Job Coach Urbandale High School

Job Coach (full-time) - Urbandale High School (26-27 School Year)

Job Title: Job Coach

Classification: Classified

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Immediate Supervisor: Associate Principal

Purpose: Provide individual or small group assistance to persons with disabilities to develop employability skills, including seeking and maintaining employment, and provide support on the job site.

• Ability to work with persons with disabilities on a daily basis.
• Quick and calm response in emergency situations.
• Knowledge of IEP procedures and paperwork.
• Familiarity with assistive equipment such as wheelchairs and walkers.
• Effective communication, patience, and modeling appropriate behaviors to persons with disabilities.
• Work with individuals towards individualized education plan goals.
• Explain and participate in daily activities.
• Positive interaction with students, faculty, parents, community members, and other staff.
• Willingness and ability to drive school vehicle with UHS students.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• Experience working with children or adults with disabilities.

• Office equipment such as cell phone, multi-line phone system, fax machine, copier, and computer.
• Assistive equipment such as wheelchairs and walkers.
• Ability to operate a district vehicle.

• Accompany students with disabilities throughout the school day and on community-based trips to work experiences focused on living, learning, and working.
• Provide instructional assistance to students to build essential skills for obtaining and maintaining employability.
• Seek job shadowing opportunities with employers, driven by student interest.
• Assist at job sites, working with employers to understand jobs, create task cards for students, and teach them how to perform their job.
• Familiar with physical and/or occupational therapy equipment, aiding students with guidance from education agency therapists.
• Assist students with self-care needs when appropriate.
• Attend professional training as necessary for the position.
• Assist with programs the teacher has created for educational purposes.
• Report incidents of any unusual nature to the teacher and principal.
• Perform clerical tasks such as making phone calls, filing, and maintaining student records.
• Maintain work areas in a neat and orderly manner.
• Knowledge of emergency procedures for building and classroom.
• Transport students in school vehicle.
• Maintain a reliable attendance record.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.

None

• Satisfactory health as certified by a competent medical authority upon hire.
• Ability to transfer students as needed.
• Repetitious bending, lifting, and hand movement.
• Ability to work while standing, moving, and/or walking.
• Drug, tobacco, and alcohol-free while working.
• Must be able to see and hear within normal limits with or without corrective lenses or hearing aids.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle used to travel between sites.

• Majority of work is performed in an office or school setting.
• Occasional meetings outside the school day.
• Occasional exposure to body fluids, fumes, noise, hazardous materials, and emergency situations.

• At-Will Employee
• Letter of Assignment
• Per Board Policies and administrative guidelines
• Performance evaluated annually

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $18.16 Per Hour

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

All employers submitting a job opening for posting on the Teach Iowa system will not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran. A bona fide religious institution may choose to exercise the allowances in Iowa Code section 216.6.(6) d. Employers may have additional developed specific equal employment opportunity policies and procedures;

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