Skills Trainer

About the Role

The Job Readiness Coach plans goal-centered activities designed to provide individuals with developmental disabilities a life of informed choice and possibilities. The coach helps individuals explore vocational and educational opportunities based on their interests and goals, supporting their Person Centered Individual Support Plans (PCISP) while offering opportunities to improve and learn new skills.

This role is ideal for former teachers, teaching assistants, job coaches, trainers, or employment consultants looking to serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Responsibilities

• Help implement the PCISP by providing active treatment that allows individuals to achieve goals and experience new opportunities, assisting them in identifying vocational strengths, skills, and areas of need.
• Maintain a system of evaluation and progress tracking for individuals’ performance against PCISP goals through proper documentation in assigned tracking software.
• Develop and provide instructional training, both in-house or community-based, with assigned individuals, which may be in group or one-on-one settings.
• Identify and develop relationships with businesses to provide individuals served opportunities for skill growth.
• Assist individuals in identifying accommodations, adaptive equipment, or assistive technology that increases independence.
• Provide advocacy when the individual’s preferences, needs, or talents are being neglected or overlooked.
• Address challenging behaviors proactively and respectfully, following any behavior management plans in effect for specific individuals.
• Provide transportation on community outings using agency or personal vehicles.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with community resources, co-workers, and all ADEC personnel.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) that starts accruing immediately
• 8 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday
• Wage initiative with increases at 90 days, 6 months, and 1 year; annual increases thereafter
• 403(b) retirement plan with company match
• Life insurance (ADEC-paid benefit) with the ability to purchase additional, dependent, and spousal life insurance
• Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Assistance programs
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• National DSP Certification Program through NADSP
• Public Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility