Monitoring Facilitator

Job Title
Multi-purpose position to provide assistance to the Pre-Vocational Department.
Duties include providing on-the-job training and support to adolescents transitioning into the work environment, communicating with student employers, and performing secretarial duties such as maintaining records and scheduling. Ability to travel, computer skills, and experience with special needs population are required.
Job Coach
1. Assist students in the STEP Program to learn:

Tasks needed to perform satisfactorily on the job
Good work habits such as punctuality, attendance, and time management
To identify errors and how to correct them without undue emotional stress
Appropriate behaviors towards supervisor and co-workers
Call-in procedures when absent
2. Provide instruction and technical assistance to STEP students by:

Breaking down and modeling complicated tasks into manageable units
Designing opportunities to practice specific skills
Creating a work environment where the student can make incremental successes and build on that success
Providing comments of positive reinforcement for tasks completed properly and constructive criticism where appropriate
Accompanying STEP students (as needed) to job interviews, job shadow experiences, vocational field trips, etc.
Modeling good work skills and attitudes
Identifying needed accommodations and adaptations
Reinforcing and modeling good work habits and attitudes as appropriate for the student
Encouraging independence and reduction of prompts and assistance
Identifying problem behaviors that could be barriers to employment and develop strategies to reduce, modify, or eliminate these behaviors
Communicating concerns related to the student's work
Serving as a liaison to other workers to help them adjust and accept the work of the student
Participating in the ongoing development and revision of training plans for the student
Collect data to monitor student's work rate, quality and technique
Monitoring student's progress, complete daily/weekly and quarterly reports/logs to school staff and/or STEP coordinator
Problem solving with employer, school staff, and STEP coordinator to ensure overall student success
Attending IEP meetings for STEP or potential STEP students
Performing other pertinent duties as assigned by Vocational Coordinator/Transition Specialist and Assistant Director
Technical Assistant
Develop and maintain records for STEP program and Vocational Coordinator/Transition Specialist. Dispose of outdated records according to state guidelines. Mail correspondence to parents, students, and employers. Obtain and process time sheets from employees/employers. Respond to all requests for accessing, copying, reviewing, inspecting, amending, destroying, and storing STEP and transition-related records. Follow procedures for Release of Information. Ensure confidentiality of all records at collections, storage, disclosure, and destruction stages. Maintain accurate and current student lists by each school and employer. Perform other pertinent duties as assigned by Pre-Vocational Coordinator/Transition Specialist and Assistant Director.