at Challenge Unlimited. Inc. in Alton, Illinois, United States
Job 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 6 states (IL, MO, WI, OH, SC, and MS)
Location: Alton, Illinois
Days/Hours: PRN; Days & Hours vary
Pay: $19.00 hr.
Weekend differential of $1/hr. for Sat/Sun hours
Travel Required
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Director of Community Employment, the Job Coach facilitates vocational training services which provide people who have different abilities opportunities to work with integrated teams and receive work support as needed—achieving the highest level of independence possible.
Responsible for providing 1-1 vocational employment support, job skills training, orientation, and ongoing support for clients with disabilities seeking community employment. Maintain accurate records, provide professional communication with managers, clients, and employers. Encourage effective outcomes and accountability. Help the Employment Services Team maintain quality services and meet outcomes in both Illinois and Missouri. 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. Provides services resulting in client placement that meets client interests and desired employment and the individual service plan and funding source goals of placements.
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 with disabilities. Ensure a high rate of client satisfaction. Communicate regularly and effectively with clients regarding progress toward goals and program success. Review client files and determine their individual needs. Demonstrate our Company values to achieve optimum performance levels and achieve goals and objectives. Review client files and determine their individual needs. Demonstrate our Company values to achieve optimum performance levels and achieve goals and objectives.
Client Employment, Training
Train and support SEP clients 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 clients at community integrated worksites; provide performance feedback and re-direction as needed. Provide verbal cues and support services for each client. 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
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Challenge Unlimited Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by law.
