What are the responsibilities and job description for the Volunteer Job Coach position at Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP)?
Our Vision
Our learners will be able to access and use information from a variety of sources, voice their ideas and concerns, act independently and continue learning in an ever-changing world.
Our Mission
To provide for the education and employment related needs of limited English proficient adults who live and work in Arlington.
Since its inception in 1975, REEP has helped more than 90,000 adult English language learners from more than 90 countries. Our students come to us with the general goal of improving English in order to adjust to American society, but our services impact their lives as learners, citizens, family members, and workers.
Our Students
Our students are remarkable people. Many have overcome tremendous hardships to get here. They view coming to the United States and learning English as a way of improving their lives. Most of our students work at least one full-time job or several part-time jobs, have families, and still find the time and motivation to study English. Despite these obstacles, and hopefully because of something we're doing right, 85% of our students complete their 12-week term.
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The job coach provides students in REEP’s workforce classes individualized support on a work-related goal.
Duties Meet with students in small groups or one-on-one sessions to understand their goals and ambitions.
Our learners will be able to access and use information from a variety of sources, voice their ideas and concerns, act independently and continue learning in an ever-changing world.
Our Mission
To provide for the education and employment related needs of limited English proficient adults who live and work in Arlington.
Since its inception in 1975, REEP has helped more than 90,000 adult English language learners from more than 90 countries. Our students come to us with the general goal of improving English in order to adjust to American society, but our services impact their lives as learners, citizens, family members, and workers.
Our Students
Our students are remarkable people. Many have overcome tremendous hardships to get here. They view coming to the United States and learning English as a way of improving their lives. Most of our students work at least one full-time job or several part-time jobs, have families, and still find the time and motivation to study English. Despite these obstacles, and hopefully because of something we're doing right, 85% of our students complete their 12-week term.
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The job coach provides students in REEP’s workforce classes individualized support on a work-related goal.
Duties Meet with students in small groups or one-on-one sessions to understand their goals and ambitions.
- Develop an effective job search and career growth plan for individual students.
- Show students how to utilize job search sites, create and edit resumes, apply to jobs, and fill out job applications.
- Prepare job coaching participants for job interviews, including simulating interviews.
- Advise students who have not chosen a career path about potential professions and education programs.
- Maintain confidentiality of students’ personal information.
- Conduct internet and telephone research outside the job coaching session to support student preparations as needed, likely 1-3 hours per week. Often REEP students have education and career experience from foreign countries, and research is required to translate their credentials for use on their US resumes.
- Present the job coaching program to prospective students in a five-minute presentation at the start of the term.
- Collect students from their classes when it is time for their job coaching sessions.
- Summarize progress during job coaching sessions and share these summaries with coordinators and other job coaches via email or Google spreadsheet. The summaries are to be written shortly after the job coaching session and distributed to all members of the job coaching mailing list.
- Notify Volunteer Coordinator in advance of any absences.