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Description
Would you like to be a part of helping individuals with disabilities
work, live, and participate in the community? Challenge Unlimited, Inc.
is the perfect place for you to work. Come join our team!
Challenge Unlimited, Inc., has over 60 years of experience serving
individuals with disabilities while earning a reputation as a trusted
business partner to private commercial companies and federal and state
government agencies.
Challenge Unlimited employs over 900 employees, of which approximately
600 are individuals with disabilities, throughout 6 states (IL, MO, WI,
OH, SC, and MS)\
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Location: Alton, Illinois
Days/Hours: Full-time; Days & Hours vary
Pay: \$19.00 hr. plus full benefits
Weekend differential of \$1/hr. for Sat/Sun hours
Travel Required\
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POSITION SUMMARY\
Reporting to the Director of Community Employment, the Job Coach
facilitates vocational training services which provide people who have
different abilities opportunities to work with integrated teams and
receive work support as neededachieving the highest level of
independence possible.
Responsible for providing 1-1 vocational employment support, job skills
training, orientation, and ongoing support for clients with disabilities
seeking community employment. Maintain accurate records, provide
professional communication with managers, clients, and employers.
Encourage effective outcomes and accountability. Help the Employment
Services Team maintain quality services and meet outcomes in both
Illinois and Missouri. Maintain up to date understanding of the
expectations for each program and techniques that will provide best
practices and quality outcomes. Gain working understanding of services
and outcome requirements for paid contract services.
Build an effective company culture that embodies our company values to
achieve goals and objectives. Provides services resulting in client
placement that meets client interests and desired employment and the
individual service plan and funding source goals of placements.\
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES\
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Client Relations\
Promote a culture of person-centered services that advances the Companys
mission to provide quality care and services in a community-based
setting to individuals with disabilities. Ensure a high rate of client
satisfaction. Communicate regularly and effectively with clients
regardingprogress toward goals and program success. Review client files
and determine their individual needs. Demonstrate our Company values to
achieve optimum performance levels and achieve goals and objectives.
Review client files and determine their individual needs. Demonstrate
our Company values to achieve optimum performance levels and achieve
goals and objectives.\
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Client Employment, Training\
Train and support SEP clients when starting a new job to learn about
safety, policies, procedures, and communication with co-workers,
customers, and supervisors as job duties require. Complete orientation
and learn about job tasks expected of employees and ensure quality and
satisfaction with employer. Accompany, train, and provide 1:1 support to
clients at community integrated worksites; provide performance feedback
and re-direction as needed. Provide verbal cues and support services for
each client. Create job coaching plan based on job duties, assist with
the identification of effective job accommodations for clients as
needed, provi\
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Challenge Unlimited Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not
discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race,
color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender
identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic
information, veteran status, unifo med service member status, or any
other status protected by law.
