Job Coach
About The Position
Job Coach – Employment Services Job Description Overview Community Services League (CSL), founded in 1916, is one of the Kansas City region’s largest social service providers. Through its mission and vision of creating meaningful and lasting change in the lives of area neighbors, CSL maintains and delivers a variety of innovative anti-poverty programs that help move our community forward. CSL’s family stability programming offers a full suite of case management, supportive coaching, and direct wrap-around services to assist our neighbors in creating immediate and lasting stability in their lives and households. CSL’s commitment to assist families from crisis to permanent stability is a critical pillar within the organization’s mission and vision. Position Summary: The Job Coach is instrumental in providing support to individuals with disabilities at a work site to ensure the employee learns to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications, as well as, teaching interpersonal skills needed to be successful on the job. The hours for this job are “as needed” and are flexible and/or work for six weeks during summer break.
Requirements
- Strong communication and relationship building skills with employers
- Ability to instruct clients on learning acceptable work behaviors
- Ability to take a task and identify the step-by-step process to complete the task
- Computer skills – Microsoft Word – for writing Monthly Job Coaching Reports
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Dependability, Loyalty, Integrity
- Reliable transportation to work sites throughout the Kansas City metro area or at a summer work site.
- Available hours to work a flexible work schedule on an “as needed” basis or available to work 20 hours a week, six weeks during the summer months
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of ADA/reasonable accommodations can be a plus
Responsibilities
- Assist clients to learn job tasks
- Help in developing job supports on the job site
- Aid in determining possible job accommodations necessary for client to maintain successful employment
- Be willing to work a flexible work schedule
- Be trained by experienced Employment Specialists
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
