Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Schedule: Core Hours are Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm. Must have a flexible work schedule. Travel may be required.

Compensation: Based on Experience 

Summary: As a Community Support Specialist with the Long-Term Adult Supports and Resources (LASR), you will conduct individual and/or group instruction and service provision to a caseload of participants in a facility or community based setting, and facilitate implementation of services by outside agencies or qualified individuals’ accordance with the LASR plan. We are looking for someone who can easily build rapport with participants and with people within the community, has a strong desire to help others, and who has experience with individuals who are Developmentally Disabled.

Essential Duties: 

• Confers with program participant, parents, social workers, and others in the support team to develop and implement Individual Plans. Maintains supports and services for goals within budget allotted. 
• Reviews plans quarterly to note progress and/or barriers towards goal achievement.
• Creates and maintains confidential files of participants.
• Develops and maintains network of community resources for the development and implementation of Individual Plans in the community.
• Creates and/or coordinates learning materials or environments geared to meet the needs of each participant as identified in their Individual Plans.
• Provides supports to program participants in the community.
• Works with participants to increase motivation, provide consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback to participants on all learning activities.
• Facilitates or conducts excursions for participants in the community which are directly related to the new skills being sought by the participant through program services; including timely requisition of monies required for activities.
• Works with parents/participants to accept and develop skills in working with participants’ disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Combination of education and experience including a high school diploma or GED and 1-2 years related experience.
• Must have a valid Hawaii driver’s license and a driver’s abstract that meet company guidelines.
• Must have access to an insured vehicle.
• Required to have a TB clearance.
• CPR/First Aid certification preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Computer competency with MS word and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and one year related experience

At Goodwill Hawaii our mission is simple, yet powerful, we help people with employment barriers reach their full potential and become self-sufficient. We are the third largest non-profit agency in Hawaii and our motivation is sustaining Hawaii’s community through the power of work. Last year we placed nearly 1,500 people into employment, resulting in $22 million in annual wages earned as a result of these job placements. Join the Goodwill Hawaii family and help strengthen our Hawaii community, one job at a time.

Goodwill Hawaii is committed to fully complying with all Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action laws and regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. We also foster a drug-free work environment.