Transitional Specialist

Job Summary:

The Transitional Specialist is responsible for providing skills training to young adults with disabilities. The Transitional Specialist is further responsible for ensuring that support services are consumer directed, enhance individual competencies, promote meaningful relationships and maximize individual learning potentials. Exposing students age 14-22 to skills needed to move them forward in developing a plan for their next steps in life.

Essential Functions:

Responsible for:

1. Responsible for incorporating the values and principles of the Agency's mission.
2. Training, supervising and working with individuals with disabilities in a variety of community, vocational, and educational facilities.
3. Implement discovery based techniques that look to examine where students are at their best in their lives and translate the needs to move the student forward.
4. Provide support to the student on the job (internships) by understanding and maintaining the necessary tasks and requirements.
5. Compose clear and concise objective/subjective progress notes.
6. Attend IP meetings, risk management meetings and close out meetings.
7. Adhere to regulations regarding DDPC, OSHA, and DOL..
8. Efficient and proper use and maintenance of assigned equipment and supplies.
9. Implementing components of each program service plan
10. Safety of the all students under your supervision.

(The essential functions listed in this section are not limited only to the tasks indicated and may include

other duties as assigned)

Qualification/Education/Experience:

1. High School Diploma / Some college courses
2. Two - three year experience working with young adults with disabilities.
3. Driver's License required and safe driving record.
4. Second language skills including American Sign Language preferred

Reasoning Ability:

1. Ability to define problems, develop a solution, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
2. Ability to be organized, good written and verbal communication, time management and budgeting skills.

Communication Demands:

1. The ability to read, analyze and interpret journals, financial reports and legal documents.
2. The ability to respond to common inquiries of complaints, via email, text or telephone professionally.

Environmental Demands:

The work is performed in a non-smoking environment. The work is normally performed in a temperature controlled zone, however, there are exceptions. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General requirements:

1. Good balance: the ability to stand and walk without restrictions
2. Full upper extremity range of motion
3. Normal upper extremity strength
4. Full lower extremity range of motion
5. Normal lower extremity strength

We are seeking persons who are enthusiastic, energetic, highly organized, detail-oriented, and have strong oral and written communication skills. Please, send your resume with cover letter detailing your academic qualifications, work and volunteer experience plus any other relevant documentation via email to lswain@workinc.org

WORK INC is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages individuals with disabilities and Veterans to apply. If you are interested in the position you MUST complete that attached Internal Request Form and meet with your supervisor to get their signoff/approval.

Please contact 617-691-1790 if you require any assistance in responding to this advertisement.