Position Description: The Transition Specialist works to engage high school students with disabilities at Spaulding High School in experiences to help them transition from high school to adulthood.Basic Function: Work with youth who receive special education services to expose them to training, career opportunities and/or to prepare for employment. Work includes a variety of liaison functions with special educators and with employers to expose and place students in work.Provide direct assistance to youth with disabilities:· Facilitate individual or group discussions for youth related to work habits, conduct and attitude.· Work-based learning opportunities, such as job shadows and internships.· Paid employment experiences.· Access to assistive technology.· On-the-job evaluation, job placement and follow-up.· Assess vocational interests and eligibility for job openings.· Assist with resumes, job seeking, interviewing skills and job applications.· Provide information on employers’ hiring criteria and job demands, coordinate job referrals, placement and follow up.Employer & Business Development:· Identify opportunities and assist in developing job opportunities for youth.· Focused employer outreach directed by students’ individual goals and personal learning plans.· Develop and maintain contacts with community businesses, learn area hiring practices, job requirements, local business trends, employment problems and communicate these to youth and other staff.· Follow-up job placements to assist employers in resolving problems they may encounter with job placements.· Assist employers to retain employees.- Participate in meetings with outside agencies to plan, evaluate and coordinate programs, services, and activities. Collaborate closely with the Vocational Rehabilitation Transition Counselor and members of other agencies such as Vt Agency of Business Industry and Rehabilitation (VABIR), Vt Dept. of Labor (VDOL), and Creative Workforce Solutions (CWS).Other:· Serve as liaison with staff involved in direct assistance to youth with disabilities.· Document work with youth and employers contacted on their behalf.· Participate in staff and department meetings to plan, evaluate and coordinate programs, services, and activities.· Coordinate with community resources as appropriate.