Employment Specialist IDD

We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes General Description, Essential Functions, The Impact, General Requirements, What We Offer You (including Full Time schedule, Pay, Benefits). We must use

for section headings. Do not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include sections: About the role (maybe from General Description), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (General Requirements), Benefits (What We Offer You includes schedule, pay, benefits). Also maybe Impact could be part of About the role or separate? But we should only include sections when posting has real specific content. The Impact is a paragraph; could be part of About the role. But we could have a separate "Impact" section if we want, but we need to avoid thin sections. Better to combine General Description and The Impact into About the role (or Overview). Let's decide: Use sections: About the role (combines General Description and The Impact). Responsibilities (Essential Functions). Requirements (General Requirements). Benefits (What We Offer You includes schedule, pay, benefits). Use

  for each. Inside each section, we need to format content appropriately: prose in

  , lists in

  • . Let's extract content. General Description paragraph: "As an Employment Specialist, you'll help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) discover their strengths, explore career interests, and achieve greater independence through meaningful employment. Serving as a vocational mentor, social coach, and community advocate, you'll build relationships with the people we support and local employers to create employment opportunities that align with each individual's interests, abilities, preferences, and goals. This is a community-based, relationship-driven role focused on helping individuals prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment while building confidence, independence, and workplace skills." The Impact paragraph: "As an Employment Specialist, you help turn strengths and potential into real opportunities-supporting individuals in building confidence, independence, community connections, and the pride that comes with meaningful employment." Combine them maybe as two paragraphs. Responsibilities (Essential Functions) includes bullet points with sub-bullets? The text: "Essential Functions - Essential functions represent the minimum requirements of the position. Career Exploration & Preparation Explore each individual's interests, strengths, abilities, preferences, and career goals through interviews, observation, assessments, and hands-on experiences. Identify skills, support needs, potential barriers, and workplace accommodations. Prepare individuals for employment by building skills related to workplace expectations, routines, communication, interviewing, and professionalism. Provide opportunities to develop workplace skills through volunteering, work trials, on-the-job training, and other community-based experiences. Job Development & Placement Identify and develop employment opportunities that align with each individual's strengths, preferences, capabilities, and career goals. Build positive relationships with employers and community partners. Use creative negotiation and customized employment strategies to develop meaningful job opportunities and work experiences. Assist individuals in obtaining integrated employment consistent with their Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). Job Coaching & Retention Provide individualized job coaching and ongoing support to help individuals learn their responsibilities and succeed in the workplace. Promote independence while providing support to address workplace challenges and changing needs. Maintain regular communication with employees and employers to monitor satisfaction, address concerns, and promote long-term job retention. Documentation & Professional Responsibilities Maintain accurate and timely case notes, service documentation, employer contacts, and vocational progress records. Document job coaching, skill development, employment activities, and progress toward individual goals. Provide all services using a person-centered approach grounded in dignity, respect, choice, and inclusion." We can break into sub-sections? But we only need
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The essential functions are essentially a list of duties. Could format each major duty as
    • with subpoints maybe as separate sentences within
    • . We'll produce
      • for each bullet: Career Exploration & Preparation, Job Development & Placement, Job Coaching & Retention, Documentation & Professional Responsibilities. Inside each
      • we can have the sentences. Requirements: "General Requirements Bachelors or Associates Degree preferred in special education, psychology or a related field. Minimum of a High school diploma or GED. ACRE Certification or equivalent required. Minimum one year relevant experience supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Maintains a valid Driver's License Maintains valid vehicle inspection, registration and insurance." We can format as
        • each requirement. Benefits: "What We Offer You Full Time: 35 Hours Schedule: Monday–Friday 9-4 PM (Flexibility required) Pay: $23/hourly Benefits: We offer a comprehensive Platinum Benefits Package valued at $15,000 to $20,000 annually, designed to support your health, financial well-being, and quality of life. Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance with HMO and PPO options, a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), Delta Dental, Eye Med Vision Insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and agency-sponsored life insurance. You'll also receive four vacation time, sick time, holiday pay, and a 401(k) retirement plan, along with AFLAC supplemental coverage options for accident, cancer, and life insurance. Employees may also take advantage of up to $2,400 annually in tuition reimbursement, providing valuable support for continued professional growth. Additional perks include pet insurance, identity theft protection, and a $1,000 employee referral bonus. We also believe in celebrating our team and offer employee appreciation and celebration events throughout the year." We need to separate schedule, pay, benefits. The instruction: Use

