Community Professional

Description

The Community Opportunities Professional provides support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in increasing independence, skill building, participating in volunteer opportunities, and pursuing integrated employment goals through discovery. The Community Opportunities Professional works alongside participants in community settings to promote inclusion, self-determination, relationship building, and active participation in community life.

This position plays a critical role in helping individuals explore interests, develop new skills, navigate community resources, and achieve personal goals through individualized and person-centered services.

Other duties may be assigned.

Develop, implement, and continuously enhance curricula, lesson plans, and learning activities that support skill development in community engagement, employment readiness, self-advocacy, independence, and other person-centered outcomes.

Provide instruction to build social, communication, self-advocacy, problem-solving, safety, technology, and workplace readiness skills, with real-world application.

Teach safe community navigation, including public transportation use, route planning, utilization of natural supports, and accessing community resources to promote independence.

Assist participants in identifying, pursuing, and maintaining community-based employment opportunities by supporting job exploration, applications, interviews, onboarding, and ongoing job retention.

Provide individualized, on-site, and follow-along support as needed to promote successful integration into competitive, integrated employment settings aligned with participant interests and goals.

Implement individualized plans, track progress, document services accurately, and communicate regularly with the team while maintaining person-centered, compliant practices.

Collaborate on an ongoing basis with the Employment and Inclusion Coordinator to develop and implement plans that connect participants' interests, preferences, and goals with meaningful opportunities and needs within the community.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in human services field including, but not limited to, psychology, sociology, special education or rehabilitation counseling; or High School Diploma / GED with at least one year of experience/training related to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as participant program plans and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to participants, co-workers, and supervisors.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of money.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret and carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Effective and efficient communication skills. An ability to adapt favorably to changing program needs. Genuine interest in welfare of participants. Competent knowledge of behavior principles.

Capability with basic computer operations for…