Job Coach SS007-KS02

About the role

As a Community Employment Specialist, you aren’t just a job coach—you are a bridge builder, an advocate, and a champion for independence. You will work directly in the community to help individuals with developmental disabilities find, secure, and thrive in meaningful employment and volunteer roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on training, guidance, and encouragement to individuals at their job or volunteer sites, helping them master tasks and build confidence.
• Help individuals develop vital communication and independent living skills that set them up for long-term success.
• Foster positive relationships with local employers and volunteer organizations to ensure a supportive environment for the individuals we serve.
• Safely transport individuals to and from their community employment and volunteer sites.
• Keep accurate, confidential records of progress and milestones, ensuring we constantly center the needs, desires, and rights of those we support.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year experience working with people with intellectual disabilities.
• Frequent physical activity including extended periods of standing, walking, and bending with occasional periods of sitting, kneeling, climbing, stooping, crouching, squatting, and balancing.
• Constant reaching between knee and shoulder level as well as frequent reaching below knee level and overhead.
• Occasional independent lifting up to 25 pounds, frequent push/pull up to 40 pounds of force, and the ability to safely transfer 50 pounds.

Schedule

Generally Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Flexibility required to meet the needs of the individual's work schedule.