignments. While performing the duties of this job, the employee needs to be able to carry, push, pull, and move objects, e.g., student desks, chairs, and boxes. Requires frequent and prolonged bending, stooping, crouching, walking, and standing. In addition, they must be able to perform physical management with clients, e.g., physically prompt and escorting clients.

ABOUT IRL

The Institute for the Redesign of Learning (IRL) is a multi-service, community-based Special Education, mental health, job development, and training facility for special needs children, students, and adults. IRL began in 1974 when its founder, Nancy J. Lavelle, Ph.D., created the Almansor Education Center located in a church on Almansor Street in Alhambra, California. With the belief that every student has the ability to “take charge” of their own learning process, Dr. Lavelle established a unique environment and individualized curriculum and created appropriate support and enrichment services designed to turn student and client learning failures into learning successes. Now over forty years later, the Institute for the Redesign of Learning offers six programs designed to provide a continuum of care for individuals with Special Needs, ages infants through adults, serving children, students, and clients throughout the greater Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley communities.

The Institute for the Redesign of Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.