Summer Job Coach - SWEP Program St. Louis County
MERS MISSOURI GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
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St. Louis, MO, USA
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Job Details
Level
Entry
Job Location
Lippman Center Office - Brentwood, MO
Position Type
Seasonal
Education Level
High School
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
Position Overview:
This is a temporary seasonal summer position that will provide direct support to high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Summer Job Coaches work with students on a job site in the community and assist them with learning employment skills. Our Job Coaches are mentors who are eager to support their participants and have excellent communication and critical thinking skills. The SWEP program is in St. Louis County and runs June 5th- July 28th. Weekday daytime hours only (20 hours/week), competitive pay, and attendance bonus offered!
Essential Functions:
1.Work alongside consumer as needed to assist with meeting employer expectations with regards to task completion and speed
2. Continue to provide training to improve consumer work performance after employer's training period has ended.
3. Problem solve to create accommodations or other ways to address performance issues.
4. Support consumers to develop and maintain relationships with co-workers and supervisors.
5. Develop and maintain natural supports on the job and establish working relationships with the
supervisor(s)
6. Assist with task analysis as needed.
7. Implement proper fading/re-entry techniques to ensure consumer success.
8. Maintains contact with MERS/Goodwill Case Manager assigned to the consumer to report progress
and difficulties
9. Provides bus training or otherwise ensures transportation needs are met.
10. Completes agency paperwork including, but not limited to, daily documentation of observations.
and job coaching/retention hourly log
11. Utilizes time at the work site to complete all necessary paperwork, when possible, maintain a minimum of 80% of hours worked in billable time.
12.All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Requirements
High School Diploma. Experience working with youth with disabilities.
Certifications
CPR and First Aid Preferred.
MERS/ MO Goodwill considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.
The inclusion of any unsolicited information may lead to the disqualification of the application
