Job Description
Job Description
Position : Career Advancement Specialist
Reports To : Site Manager
Hours : M-F, 40 hours per week w / flexibility for nights and weekends
Location : Salem Ma
Overview
Triangle has an immediate opening for a Career Advancement Specialist at our Salem Day Program. The qualified candidate will equip adults with disabilities to achieve their career and personal goals by maximizing their participation in supported employment and progressing towards competitive employment in the community.
Triangle’s Expectation of Employee
- Adheres to Triangle policy and procedures
- Fosters a positive, solution-oriented culture consistent with Triangle’s mission
- Promotes employment, self-advocacy, and independence across programs and participants
- Acts as a role model within and outside of Triangle
- Maintains a positive and respectful attitude towards participants, staff, and community partners
- Communicates regularly with supervisor
- Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
- Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position, with a willingness to flex hours as needed
Primary Responsibilities
Equips individuals with disabilities with job readiness skills to secure potential employment or collegiate pathwaysCreates an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environmentTakes lead in developing and implementing activities and employment / collegiate opportunities focused on personal and professional developmentAids in the development & implementation of new and engaging career and social experiences to meet program / participant driven goalsProduces weekly supported employment schedule / monitors utilization of contractsConsistently connects with community employers in order to identify or create employment opportunities / collegiate supports for individualsFacilitates and implements after hours social opportunities and community engagementEstablishes opportunities for training and job shadowing with local community businessesDevelops job leads and cultivates employer relationships to enhance community partnershipsMonitors individual job performance, attitude, and behavior for appropriatenessImplements independent living, self-advocacy, and soft skills into daily activities and programmatic offeringsProvides individualized support to participants, when necessary, both during programming and 1 : 1 job / collegiate pathway coachingConducts initial / ongoing assessments for personal growthProactively communicates with families over employment / collegiate progress and needsProvides supports to participants and assists in developing natural supports to ensure integration and increased or maintained independence in the communityTrains and develops independent skills related to employment and collegiate pathways, such as travel training, hygiene, self-advocacy, etc.Provides transportation for groups or individual career seekers to interviews, employment assessments, job searching, and other employment activities in the communityCommunicates in a professional manner with employers / collegiate stakeholders and trouble shoots issues at supported sites with all relevant partiesWorks with Case Management team to ensure individual’s ISP / Life Plan goals are being metParticipates in ISP / Life Plan meetings with Department of Developmental Services, participants, and their families or other members of their support team as neededTakes direction from Site Manager / Assistant to collect accurate data as needed for ISP / Life Plans, behavior plans, monthly progress notes, etc.Submits billing and related progress notes on a daily basis utilizing Penelope softwareContributes to monthly ISP / Life Plan goal tracking notesOther duties as assignedDaily
Performs 1 : 1 job development with or on behalf of participant and complete documenting / billing in databaseAdjust supported employment schedule as neededProvides direct care / group site supervision when necessaryPrepares and executes lessons to foster personal and professional growthKnows and adheres to all safety policies and emergency procedures. Know basic emergency facts regarding participationMaintains up to date case notes, data collection, employment records, schedules, etc.Weekly
Provides services and bills necessary contract hours on a weekly basisPlans and facilitates job clubs / events for groups of participants and bills accordinglyChecks in with appropriate parties on a weekly basis to share applicable progress, challenges, and ISP / plan progress and behavior dataYearly
Reaches department placement / annual goals set by Site Manager and DepartmentParticipates in progress meetings (ISP, behavioral etc.) as requested.As Needed
Meets 1 : 1 with caseloadCompletes reports, observations, career readiness assessments, and job coaching as requestedDevelops 10 employer relationships / leads per monthPlaces 10 participants in competitive, integrated employment (not in supported group sites)Participates in team meetingsMeets with Site Manager / Assistant Site Manager on a monthly basis for supervision and as neededCommunicates with employers and proposes implementation / production goals; fields questions in a professional mannerFlexes work week as required by employment sites and job coaching schedules; informs Site Manager of any changesQualifications
High School Diploma required; additional Education preferredOne to Three years of Human Services experience preferredSome Marketing and / or Sales experience preferredFirst Aid / CPR and Safety Care or willingness to become certified.Massachusetts Driver's License and clean driving record requiredPersonal vehicle requiredMust clear state and federal background checkLanguage Skills
Ability to verbally communicateAbility to read, analyze, interpret, and write documents.Ability to respond and navigate common inquiries or complaints from regulatory agencies, or family members.Americans with Disability Specifications
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment should be adapted to meet the sensory needs of a neurodiverse population.
