Training Specialist; Per Piem

Employment Training Specialist

As an Employment Training Specialist at Devereux, you will work with dedicated professionals to help individuals in need.

The Employment Training Specialist reports directly to the Supported Employment Manager and is a statewide position. Salary starts at $20.92 per hour and increases with education/experience.

• Identify the individual's interests to facilitate a job or career choice.
• Identify the individual's skills and talents using functional community‑based assessments to facilitate a job or career choice.
• Identify workplace supports that assist individuals with a disability in becoming employed and/or maintaining employment.
• Identify and negotiate customized jobs for individuals with disabilities.
• Address employer concerns about hiring and supervising people with disabilities while maintaining confidentiality of job seekers.
• Use data‑collection techniques to document the effectiveness of workplace supports and guide fading from the job site.
• Provide or facilitate on‑site and off‑site supports to increase the odds of success for individuals with disabilities.
• Collect and analyze performance data to assist with decisions about the effectiveness of workplace supports; modify supports or develop new ones as needed.
• Identify and develop natural supports in the workplace.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid non‑provisional driver’s license.
• Age 18 years or older (required).
• Ability to attend ten days of paid onsite orientation on weekdays.
• Empathetic, team‑oriented approach to caring for individuals.

• Time‑off benefits starting day one.
• Excellent health benefits effective 30 days after employment.
• Tuition and student loan assistance.
• Growth and training development opportunities.
• Collaborative working environment with a multidisciplinary team.
• Opportunity to engage with an organization that values Servant Leadership principles.
• Medical, dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement, and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time‑off, 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work‑life balance program.

Devereux is a drug‑free workplace; drug screening is required. EOE.