Travel Trainer

Description SUMMARY

A Travel Trainer 's duties involve instructing individuals, especially those with disabilities, on how to use public transportation independently, including trip planning, safety skills, and navigating the system.

• Provide Education and Training:
  Teach clients about public transportation operations, including bus rules, regulations, and appropriate behavior.
• Conduct One-on-One and Group Training:
  Deliver training in both classroom and on-site settings, traveling with clients until they feel comfortable using public transportation independently.
• Focus on Safety:
  Emphasize safety skills, such as crossing streets, understanding signage, emergency procedures, and landmark identification.
• Assist with Trip Planning:
  Help clients learn how to plan their trips, including reading bus schedules and using apps or websites for transit information.
• Assess Needs and Progress:
  Conduct assessments to determine individual transportation needs and abilities, and track trainee progress, providing feedback and adjusting training as needed.
• Maintain Records:
  Keep detailed records of trainee progress and prepare reports as required.
• Promote the Program:
  Participate in program orientation presentations to community groups and organizations, explaining program services and operations.
• Communicate with Families/Guardians:
  Keep families/guardians informed about the trainee's progress and any concerns.

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Excellent Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to effectively communicate with individuals of varying backgrounds and abilities.
• Patience and Empathy:
  Ability to work with people who may have challenges or disabilities.
• Organizational
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to plan, organize, and manage training sessions and records.
• Knowledge of Public Transportation:
  Familiarity with local public transportation systems, routes, and schedules.
• First Aid and Safety Knowledge:
  Basic first aid and safety skills are often required.
• Desirable
  
  Skills:
  
  Experience working with vulnerable populations, computer skills, and training delivery experience.
• Perform other related essential duties as required or directed.

High School Diploma or GED required; plus, two years of related experience.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as individual files, evaluation reports, job descriptions, personnel procedures, and safety rules.

Ability to write professional reports that are grammatically correct and easily understood for referral sources or others outside of the Agency.

Ability to communicate individual status, problems, or needs in verbal and written form.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form. Ability to assist individuals with appropriate social behavior to facilitate integration and inclusion. Ability to act as an advocate for individuals.

Valid Rhode Island driver's license in good standing. Job responsibilities may require the use of a personal vehicle. Current registration and automobile insurance must be maintained.

Ability to obtain approved certification in CPR and First Aid.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee may be required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work near moving mechanical parts. The…