          for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we could have separate sections for Pay, Schedule, Benefits. But they said: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. However they also gave examples of headings. We need to include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. The posting does have specific content for Pay ($23/hourly), Schedule (Full Time: 35 Hours Schedule: Monday–Friday 9-4 PM (Flexibility required)), Benefits (detailed). So we could create three sections: Pay, Schedule, Benefits. Or combine them into Benefits section with subpoints. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Pay and Schedule into Benefits? But they gave separate headings as examples, not requirement. I'd lean to combine into a "Compensation & Benefits" section, but they didn't list that as example. However they said use

          for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). That suggests we can use those headings if we have content. Since we have specific content for Pay and Schedule, we could make separate sections. But that would be three thin sections (Pay, Schedule, Benefits). However each has substantive content: Pay is a single line but still specific; Schedule is specific; Benefits is a list. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Having three sections might be okay if each is substantive. Pay and Schedule are each just one line; maybe they'd be considered thin. Better to combine Pay and Schedule into a "Compensation & Schedule" section, but not in examples. Could also put Pay and Schedule under Benefits as sub-items. But they said use

          • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we could list Pay and Schedule as list items under Benefits. That would be a single Benefits section with list items: Pay: $23/hourly; Schedule: Full Time, 35 hours, Monday–Friday 9-4 PM (flexibility required); Benefits: ... That seems reasonable and reduces number of sections. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Inside Benefits, we will have
            • for each item: Pay, Schedule, and then the benefits list (maybe nested?). Could also have separate
              for benefits details. But we can just have
              • Pay: $23/hourly
              • Schedule: Full Time, 35 hours, Monday–Friday 9-4 PM (flexibility required)
              • Benefits: ...
              and inside that
              • we could have another
                for the specific benefits. That's allowed. Let's craft. HTML fragment:

                About the role

                As an Employment Specialist, you'll help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) discover their strengths, explore career interests, and achieve greater independence through meaningful employment. Serving as a vocational mentor, social coach, and community advocate, you'll build relationships with the people we support and local employers to create employment opportunities that align with each individual's interests, abilities, preferences, and goals. This is a community-based, relationship-driven role focused on helping individuals prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment while building confidence, independence, and workplace skills.

                As an Employment Specialist, you help turn strengths and potential into real opportunities-supporting individuals in building confidence, independence, community connections, and the pride that comes with meaningful employment.

                Responsibilities

                • Career Exploration & Preparation – Explore each individual's interests, strengths, abilities, preferences, and career goals through interviews, observation, assessments, and hands-on experiences. Identify skills, support needs, potential barriers, and workplace accommodations. Prepare individuals for employment by building skills related to workplace expectations, routines, communication, interviewing, and professionalism. Provide opportunities to develop workplace skills through volunteering, work trials, on-the-job training, and other community-based experiences.
                • Job Development & Placement – Identify and develop employment opportunities that align with each individual's strengths, preferences, capabilities, and career goals. Build positive relationships with employers and community partners. Use creative negotiation and customized employment strategies to develop meaningful job opportunities and work experiences. Assist individuals in obtaining integrated employment consistent with their Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE).
                • Job Coaching & Retention – Provide individualized job coaching and ongoing support to help individuals learn their responsibilities and succeed in the workplace. Promote independence while providing support to address workplace challenges and changing needs. Maintain regular communication with employees and employers to monitor satisfaction, address concerns, and promote long-term job retention.
                • Documentation & Professional Responsibilities – Maintain accurate and timely case notes, service documentation, employer contacts, and vocational progress records. Document job coaching, skill development, employment activities, and progress toward individual goals. Provide all services using a person-centered approach grounded in dignity, respect, choice, and inclusion.

                Requirements

                • Bachelor's or Associate's degree preferred in special education, psychology, or a related field.
                • Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
                • ACRE Certification or equivalent required.
                • Minimum one year of relevant experience supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
                • Maintain a valid driver's license.
                • Maintain valid vehicle inspection, registration, and insurance.

                Benefits

                • Pay: $23/hourly
                • Schedule: Full Time, 35 hours, Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–4:00 PM (flexibility required)
                • Benefits:
                  • Comprehensive Platinum Benefits Package valued at $15,000–$20,000 annually.
                  • Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance with HMO and PPO options.
                  • Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).