Job Coach (Part Time – As Needed)
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Next Steps
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Description
Do you gain satisfaction knowing you motivate and encourage people to reach their highest potential at work? Do you want an opportunity to make a difference and see the results of your efforts? Do you have reliable transportation and the ability to transport clients to his or her worksite? Are you enthusiastic, motivating, and have the flexibility to work part time and as needed Monday - Friday? If you answered yes to these questions and want to make a positive impact on the Northeastern Ohio community, please come join the wonderful team at Cleveland Sight Center!
We are looking for a competent Job Coach to help clients enhance their strengths and improve their job skills. You may work with seasoned workers who have a recent disability who want guidance for career development or persons with a disability who need assistance in the workplace.
Under the supervision of Manager of Employment Services, the Job Coach works directly with clients in a training or placement job-site to help them to learn the specific requirements of the job; learn work-related activities and requirements, rules; and learn appropriate work-related (including social) behaviors when dealing with supervisors and co-workers.
Responsibilities
- Uses structured intervention techniques to help the client learn to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be a successful worker at the job site and in related community contacts.
- Provides client with immediate feedback, assistance, and follow-up from the support person.
- Utilizes professional communication skills as liaison between client and employer.
- Reports client progress to his/her supervisor at the work site, as well as to CSC supervisor.
- Evaluates and monitors the client’s performance and progress.
- Begins to fade as the client becomes more proficient and requires less job coach intervention.
- Performs activities of advocacy, job task analysis, developing necessary job accommodation, assisting with appropriate work behaviors and interpersonal skills and/or reinforcing travel training/orientation and mobility skills as needed or necessary.
- Completes required reports and statistics, including Job Coach Report, timesheets and expense reports and turns in at specified times.
- Works as required and requested in conjunction with department staff to ensure that agency, CARF, and other standards are met within areas of responsibility.
- Attends department and agency meetings and, upon request, attends and participates in professional development workshops.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Required Skills and Experience
Education: High School graduate
Experience: Minimum of one year previous experience working with persons with disabilities; prefer experience working with persons with blindness or visual impairment
Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in working with diverse populations.
- Ability to read a variety of written materials aloud to client. Demonstrated skill in giving and receiving verbal instructions and information.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of computers to produce reports (Word documents) and communicated via email.
- Communicating with clients to understand their goals and ambitions.
- Ability to develop effective job coaching and employment plans.
- Assist client to discover and overcome their personal barriers and to set goals.
Physical:
- Lifting up to 30 pounds.
- This position entails daily community travel; must have access to his or her own transportation.
- Flexible schedule to accommodate client coaching needs. While performing the duties of this job the employee is: Regularly required to talk and hear while communicating face-to-face and by telephone.
- Required to use hand to type on a computer keyboard, handle objects and paperwork;
- Frequently required to sit, stand and bend at the knee and waist and walk.
- Required to reach and hold on to items at chest level or reach above the shoulder.
- Must be able to visually read handwritten materials without adaptive equipment.
- Must be available to work extended hours as needed. May require some travel.