Job Coach
Goodwill of the Southern Alleghenies · Johnstown, PA · 1 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
About the role
To provide training in work habits and work skills to individuals who are receiving services at Goodwill of the Southern Alleghenies.
Qualifications
- Education: Minimum of high school diploma or GED
- Experience: This position requires six months of paid or volunteer experience working with people with physical disabilities or older adults
- Computer proficiency: Basic computer literacy including Word, Access, and Excel
- Clearances: Must be able to obtain acceptable results for required background checks, including Act 151 Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, Pennsylvania Criminal History Check and Department of Human Services - FBI Fingerprints
- Exclusion Report: Employee will be screened on an ongoing monthly basis to determine if he/she has been excluded from participation in federal healthcare programs. If exclusions from participation in federal healthcare programs occur, employee will be precluded from employment in any federally funded healthcare program operated by Goodwill
- Other: Must have a valid driver's license, with a clean driving record and dependable transportation. Must have an operating telephone, so that he/she may be contacted quickly by Goodwill when necessary
Supervision
Direct supervision from the Job Coach Supervisor with autonomy to perform duties in line with agency policies. Supervision exercised: None.
Skills and duties
- Serve as a role model to participants to whom Goodwill is teaching work behaviors, grooming, and social behaviors in the workplace
- Interact appropriately and effectively with participants and employers assigned to him/her
- Interact in an appropriate manner with the community promoting a positive image of Goodwill at all times
- Work congenially and effectively with other employees
- Have effective verbal and written communication skills
- Be extremely dependable in attendance and punctuality
- Complete the Basic Employment Services Certificate of Achievement and/or Discovery and Customized Employment Process Training within one year of hire
- Have the ability to learn and use acceptable and effective techniques for training and interacting with agency participants
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evening hours and weekends
- Ability to do prolonged standing and walking up to 8 hours
- Ability to do frequent bending, stooping, stretching, pushing and pulling
- Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 25 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally (material handling equipment will be used to minimize effort expended when practical)
- Vision and hearing corrected to within normal limits
- Follow company policies and safety procedures as well as assuring that customers/clients under his/her supervision follow safety practices