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Direct Support Professional - Employment Specialist
Department: s PREP Job Status: Full Time
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Reports To: PREP Coordinator
Grade/Level: 4 Amount of Travel Required: 10-30%
Job Type: Regular Positions Supervised: None
Work Schedule:
M-F, 8am-3pm, with some flexibility. Occasional evenings and weekends.
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POSITION SUMMARY
The Employment Specialist is responsible for providing training and supervision of assigned program participants placed in the Professional Readiness Employment Program (PREP) . Duties include monitoring participant's acquisition of designated work skills and habits. Skills training and other services may include, but are not limited to socialization, communication, transportation, and related vocational independence opportunities.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
Training and supervision of clients placed at PREP Which may include onsite at Community Day Services locations, integrated employment settings or volunteer sites.
Support onsite PREP curriculum and facilitate classroom materials.
Provide community inclusion activities related to PREP
Monitor, document, demonstrate job tasks for clients.
Provide performance evaluation feedback for client work skills assessments.
Work on skill set, socialization, communication, and transportation to provide independence on the job.
Attend all applicable Community Employment Services training.
Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Regular, reliable, predictable attendance.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
Accountability & Dependability - Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little oversight. Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals.
Adaptability and Flexibility - Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
Confidentiality - This position requires the ability to maintain strict confidentiality, including, but not limited to financial and agency information pertaining to Pioneer stakeholders.
Creative & Innovative Thinking - Develops fresh ideas that provide solutions to all types of workplace challenges. Resolves difficult or complicated challenges.
Decision Making & Judgment - Makes timely, informed decisions that take into account the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
Relationship Building - Builds constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect. Builds and maintains client and customer satisfaction (internal and external) with the services offered by the agency.
Ethics & Integrity - Earns others' trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions.
Teamwork - Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.
Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required
Experience: 6 plus months of experience in Social Services
or 1-year combined experience in a job such as food service, janitorial production, or housekeeping, coupled with leadership and training responsibilities.
Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Email, Internet, CIS, Relias, ADP, Publishing, Company Mileage, Evolv
Certifications &
Licenses: DSP Certification (through Pioneer Center) (Preferred)
Other Requirements:
Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.
Must be able to meet agency driver safety requirement of carrying personal vehicle insurance with the following limits:
$50,000 bodily injury, each person
$100,000 bodily injury, each accident
$50,000 property damage
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.
O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)
F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)
C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)
Physical Demands Lift/Carry
Stand O
Walk F
Sit O
Reach Outward O
Reach Above Shoulder N
Climb N
Crawl N
Squat or Kneel N
Bend O
Speak F
10 lbs or less O
11-20 lbs O
21-50 lbs O
51-100 lbs N
Over 100 lbs N
Push/Pull
Other Physical Requirements
Vision (Near, Distance)
Sense of Sound - Ability to hear verbal communication
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Working both indoors and outdoors.
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The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.
