Job Coach

Overview

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services-core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

• Under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of Individual and Person Centered Services the Job Coach will be responsible for the following;

Job coaching refers to the training of an employee who is learning the skills of a new profession. A job coach will use structured intervention techniques to help the employee learn to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as a worker at the job site and in related community contacts. [Job coaching can also include related assessment, job development, counseling, advocacy, travel training and other services needed to maintain the employment.

Responsibilities

Job coaching refers to the training of an employee who is learning the skills of a new profession. A job coach will use structured intervention techniques to help the employee learn to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as a worker at the job site and in related community contacts. [Job coaching can also include related assessment, job development, counseling, advocacy, travel training and other services needed to maintain the employment.

The job coach works directly with an individual with a disability at the workplace / volunteer site to help him / her learn the specific requirements of the job. This includes learning work-related activities and requirements such as time and attendance rules; and learning appropriate work-related (including social) behaviors when dealing with supervisors and co-workers. A job coach is introduced before and during any required training for a job, and will stay on to assist the individual at their workplace until they can fade away confidently knowing that the individual can function independently at the workplace.

By placing an individual directly in a job with the hands-on assistance of a job coach, areas of vocational and personal strength and weakness become apparent early in the process. The job coach will cater their role to working on improving the weaknesses and highlighting the strengths of the individual as outlined in the individual work plan. With the job coach in place, the individual is able to receive immediate feedback, assistance, and follow-up from this support. The job coach will familiarize themselves with the goals the individual is working on and track the frequency of which he coaches the individual on those goals on the data collection sheet daily.

A job coach will encourage the individual to advocate for him / herself, but can advocate on their behalf if that is absolutely necessary. A job coach will essentially learn all skills required to do the job. When at a worksite, the job coach may have to prompt the individual on how to complete tasks, and if necessary model a task, but the job coach never completes tasks for the individual.

Salary Range : $18.53 / Hour - $19.33 / Hour

The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

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