Summer Work Program Job Coach

Description

Would you like to be a part of helping individuals with disabilities work, live, and participate in the community? Challenge Unlimited, Inc. is the perfect place for you to work. Come join our team!

Challenge Unlimited, Inc., has over 60 years of experience serving individuals with disabilities while earning a reputation as a trusted business partner to private commercial companies and federal and state government agencies.

Challenge Unlimited employs over 900 employees, of which approximately 600 are individuals with disabilities, throughout 7 states (IL, MO, WI, OH, SC, MS and TX)

TEMPORARY POSITION OPEN: June 9 - July 18, 2025

Location: Double Tree Hotel - 4550 Forrest Park Avenue St. Louis, MO
Days/Hours: Monday - Thursday/8:30am - 2pm
OR
Location: Bethesda Southgate - 5943 Telegraph Road St. Louis, MO
Days/Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:30 am - 3pm

Pay: $19.00 hr.

Travel Required: Locally to community sites

Position Summary

Reporting to the Supportive Employment Specialist, the Job Coach facilitates vocational training services to high school students that are participating in the Summer Work Program.

Responsible for providing vocational employment support, job skills training and orientation. Maintain accurate records, provide professional communication with managers, clients, and employers. Encourage effective outcomes and accountability. Maintain up to date understanding of the expectations for each program and techniques that will provide best practices and quality outcomes. Gain working understanding of services and outcome requirements for paid contract services.

Build an effective company culture that embodies our company values to achieve goals and objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Client Relations
Promote a culture of person-centered services that advances the Company’s mission to provide quality care and services in a community-based setting to individuals living with disabilities. Ensure a high rate of student satisfaction. Communicate regularly and effectively with students and families regarding progress toward goals and program success. Demonstrate our Company values to achieve optimum performance levels and achieve goals and objectives.

Client Employment, Training
Train and support Summer Work Program Students when starting a new job to learn about safety, policies, procedures, and communication with co-workers, customers, and supervisors as job duties require. Complete orientation and learn about job tasks expected of employees and ensure quality and satisfaction with employer. Accompany, train, and provide 1:1 support to students at community integrated worksites; provide performance feedback and re-direction as needed. Provide verbal cues and support services for each student. Create job coaching plan – based on job duties, assist with the identification of effective job accommodations for clients as needed, provide feedback, re-direction, verbal cues, modeling support. Problem solves to create accommodations or other ways to address performance issues; task analysis, check lists, implement proper fading/re-entry techniques to ensure client success. Communicate with Supervisor(s) for feedback, concerns, additional job tasks, etc. Maintains contact with ES Case Manager assigned to the consumer to report progress and difficulties.

Documentation
Provide and maintain accurate records of observations and services provided to track progress for students’ records and for billing using the company’s electronic recordkeeping system. Complete and submit chrono daily notes into electronic case file documenting support services and client progress for funding agency, including summary of each coaching implementation. Chronological notes are to be recorded by Friday of each week. Complete required forms from DRS/MO-VR, secure signatures. Provide progress updates of client services to the assigned ES Staff including urgent client issues immediately.

Perform other related duties and assignments as required.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

High School diploma or G.E.D.
Prefer 1 years' experience working with people with developmental disabilities (DD) and/or mental illness (MI). Experience assisting individuals with career development preferred.
CPR, First Aid provided by the company must be successfully completed within the first 2 weeks to be certified & Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within the first 4 weeks
Must pass criminal background check. Must pass various State and Federal registry checks. Must pass DCFS Abuse and Neglect Tracking System Check. Must pass driving history check and Company policy criteria, maintain valid driver’s license and be 21 or older to drive on Company business.
Use of personal insured vehicle for Company-related travel is required. May occasionally drive Company vehicle to transport clients for community work or activities or for meetings.
Kneeling is required to perform CPR practice sessions; complete skills testing and use as required. Occasionally bending, reaching, and twisting; occasionally climbing stairs and/or ladders squatting; occasionally pushing/ pulling a rolling pallet jack loaded with product.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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