Job Details: Job Location: Middlesex County - Old Bridge, NJ 07735, Position Type: Part time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00 Hourly, Employment Coordinator
MERCER COUNTY
Part-Time Day Hours
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure that all work is carried out in a manner that is both respectful and empowering to families and individuals with disabilities.
- Establish and maintain a positive rapport with referring agency personnel in order to build productive, consistently high referral numbers.
- Develop a person-centered Employment Plan based upon information received from the referral source, individual observation, and assessment designed to discover the job seeker`s interests, aptitude, and preferred career goals.
- Provide employment-related preparatory training in areas, such as resume development, interview skills, job search options, networking skills, and on-the-job relationship protocol.
- Provide assistance in actual job search, application submission, interviewing, and assistive technology assessment and procurement.
- Once a job seekeris placed provide on or off-site assistance in order to ensure the worker understands and can perform job tasks, hasappropriate reasonable accommodations in place and has enough natural support available to eventually work independently.
- Document the work done and write and submit billing reports in order to complete the fee-for-service process.
- Refer job seekers for any other expert assistance needed in order to maintain supporting benefits, such as SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, Supportive Housing, and SNAP.
- Only engage in activity that relates to one or more of the goals outlined in the job seeker’s employment plan.
- Complete accurate reports, database entries, case notes, and documentation, etc. in a timely manner as required.
- Ensure that the program is productive by accepting new referrals or coaching 15 hours per week.
- Alert supervisor of any case issues or successes as soon as possible, following each issue or success.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: Qualifications
- Bachelor`s Degree required
- 2 or more years of experience in working with funding agencies DDD, DVRS, or CBVI preferred.
- Ability to attend specialized employment training and maintain professional development hours.
- Professional communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Expertise in MS Office applications, internet search, and data entry.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to work with clients in-person and remotely.
- Able to travel (valid driver`s license and reliable transportation required).
- Bilingual-Spanish preferred.
FRN EOE