Job Coach Federal Worksites ASL

Job Coach Federal Worksites ASL

PRIDE Industries is a fast-paced company with a mission: To Create Jobs for People with Disabilities while providing high quality, value-added solutions to our nationwide customers. We are currently recruiting to fill the following position:

Under general supervision, the Job Coach provides employment support to employees with disabilities at a military installation. Employees in this job class assist employees in maintaining hygiene, attendance, communication, working with customers, getting along with supervisors, leads and co-workers and performing their job to the best of their ability. This job requires knowledge of working with employees with disabilities and the ability to assist employees during their work day in performing their job tasks to meet the customer/contract needs with accommodations as necessary.

Typical duties include: monitoring and teaching employees with disabilities skills to help them succeed in their job, assisting employees with arrival and departure to work, coaching and training employees in managing their attendance, schedule, performance, interactions, and personal behavior, ensuring the employee is working safely and maintaining quality standards, communicating with employees and supervisors to ensure that the employee and all relationships are successfully and positively maintained, ensuring correct procedures are followed when handling issues related to the employees behavior at work, and performing other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include: one or more years of experience working with people with disabilities preferred, fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) is required, trades knowledge including carpentry, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, locksmith etc. preferred, ability to communicate effectively and respond to questions and requests from team, customers and others, effective written communication skills using appropriate business English, human relations skills to maintain effective working relationships with team, effective customer service skills, intermediate computer literacy including knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software, basic mathematical ability including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and demonstrated customer service, problem solving and common sense skills.

Education requirements include a high school diploma or GED.

Physical requirements include the ability to maneuver to and around equipment, bending, kneeling, stooping, and reaching, transporting to various locations within customer site, viewing computer screens, and utilizing keyboard.

Work environment includes work performed at a variety of locations on a military base, many of which are not accessible to people with limited mobility because of uneven terrain, lack of ramps and/or elevators and inaccessible facilities. Employees may be exposed to chemicals, dust, noise from equipment and depending on external weather conditions, wind, rain, heat and cold. Work is performed days, evenings and weekends and requires frequent travel around the base. Employees will work with clients/employees with behavioral challenges.

At PRIDE, we make a difference in the lives of many, one job at a time.