DSP​/Job Coach

Job Details

Job Location:

Springfield Wabash Store - Springfield, IL 62704
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: High School or GED
Salary Range: $18.00 - $21.00 hourly

Travel Percentage :
Occasional

Job Shift: Mon thru Fri
Job Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services

Providing people the skills and resources to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

LLGI recognizes our employees differences in age, disability, veteran status, ethnicity, national origin, language, race, religion, family and marital status, socio‑economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation and other unique attributes. The individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation and unique capabilities and talent our employees bring to the workplace represent an essential part of our culture.

DSP/Job Coach

Mission Programs/Adult Services

Director of Adult Services

Non‑exempt

Service Workers

Yes

Provides support and direction to service participants; conducts job skills training and monitors how work is being done. Performs a variety of routine direct care duties to support, supervise, and instruct service participants and to promote their dignity, safety, health, and welfare. Follows and implements established program standards and procedures.

• Implements daily programming for service participants in the areas of work behaviors, academics, functional skills, self‑care, independent living skills, extracurricular activities, socialization and communication skills through training, teaching, supervision, and production.
• Promotes a person‑centered approach that takes into consideration the service participant’s abilities, needs, preferences and choices.
• Develops competencies and skills to complete job duties through teaching, motivating, and instilling work ethic and values for the service participants.
• Communicates job‑related concerns to the Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) on site.
• Works in collaboration with QIDPs to maintain data and documentation for service participants.
• Provides input to QIDP and team to evaluate, access, and monitor the progress of the goals, objectives and work of the service participant.
• Communicates with a positive approach, solutions and concerns.
• Develops service participant competencies in safety and health methods and procedures.
• Acquires necessary resources and tools to support successful completion of tasks of service participants.
• Serves as a bus monitor for day programming, follows LLGI safety guidelines during transport to ensure the safety of service participants.
• Completes all necessary paperwork in a timely and accurate manner.
• Transports service participants to and from home, job sites, meetings, and other appointments.
• Maintains knowledge of industry trends, policies and procedures.
• Effectively manages time and monitors service participants’ time to ensure that work is completed.
• Builds trust by interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence.
• Contributes to team success by involving others in work processes, decisions and actions.
• Ensures that the customer’s perspective is a driving force behind customer satisfaction.
• Seeks to understand the customer/stakeholder’s circumstances, problems, expectations and needs.
• Identifies organizational needs and creates solutions.
• Builds customer and stakeholder awareness around our mission.
• Identifies and corrects conditions that affect service participant, employee and customer safety.
• Complies with safety standards.
• Identifies opportunities and generates ideas to improve the Adult Services Department’s objectives.
• Initiates action to create value, advance and meet departmental demands.
• Partners with Adult Services staff to identify, assess, create and implement process improvement.
• Participates in appropriate training, seeks development opportunities, and stays current in the field.
• Seeks to understand individual differences and values to build workplace relationships.
• Learns and applies new job‑related information in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as required or…