Career Specialist; P

Position

Career Advancement Specialist

Site Manager/Assistant Site Manager

Full‑time/40 hrs. Per week w/flexibility for nights and weekends

• Adheres to Triangle policy and procedures
• Fosters a positive, solution‑oriented culture consistent with Triangle's mission
• Promotes employment, self‑advocacy, and independence across programs and participants
• Acts as a role model within and outside of Triangle
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude towards participants, staff, and community partners
• Communicates regularly with supervisor
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position, with a willingness to flex hours as needed

• Equips individuals with disabilities with job readiness skills to secure potential employment or collegiate pathways
• Creates an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environment
• Takes lead in developing and implementing activities and employment/collegiate opportunities focused on personal and professional development
• Aids in the development & implementation of new and engaging career and social experiences to meet program/participant driven goals
• Produces weekly supported employment schedule/monitors utilization of contracts
• Consistently connects with community employers in order to identify or create employment opportunities/collegiate supports for individuals
• Facilitates and implements after hours social opportunities and community engagement
• Establishes opportunities for training and job shadowing with local community businesses
• Develops job leads and cultivates employer relationships to enhance community partnerships
• Monitors individual job performance, attitude, and behavior for appropriateness
• Implements independent living, self‑advocacy, and soft skills into daily activities and programmatic offerings
• Provides individualized support to participants, when necessary, both during programming and 1:1 job/collegiate pathway coaching
• Conducts initial/ongoing assessments for personal growth
• Proactively communicates with families over employment/collegiate progress and needs
• Provides supports to participants and assists in developing natural supports to ensure integration and increased or maintained independence in the community
• Trains and develops independent skills related to employment and collegiate pathways, such as travel training, hygiene, self‑advocacy, etc.
• Provides transportation for groups or individual career seekers to interviews, employment assessments, job searching, and other employment activities in the community
• Communicates in a professional manner with employers/collegiate stakeholders and trouble shoots issues at supported sites with all relevant parties
• Works with Case Management team to ensure individual's ISP/Life Plan goals are being met
• Participates in ISP/Life Plan meetings with Department of Developmental Services, participants, and their families or other members of their support team as needed
• Takes direction from Site Manager/Assistant to collect accurate data as needed for ISP/Life Plans, behavior plans, monthly progress notes, etc.
• Submits billing and related progress notes on a daily basis utilizing Penelope software
• Contributes to monthly ISP/Life Plan goal tracking notes
• Other duties as assigned

• Performs 1:1 job development with or on behalf of participant and complete documenting/ billing in database
• Adjust supported employment schedule as needed
• Provides direct care/group site supervision when necessary
• Prepares and executes lessons to foster personal and professional growth
• Knows and adheres to all safety policies and emergency procedures. Know basic emergency facts regarding participation
• Maintains up to date case notes, data collection, employment records, schedules, etc.

• Provides services and bills necessary contract hours on a weekly basis
• Plans and facilitates job clubs/events for groups of participants and bills accordingly
• Checks in with appropriate parties on a weekly basis to share applicable progress, challenges, and ISP/plan progress and behavior data

• Reaches…