Employment Specialist/Career Advancement Specialist (B)

About the role

Triangle has an immediate opening for a Career Advancement Specialist for our Day Services. The qualified candidate will equip adults with disabilities to achieve their career and personal goals by maximizing their participation in supported employment and progressing towards competitive employment in the community. Location: Broadway Day Services.

Responsibilities

• Equips individuals with disabilities with job readiness skills to secure potential employment or collegiate pathways
• Creates an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environment
• Takes lead in developing and implementing activities and employment/collegiate opportunities focused on personal and professional development
• Aids in the development & implementation of new and engaging career and social experiences to meet program/participant driven goals
• Produces weekly supported employment schedule/monitors utilization of contracts
• Consistently connects with community employers in order to identify or create employment opportunities/collegiate support for individuals
• Facilitates and implements after hours social opportunities and community engagement
• Establishes opportunities for training and job shadowing with local community businesses
• Developing job leads and cultivates employer relationships to enhance community partnerships
• Monitors individual job performance, attitude, and behavior for appropriateness
• Implements independent living, self-advocacy, and soft skills into daily activities and programmatic offerings
• Provides individualized support to participants, when necessary, both during programming and 1:1 job/collegiate pathway coaching
• Conducts initial/ongoing assessments for personal growth
• Proactively communicates with families over employment/collegiate progress and needs
• Provides support to participants and assists in developing natural support to ensure integration and increased or maintained independence in the community
• Trains and develop independent skills related to employment and collegiate pathways, such as travel training, hygiene, self-advocacy, etc.
• Provides transportation for groups or individual career seekers to interviews, employment assessments, job searching, and other employment activities in the community
• Communicates in a professional manner with employers/collegiate