Community Job Coach (PT)

SVRC Industries•Saginaw, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provide individualized services to individuals (or small groups of individuals) with various disabilities in obtaining, learning, performing and maintaining jobs in the community. This role involves providing support services to consumers in the community, building on their abilities and strengths, and offering on-site/off-site supervision. The job coach will gain a high-level knowledge of assigned job tasks and work sites, implement rehabilitation plans, and communicate consumer concerns to supervisors. Additional duties may include working in the industrial workshop, monitoring program participants, and participating in plan review meetings. For drivers, responsibilities include operating agency vehicles, conducting safety checks, and maintaining vehicle logs.

Requirements

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalence.
Experience in working with people with disabilities preferred.
Successful completion of a Criminal History Background Check and Drug Screen.
Chauffeur License (SVRC will assist with this processes if you do not currently have a valid Chauffeur License)
Safe driving record.
Successful completions of agency sponsored defensive driving course.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized services to individuals (or small groups of individuals) with various disabilities in obtaining, learning, performing and maintaining jobs in the community.
Provide support services to consumers in the community.
Build on participant's abilities and strengths based on available past experience and information, and personal observations of the individual performing job tasks.
Provide on-site/off-site supervision of consumers at all times unless otherwise indicated by the consumer's plan of service.
Gain a high-level knowledge of all elements of the assigned job(s), including general procedures and practices of the work site.
Implement rehabilitation plans.
Communicate consumer concerns and trends to designated supervisor.
Attend all training sessions as assigned.
May be utilized in the industrial workshop not only as a job coach but as a worker due to high demand for production.
May assist in monitoring program participants and other related work as required.
May participate in plan review meetings concerning the consumer.
Track and document participant time and attendance.
Observe and implement all driving, maintenance and safety factors related to the operations of the agency-owned vehicles.
Conduct preventative maintenance and safety checks before and after use on all agency-owned vehicles as assigned.
Drive gasoline or diesel-powered vans to transport rehabilitation program participants to and from community sites and volunteer sites.
Ensure that all appropriate documentation is completed in a timely manner.
Maintain vehicle log according to agency standards.