Job Description
Benefits:
This role is Monday-Friday DAY hours!! No nights, weekends, or holidays. Hours fall between the hours of 7a-4p.
Our job coaches help individuals with disabilities work in the community. This role drives a route in the morning, brings individuals to community job sites during the day, and then drives a route in the afternoons.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION:
Provide a positive learning environment and experience for adults with developmental disabilities in order to assist them to increase and maintain skills, which enable them to gain independence in a variety of areas. Safely transfer clients throughout the day and provide work direction to help them in being successful at their job.
Major Areas of Accountability:
- 403(b) matching up to 5%
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
This role is Monday-Friday DAY hours!! No nights, weekends, or holidays. Hours fall between the hours of 7a-4p.
Our job coaches help individuals with disabilities work in the community. This role drives a route in the morning, brings individuals to community job sites during the day, and then drives a route in the afternoons.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION:
Provide a positive learning environment and experience for adults with developmental disabilities in order to assist them to increase and maintain skills, which enable them to gain independence in a variety of areas. Safely transfer clients throughout the day and provide work direction to help them in being successful at their job.
Major Areas of Accountability:
- Drive participants to and from home and job sites in a safe manner.
- Safely transport participants in an Achieve Van or small bus.
- Assist participants on and off the vehicle
- Assist in the development of transportation routes that will insure the most cost effective and efficient ride possible for Achieve participants
- Support of programmatic interventions of participants while on the vehicle
- Provide work direction for Transportation Attendants when applicable
- Maintain vehicle in good and safe operating condition, perform pre-trip/post-trip inspections.
- Communicate with appropriate staff, and document any concerns on the corresponding forms
- To provide meaningful tasks and activities so that participants are engaged in functional activities.
- Set up and carry through with tasks in ways that assist participants in increasing their independence.
- Have a working knowledge of community jobs so that assistance can be provided to participants so they job can be completed correctly and quality is maintained.
- Collect accurate program data on a daily basis.
- Communicate with others regarding concerns and program progress of participants in such a way that respect and confidentiality are maintained.
- Will work cooperatively with outside agencies that we work for.
- Will work cooperatively with other staff, agencies and family members in order to facilitate services provided.
- Assists participants with eating, mobility (including lifting and transferring), dressing, toileting and other personal needs.
- Provide supervision to participants throughout the day.
- Provide positive, age-appropriate interaction opportunities for participants throughout the day.
- Accept work direction from the Training Specialist and supervision from the Program Manger.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Ability to pass a motor vehicle background check.
- Ability to safely operate a vehicle.
- Ability to lift or manually assist people with disabilities on an off vehicles.
- Ability to work with people with developmental disabilities.
- Ability to follow instructions/direction.
- Ability to read maps and plan routes.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of staff and team members is a professional, respectful manner.
- Ability to provide direct care to programs participants and assist with participant supervision as necessary.
- Ability to be on time and work scheduled shift.
- Ability to follow-through with requests and work direction from other staff, outside job sites or families.
- Ability to provide a positive work atmosphere for participants.
- Ability to implement effective techniques for working with people with developmental disabilities.
- Ability to negotiate and find creative solutions to problems.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
- Ability to engage in a cooperative work style, encouraging teamwork and respect.