Community Employment Specialist

Nishna Productions Inc•Shenandoah, IA

About The Position

This is a fulltime 40 hours per week position. I. The Community Employment - Job Coach is directly responsible to the Community Employment Team Leader II. Job Duties and Responsibilities 1) Provide direct training and support to individuals on community job sites. 2) Implement goals and objectives, and methods for achieving them. Carry out instructional activities consistent with individual’s training objectives. 3) Document individual performance daily. Keep all charts and daily reports up to date and accurate. Submit data to supervisor as requested. 4) Attend and participate in any staff meetings. 5) If requested, handle transportation to and from job sites at the beginning of each placement. 6) Learn tasks of community job sites in order to train individual. Be available as needed to provide support and follow-up. 7) Communicate with supervisor regarding the development of any necessary behavior intervention data. 8) Integrate the individual with his/her co-workers. Provide model for others for appropriate way to interact with the individual. 9) Assist employer in working through any employment problems, encouraging employer to deal directly with the individual as much as possible. 10) Work with the employer in completing regular performance evaluations with the individual. 11) Handle any other duties assigned by the Executive Director as specified and within the time frame given. 12) Complete employment advocacy with employers, co-workers, and customers. IV. Essential Functions 1) Provide job coaching at community work sites and provide follow-up support. 2) Provide assistance securing transportation to community work sites. 3) Provide written documentation. 4) Represent the agency to the community. 5) Serve the needs of the individual. These people may have behavior disorders which may result in the display of aggressive outbursts of a physical nature. The individual may or may not be able to control these episodes. Physical assistance is required if the situation warrants. 6) Physical ability to do job coaching. Be able to do a variety of tasks in a variety of environments. 7) Travel from location to location in the communities where job sites are located. 8) The ability to learn to do a variety of tasks and to be able to teach these tasks to persons with disabilities. 1. Train on job sites whatever hours of the day training is needed. 9) All staff/volunteers of Nishna Productions, Inc. will comply with state and federal regulations regarding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). 10) Every employee/volunteer of Nishna Productions, Inc. is on a need to know basis regarding the Protected Health Information (PHI) of the individuals they serve. Therefore a security clearance level is assigned for each job description and those security levels are allowed access only to the information required to complete the duties in each position. · Level One allows the least access and is intended for truck drivers, maintenance staff, redemption center workers, and volunteers. · Level Two is for direct care workers including; floaters/substitutes, SCLS, Program Instructors, Day-Hab aids, Vocational Trainers, lead staff, and 1:1 staff. · Level Three includes the office support staff. · Level Four is for Team Leaders, supervisors, and Work Center Supervisors. · Level Five is the security clearance given to Program Managers. · Level Six allows access to all PHI and includes Directors/Administrators, Quality Assurance, and IT staff. · Temporary clearance for PHI access can be given if staff require the access to complete extra assigned duties (i.e. filling in for another department). Maintenance personnel are given permanent access to areas where PHI is stored that they may need to enter in order to complete their duties. 11) Must become certified in Job Coaching within six months of employment.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED. Prefer post-secondary education in a human services related field.
Must have six months work experience in direct support capacity.
Ability to work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, and early mornings.
Ability and capability to obtain and maintain valid Iowa Chauffeur’s license.
Maintain acceptable driving records, as required by agency insurance company.
Adaptability to new work conditions and change.
Ability to apply job training methods such as cues, behavior reinforcement, prompting techniques, and other training concepts.
Ability to assess job performance and record accurately.
Must exhibit ability to meet people and to carry on social as well as professional conversations.
A professional and personal image and attitude is needed to represent persons served the agency itself.
Individual “must not have or be a carrier” of a serious infectious or communicable disease, such as but not limited to, incurable, fatal, or debilitating diseases, which cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation.
Physical ability to do job coaching.
Ability to learn to do a variety of tasks and to teach people with disabilities to do these tasks.
Ability to work in a variety of environments, including industrial, fast food, motels, hospitals, restaurants, grocer/retail stores, etc.
Must not have been legally convicted of any type of assault, abuse or bodily injury.
Ability to exercise sound judgment when the situation requires immediate decision-making.
Physical exam prior to employment and every four years thereafter.
Ability to complete 10-hour med-management class.

Nice To Haves

Prefer post-secondary education in a human services related field.

Responsibilities

Provide direct training and support to individuals on community job sites.
Implement goals and objectives, and methods for achieving them.
Carry out instructional activities consistent with individual’s training objectives.
Document individual performance daily.
Keep all charts and daily reports up to date and accurate.
Submit data to supervisor as requested.
Attend and participate in any staff meetings.
If requested, handle transportation to and from job sites at the beginning of each placement.
Learn tasks of community job sites in order to train individual.
Be available as needed to provide support and follow-up.
Communicate with supervisor regarding the development of any necessary behavior intervention data.
Integrate the individual with his/her co-workers.
Provide model for others for appropriate way to interact with the individual.
Assist employer in working through any employment problems, encouraging employer to deal directly with the individual as much as possible.
Work with the employer in completing regular performance evaluations with the individual.
Handle any other duties assigned by the Executive Director as specified and within the time frame given.
Complete employment advocacy with employers, co-workers, and customers.
Provide job coaching at community work sites and provide follow-up support.
Provide assistance securing transportation to community work sites.
Provide written documentation.
Represent the agency to the community.
Serve the needs of the individual.
Train on job sites whatever hours of the day training is needed.
Comply with state and federal regulations regarding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
Become certified in Job Coaching within six months of employment.