What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employment Specialist position at AutismUp?
Position Summary: Provides career development services for individuals with disabilities. This includes both adults and transition aged students. Services provided include, but are not limited to, vocational assessments, work readiness training, self-advocacy training, job exploration, work-based learning, exploration of post-secondary options, internship, career development and job coaching. The Employment Specialist will provide numerous customized support services with the goal of assisting individuals to perform to industry standards. The Employment Specialist will meet with employers, to develop and secure internships and additional opportunities within the business. Ensure that the needs of the business are being met as well as the overall satisfaction with the employee. The role of the Employment Specialist is twofold, supporting both the individual and the business(es).
Responsibilities:
- Collect, organize, and analyze information about participants through case records, interest inventories, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics for employment planning
- Conducts individual and group lessons covering a full range of job seeking and job performance skills
- Delivers employability skill curriculum in grouped or 1:1 settings
- Performs community-based work assessments of individuals’ vocational aptitudes
- May assist in developing resumes, completing applications, and developing interviewing skills May provide support during job interviews if needed and appropriate
- Provides on-going, person-centered support and counseling, catering to the unique needs of the individual.
- Monitor participants’ job performance and job-related skills; evaluate participants’ skills, set realistic goals, coach participants as they work toward employment related goals
- Completes all mandated documentation requirements as required by agency and funders
- May participate in intake/exit meetings for ACCES-VR participants
Qualifications:
An associate degree or bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience required, or combined experiential equivalent providing vocational services for individuals with disabilities. Experience providing ACCES-VR services preferred.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $24 - $27
