Information About Us:

AbilityFirst provides a variety of programs designed to help people with disabilities achieve their personal best throughout their lives. We do this by creating targeted programming to help an individual successfully transition from childhood to adult life.

Our Mission:

Looking beyond disabilities. Focusing on capabilities. Expanding possibilities.

Description of Role:

AbilityFirst has established the Employment Services Program, which provides opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to learn job skills and find gainful employment. As part of the Employment Services Program, a Job Coach provides direct supervision, training, and guidance to developmentally and physically disabled persons (individually or in groups) in community work settings, while ensuring the program participants are safe, properly trained, and able to comply with needs of employers.

Tasks:

• Provides close supervision, training, and guidance to program participants to help them develop skills that will enable them to obtain jobs and retain jobs in community work settings. This includes:
  • Training on job tasks according to worker capabilities and employer priorities and preferences.
  • Intervening between employers and workers to create a positive and successful relationship.
  • Providing training opportunities and experiences to workers to enhance their performance and skills.
  • Participate in setting goals, advocating and supporting individual choice, and intervening with behavior difficulties.
• Develops and maintains accurate, factual, complete documentation on consumer productivity, work performance, and behavior.
• Oversees work to ensure quality control and compliance to meet employer standards.
• Complies with all health and safety laws, regulations, and individual employers’ safety programs.
• Works with supervisor to assess the training needs of program participants; plans and implements appropriate training programs.
• Actively participates in meetings, in-service programs, and other programs or events.

Skills and Requirements:

• Basic conflict resolution/problem-solving skills
• Personal computer skills for record-keeping
• Effective oral communications skills to supervise and train developmentally and physically disabled consumers and interact professionally with employers
• Ability to work independently and make mature business decisions
• Current California driver’s license and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier

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  These requirements may be met by a combination of education that may include courses in related areas and experience in production positions.

Work schedule:

Full-Time

Benefits:

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• 401 K

AbilityFirst

Team Values = Heart

Teamwork

AbilityFirst’s team draws its strength from a shared enthusiasm for each other’s success. We live our mission at work and away. In pursuit of that commitment, we enthusiastically build connections between us to continuously learn from one another and actively seek feedback to improve our approach to the work.

Kindness

We nurture a warm and engaging work environment with trust and respect for one another. Rooted in our mission, we approach each other with humility, humor, and a generosity of spirit. We value diversity and cultivate open and honest communication to understand each other.

We Get the Job Done

AbilityFirst’s team members are open-minded and innovative leaders, guided by a strong moral compass. We approach problems with creativity and follow-through, holding ourselves and each other accountable for staying focused on the goals we set together.