What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transition Job Coach position at The Cove School?
Transition Job Coach
2025 - 2026 School Year
Job Summary:
A transition job coach works with students 1:1 and in small groups both at the Cove Career Center and out in the community. At the Cove Career Center, the job coach supports students during independent living instruction in budgeting, health, nutrition, fitness, meal planning, and provides social skills support. In the community, the job coach supervises and provides guidance to students at the fitness center, grocery store, meals out, and activities in the community. Additionally, the job coach provides support at work sites to individual and small groups of students, modeling the work task, implementing accommodations, taking data, and providing feedback.
Pay & Benefits:
* Pay starting at $22/hour (rate of pay is commensurate with education, licensure and experience)
* Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
* Short and Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programs
* School Breaks, 5 sick and 4 personal days
* 5 - 6 Paid Holidays
* Tuition Reimbursement for continuing education
* Professional Development Opportunities
Schedule:
* Full-time
* 2025-2026 School Year
* Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 3:45 pm
* Five Week Extended School Year Program optional
Requirements:
Minimum bachelor's degree. Illinois Substitute License or Professional Educator License preferred.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Job coaches meet with student workers to review job description and to help each student set personal goals for the experience.
• Job coaches review work expectations and procedures with students including: work hours, work attire, sign in/out routine, call in procedures for sick or late, breaks, appropriate ways to advocate for needs, what to do during "down" time, how to ask for more to do
• Discuss and practice appropriate social interactions with supervisor, co-workers, and customers
• Practice asking work related questions and provide appropriate feedback
• At the work site, job coaches are expected to learn and perform the same tasks on the job as the students, work alongside them (modeling how the tasks should be performed) and then eventually fade the level of support as appropriate for each student.
• Job coaches set up a weekly meeting time (10-15 minutes) with the work site supervisor to review student progress and collect written reports of progress monthly.
• Job coaches coordinate an "exit interview" with the student and work site supervisor in order to obtain a final summary of overall performance and present level of employability.
• Job coaches suggest strategies for student workers (different ways to approach difficult tasks)
• Job coaches assist with problem solving
• Job coach meet regularly with Transition Supervisor at Cove School to report on student progress and concerns
About Us:
The Cove School is a non-public therapeutic day school for students with learning disabilities located in Northbrook, IL. Cove students come from 60 nearby different public schools and families can also choose to fund tuition privately. Classes are kept small. Teaching is flexible and varies according to the individual student’s learning style. A team of onsite specialists work collaboratively to provide students intensive, integrated related services.