Job Coach (PT)

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Primary Responsibility / Summary

Empower individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve workplace success by providing tailored job-specific skills training and ongoing support in both individual and group settings at assigned work locations. Cultivate thriving careers within competitive and integrated environments through individualized guidance. Champion inclusive work cultures by fostering positive workplace interactions and enabling participants to contribute within a supportive and accepting atmosphere.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Participant Support:

• Guide participants to excel by overseeing task completion, coaching the development of job skills, fostering sustained focus, cultivating positive work habits, and maximizing their potential.
• Enable job mastery by assisting participants in learning and executing their job tasks through hands-on training, positive reinforcement, and other tailored supportive strategies.
• Champion employment equity by advocating for participants' workplace rights, proposing alternative work methods or reasonable accommodations, and proactively informing site supervisors of potential accommodation needs.
• Connect participants and employers by serving as the primary liaison, ensuring seamless integration and fostering successful workplace relationships.
• Identify and address barriers to employment by continuously assessing ongoing support service needs. Cultivate strong collaborative relationships by maintaining consistent communication with participants, program staff, counselors, and other key stakeholders.
• Document participant progress by submitting timely progress reports, comprehensive case notes, and accurate required information (billing-related), and oversee efficient daily inventory tracking and insightful site visits, if applicable

Safety & Security:

• Safeguard the working environment through diligent identification of hazardous conditions, timely reporting of safety incidents, and rigorously enforcing compliance standards within organizational policies and code of conduct. Adhere to all safety standards and exercise caution in all work-related activities.

Additional Duties

1. Attends meetings and training as required. If required to drive for a work event, you should have a valid CDL and required auto insurance.
2. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises WEX Trainees and Program Participants

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• 1-2 years of job coaching or relevant experience.
• Experience working with individuals with barriers to employment. 

Pre-Employment Testing

• 8 Panel Drug Screen
• Background Check
• Employment Verification
• Live Scan
• LEIE

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Goodwill Industries in Southern California is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here:

Goodwill gives preferential consideration to persons with barriers to employment.   Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Goodwill is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. 
Employment decisions will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in employment including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.  

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disabilities

In furtherance of our commitment to end discrimination against qualified disabled individuals, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and all regulations properly issued thereunder to protect the rights of qualified disabled persons, it is Goodwill's policy that no program or activity administered by it shall exclude from participation, deny benefits to or subject to discrimination any individual solely by reason of his or her disability.   Equal employment opportunity will be extended to qualified disabled persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination.   We further affirm that we will provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified disabled employee or applicant.  

It is the policy of Goodwill to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment.  If you need assistance for accommodations to interview because of a disability, please notify the Human Resources Department. 
Employment opportunities will not be denied to anyone because of the need to make reasonable accommodations for a disability.