Job Readiness Instructor - Greene County (Part Time)

Part-Time position - approximately 24 hrs. per week

Summary

Responsible for providing employment/vocational services to referred clientele. Assesses barriers and coordinates customers’ individual service plans, thereby enabling them to become self-sufficient.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

1. Develops and implements curriculum plan of service delivery for interns who have multiple barriers towards independence.
2. Maintains curricula and materials for Job Search/Job Readiness class.
3. Reviews documentation and records to meet requirements for specific funding sources.
4. Develops rapport with interns and provides information on the progress of each consumer.
5. Documents accurate case information on each participant from intake through discharge.
6. Documents each contact with customer.
7. Provides Program Coordinator with necessary reports in a timely manner.
8. Provides interns with job-readiness skills.
9. Works with Quality Assurance to ensure optimal and appropriate Individual Service Plan goals and objectives are achieved.
10. Assist interns with job placement and retention.
11. Provides own transportation and adequate liability insurance.
12. Completes other duties as assigned.
13. Complies with all Agency policies, procedures, and safety standards throughout work areas and maintains same to meet CARF, HIPAA, Department of Labor, and other regulatory standards.

Supervisory Responsibilities 

  None

Education Requirements 

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Leading Candidates will have a strong background in working with the all populations, instructing, vocational rehabilitation, vocational assessment, and job placement services.

Experience Requirements

Involvement in implementation and development of training programs for adults with disabling and disadvantaging conditions.

Qualification

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Employee must maintain a valid driver's license and a driving record acceptable to Goodwill's liability insurance provider. If at any time the employee is unable to maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record acceptable to GESMV’s liability insurance provider, they must immediately notify Human Resources.
• Must maintain the ability to pass a criminal background check and random drug screens.

Skills & Abilities

1. Knowledge of business and industry hiring practices.
2. Uncompromising ethics and integrity.
3. Must have a desire to be a participating member of an organization that values employee involvement and diversity.
4. Must possess excellent customer service, time management, organizational, writing, and reading skills.
5. Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
6. Must be able to interact cordially and productively with a variety of people.
7. Must be able to market Goodwill Easter Seals and explain the mission to the general public.
8. Must be able to take initiative, make decisions, and work well with little supervision.
9. Must be able to keep information confidential.

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 regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job and/or apply for the position, absent undue hardship.This job description is not to be interpreted as an all-inclusive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform additional job- related tasks as assigned, subject to reasonable accommodation.