Employment Community Specialist

Posted: Jun 24, 2026. Applications accepted until filled. Start date: immediately.

About the role

The Post Graduate Employment & Community Specialist supports young adults with disabilities in developing employment, independent living, and community participation skills. This position provides individualized job coaching, workplace support, and transition services to post-graduate students and high school students with life skills needs as they prepare for successful adult outcomes. The work year is 198 days (180-day school year plus four weeks during the extended school year).

Responsibilities

• Field work with students and local businesses.
• Consistently model appropriate work maturity skills and hold graduates to the same expectations.
• Provide services to graduates without discrimination as to race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, or any other disabling condition.
• Monitor the graduate’s work performance and provide feedback and prompts when needed.
• Provide proper documentation on all graduates’ work performance.
• Ensure safety is maintained in the work environment at all times.
• Know and adhere to established agency policies, procedures, and childcare regulations.
• Uphold and consistently follow program and licensing regulations and procedures for the graduate’s place of employment.
• Maintain and model positive, professional working relationships with consumers and other agency staff.
• Accept and integrate supervision through case notes and monitoring checks.
• Demonstrate a solid working knowledge of the most frequently encountered disabilities of graduates and the ability to provide specific, quality service for them through work performance evaluations.
• Work with students with incontinence and/or personal care in a respectful and professional manner when necessary.
• Provide service for graduates regardless of location by creating and maintaining an atmosphere that is welcoming, understanding, communicative, and supportive.
• Attend required team meetings and professional development training sessions.
• Write transition goals and benchmarks for IEPs and quarterly progress notes.
• Teach job skill training in the high school life skills classroom in conjunction with the special education teaching staff.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree preferred.
• Possess and maintain a current CPR/First Aid Certificate.
• Minimum one-year experience delivering supported employment services or direct care services in a classroom, place of employment, day care, medical, or residential setting.
• Citizenship, residency, or work visa required.

Pay

$30 per hour.

Schedule

Full-time, 198 days per year (180-day school year plus four weeks during the extended school year).