Job Coach

Opportunity Works Connecticut Inc•Vernon, CT

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About The Position

To guide individuals in their job and vocational settings, document progress and attendance, provide coaching and mentoring. This role involves familiarizing yourself with individuals’ goals, job placements and job site expectations, and guiding individuals in learning to complete job tasks assigned by the job site. The Job Coach will monitor each individual’s job progress, break down or modify tasks as needed, and create lists, charts, or reminder notes to facilitate learning. The position requires assessing individual strengths and teaching them to be used effectively on the job site, assisting individuals to discover and overcome personal barriers, and setting goals for growth. Providing coaching in prioritizing job tasks and completing them in a logical sequence, and encouraging individuals to complete tasks in an increasingly timely manner are key aspects of this role. The Job Coach will monitor and evaluate client progress by keeping detailed progress notes and records for all goals and objectives. Additionally, this role assists individuals with disabilities in developing social and life skills, tracks all workers’ measurable goals, and ensures daily and weekly documentation is complete. The Job Coach is responsible for ensuring that all safety areas are maintained on a monthly basis, including completing monthly checklists and fire drills. Maintaining appropriate communications with parents/guardians, residential staff, DDS Case Managers, OWC Directors/other staff, and business contacts is essential. The role also includes tracking daily attendance for all workers in the program, ensuring Vocational Assessments are up to date, and assisting in providing a positive program environment for staff and participants. Being a team player, learning and following all agency policies and procedures, and learning and following all safety and emergency procedures are also required. Involvement in OWC fundraising events and performing other assigned duties are part of the role.

Requirements

Proven experience as job coach
Experience in developing employment plans
Ability to adhere to regulations and standards
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent organizational and problem-solving ability
Respect to diversity
Ability to inspire and motivate
3 years’ experience in a Human Service setting
Must be reliable, dependable, flexible with your hours
Must possess proven experience and success
Must possess valid driver’s license and have 5 years’ experience clean driving
Be willing to use your own vehicle if needed
Must be able to work as part of a team as well as be independent
Organizational skills
Interpersonal and Communication skills
Problem solving skills
good verbal and written skills
ability to lead
ability to lead and inspire

Nice To Haves

Experience in working with people with disabilities is a plus
CPR/First Aid, PMT, Med Cert a plus

Responsibilities

Familiarize yourself with individuals’ goals, job placements and job site expectations
Guide individuals in learning to complete job tasks assigned by job site
Monitor each individual’s job progress and break down / modify tasks as needed or requested
Create lists, charts and / or reminder notes as needed to facilitate learning for each individual
Assess the strengths of individuals and teach them to use them effectively on the job site
Assist individuals to discover and overcome their personal barriers and set goals for growth
Provide coaching in prioritizing job tasks and completing them in a logical sequence
Encourage individuals to complete tasks in an increasingly timely manner once the basic job skills have been learned
Monitor and evaluate progress of clients by keeping detailed progress notes
Keep records and documentation for all goals and objective
Assist individuals with disabilities in developing social and life skills
Track all workers’ measurable goals and insure that all daily and weekly documentation is complete
Ensure that all safety areas are maintained on a monthly basis. Monthly checklist and fire drills are completed.
Maintain appropriate communications with parents/guardians, residential staff, DDS Case Managers, OWC Directors/other staff, and business contacts.
Daily attendance for all workers in your program
Ensure Vocational Assessments are up to date on each individual in the program
Assist in providing a positive program environment to staff & participant
Be a team player
Learn & follow all policy & procedures of the agency
Learn and follow all safety & emergency procedures for the agency
Be involved in OWC fundraising events
Perform other duties as assigned, or as they arise.