Community Employment Specialist

Qualifications Experience :

• 1 year  Education :   High school or equivalent  JOB DETAILS Work authorization :   United States Not providing Visa sponsorship for this job Job Type : Full-time & Part-time Opportunities Schedule : 8 : 00 am to 4 : 00 pm Monday to Friday Weekends Hours per week : 20-35+ Benefits : Available for full-time employees Work Remotely : No Job Location : Community Salary Range : 15.00 to 15.50 per hour Job Description Assesses the needs, strengths, and preferences of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Assists individuals in completing job applications, drug screens, and other employment requirements.
• Establishes relationships with employers and applicants regarding problems, complaints, and progress of individuals and recommends corrective action when appropriate.
• Promotes, and develops on-the-job training program opportunities with employers.
• Identifies the need for and assists in the development of auxiliary services to facilitate bringing disadvantaged applicants into job-ready status.
• Provides onsite training and support services, working with the client on the job, according to their schedule, including nights and weekends.
• Demonstrates job duties to individual(s) and observes worker(s) performing tasks to ensure understanding of job duties.
• Solicits and obtains employment opportunities for individual people we support through sales calls and presentations as required.
• Uses discretion and judgment regarding matters of significance i.e. job analysis, job placements as well as terminations of people we support.
• Ensures compliance with procedures and safety regulations.
• Reassigns individuals to simpler tasks when workers cannot perform assigned tasks, or to tasks containing higher degrees of complexity as the level of competence is reached.
• Consults with the employer and teaches the employer how to work with the people that we serve.
• Transports individuals as needed.
• Consults with the employer and teaches the employer how to work with the people that we serve.
• Writes individual training plans and amends as appropriate.
• Provide daily and monthly documentation that is accurate and clearly written.
• Collaborates with other support services as well as individual families Physical Requirements Must be able to operate a variety of automated office machines and other equipment (e.g. computers, copier, wheel chairs).
• Must be able to exert up to fifty pounds of force occasionally and / or frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Physical demands are in excess of sedentary work; ; position requires walking, standing, reaching, stooping, etc.                 This job is :

A job for which people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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