Job Coach - Anticipated

Position Type: SUPPORT STAFF/ Job Coach

Date Posted: 12/12/2024

Location:

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

The person holding this position will be responsible for providing training and support for students involved in community-based vocational instruction and preparing them for the school-to-work transition.

The Job Coach is directly responsible to the Supervisor of Special Programs and Services.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Excellent driving record.
• Experience with transporting students, preferred.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated by patience, understanding, and congeniality.
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates general knowledge of Carbon and Lehigh Counties pertaining to location of cities, towns, schools, and businesses.
• Demonstrates the ability to proficiently collect and enter data related to student achievement.
• Demonstrates the ability to utilize an iPad efficiently.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain composure while driving a vehicle with students on board.
• Demonstrates the ability to organize, plan, and manage job responsibilities in order to complete assignments with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Special Programs and Services departmental procedures.
• Demonstrates awareness of student’s disability as it relates to the implications in the work place and the effects in transitioning to adult life.
• Demonstrates the ability to execute job tasks and break activities down into small steps.
• Demonstrates flexibility in the work day.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain complete confidentiality.
• Demonstrates the ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrates the ability to complete tasks with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Engages in activities to increase one’s own knowledge and skills, completing twenty hours of professional development annually.
• Attends work regularly at assigned work hours subject to lawful leave rights and responsibilities.

• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, lift, reach, and communicate (vision, hearing, and speech) to effectively carry out functions, duties, and responsibilities.
• Ability to independently ambulate in and around work areas.
• Ability to travel to and from assigned work locations without employer support.
• Ability to exhibit appropriate manual dexterity to effectively carry out functions, duties, and responsibilities.
• Ability to stand, walk, run, and shuffle for at least several minutes.
• Ability to kneel on one and two knees and then stand up.
• Ability to bend the trunk at 45 degrees and twist to either side.
• Ability to grasp firmly and raise hands above the head.
• Ability to learn and correctly demonstrate multi-step physical skills.

The Job Coach will have the authority to perform all functions listed below in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Communicates with students of varying disabilities clearly, precisely, and with respect and sensitivity.
• Effectively multi-tasks within deadlines, in accordance with WBLP guidelines.
• Utilizes technology effectively, including, but not limited to, internet, email, iPads, and GPS.
• Participates effectively in implementing the IEP after reviewing the referral form indicating specific specially designed instructions and accommodations and, if needed, consulting WBLP Teacher and in accordance with WBLP guidelines.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to the diversity of individuals, students, and families.
• Provides one-on-one and/or small group assistance for students at community employment sites and/or educational sites.
• Monitors, models, and/or assists students to guarantee skill development while at a site with students.
• Maintains a safe learning environment by using universal precautions, independent community travel strategies, and behavioral/social interventions.
• Delivers strategies and uses equipment, materials, and technologies to accomplish individual student objectives, in accordance with the IEP and WBLP guidelines.
• Accurately monitors,…