Job Coaching for Supported Employment

Status: Part-time up to 29 hour per week

Hours: Hours are not guaranteed, we have a lot of work available right now, but this is PRN work meaning "as needed". Weekend and or evening work may be necessary.

Pay: $20.00 per hour

What is supported employment? Supported employment refers to service provisions wherein people with disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, mental health and traumatic brain injury, among others, are assisted with obtaining and maintaining employment.

As a Job Coach, you will provide mentoring and support to our Supported Employment Consumers/Clients. This means that in addition to helping employees learn a new job, a job coach can provide one-on-one monitoring and support until the employee has mastered job duties or overcome other work-related issues.

You will be assigned a Consumer/Client by the Employment Manager who will work with you to understand the job the Consumer has been hired for and their unique needs in training for the new job.

For a short video that explains how job coaching works, go to Youtube and look up Understanding the Role of a Job Coach. Or copy and paste this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nU91RemByw

This video was not produced by The Whole Person, but it is very informative.

Essential Job Functions

• Train consumers/clients as needed to meet work expectations on the job site

• Utilize positive interventions when supporting individuals at the work site.

• Utilize coaching tools to increase motivation and productivity

• Ability to be flexible.

• Work one-on-one with clients to improve work skills and production skills to meet employer expectations

• Observe, evaluate, and document each consumer's/client's performance

• Maintain accurate records on each consumer/client

• Complete required billing paperwork for each consumer/client

• Familiarize with multiple aspects of the company the consumer/client works at

• Orient the consumer/client to the employer's policies and procedures

• Assure the confidentiality of information regarding program individuals

• Willingness to travel in personal vehicle to various work sites

Experience

• A minimum of 6 months experience in supervision, training, and / or working with persons with disabilities

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required, some college is preferred

• Demonstrate strong communication skills

• Demonstrate strong organization and documentation skills

• Desire to work with and demonstrate a high sensitivity toward persons with barriers and disadvantages to employment

• General knowledge and ability to handle difficult conversations with tact and patience

• Reliable transportation, a valid, current driver's license, insurance and pass a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), to drive for company-related business

• Pass all background checks

About The Whole Person

The Whole Person is a Center for Independent Living founded in 1978 as a private non-profit organization providing a full range of community-based services for people with disabilities. For 40 years, TWP has been a leader in representing people with both mental and physical disabilities and providing independent living services to residents of Kansas and Missouri. TWP assists people with disabilities to live independently and encourages change within the community to expand opportunities for independent living.

For more information on our organization, please visit us online at www.thewholeperson.org