Employment Specialist/Senior CAS (R)

About the role

Position: Senior Career Advancement Specialist. Reports To: Site Manager. Location: Randolph Day Services. Triangle has an immediate opening for a Senior Career Advancement Specialist at our Day Services. This advanced role builds on the Career Advancement Specialist position and provides leadership in employment development, program innovation, and staff onboarding. The Senior Career Advancement Specialist equips adults with disabilities to achieve meaningful career and personal goals by expanding access to supported and competitive integrated employment, collegiate pathways, and workforce readiness opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individualized and group-based career readiness, employment, and collegiate pathway services
• Provide 1:1 job development, job coaching, and career planning support
• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments to support personal and professional growth
• Integrate independent living, self-advocacy, soft skills, and workplace readiness into programming
• Support participants in developing natural supports to increase independence and community integration
• Provide transportation to employment-related activities as needed (interviews, assessments, job searches, job coaching)
• Develop and maintain relationships with community employers and collegiate partners
• Identify, create, and expand competitive, integrated employment opportunities
• Facilitate job shadowing, training opportunities, and workforce exposure experiences
• Monitor job performance, workplace behavior, and satisfaction for supported participants
• Troubleshoot employment-related concerns with employers and stakeholders in a professional manner
• Meet and maintain a 35-hour per week quota
• Support onboarding and training of new Career Advancement Specialists across the department in collaboration with the management team
• Lead or co-lead monthly best practice meetings with the Employment Team
• Design, implement, and evaluate one new employment-related initiative per quarter, such as mock career fairs