Employment Specialist/ Job Coach

Job description

Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH) is seeking a dedicated Employment Specialist/Job Coach that will empower adults with intellectual developmental disabilities to find meaningful employment using their strengths, interests, and personal goals. Your Role in Our Mission: The Employment Specialist/Job Coach performs as an integral part of the management team working with adults with intellectual and development disabilities. The Job Coaches primary duty is to secure community-based employment for individuals with disabilities. The Job Coach may also provide evaluation and intensive training services in the community for the individuals served and supported as their caseloads permit. The Job Coach will be the primary contact for VR counselors for all individuals assigned. What you will be doing: *Develop resumes, prepares and accompanies individuals to job interviews, assists in filling out applications and questionnaires, and communicating the qualifications of individuals to employers. *Communicate with each person assigned to the job developer caseload at least weekly and document that communication. *Coordinate communication with parents, case manager, and other agencies serving indivi...