Gateway Skills Trainer - High School

Job Title: Project Gateway Skills Trainer

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Classification: Administrative Support

Immediate Supervisor: Director of Special Education

Hiring Specifications:
Education:

• Associates degree and 2 years’ experience
• Or a combination of education and relevant experience to equal 4 years

Experience:

• Identify student intern’s strengths, interests and abilities related to job skill acquisition and preparation for employment.
• Use job coaching techniques to promote the intern’s job skill development.
• Responsible for providing effective job skills training, travel training and transition support services to prepare Project Gateway interns for successful, competitive, integrated employment in the community.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Knowledge of information and techniques needed to provide job coaching supports to Project Gateway interns and to provide guidance and training including appropriate job accommodations.
• Assurance and support for safety and security of the employee and the rules, regulations, precautions, prevention, and the protection of people, data, and property as required by the employer.
• Knowledge of diversity and inclusion best practice and ability to support inclusive employment.
• To have not had a felony conviction or founded dependent child or adult abuse record.
• To complete the requirements of health, immunizations, drug test and employee orientation of Waterloo Schools.

Job Duties:

• Provide individualized employability skills training and supports to each intern at the host business including coaching, building natural supports in hospital departments, identifying, creating and implementing reasonable accommodations, assistive technology, etc.
• Participate and successfully complete basic job coach training within six months of hire (Systematic Instruction, Lean and other appropriate training) and continual staff development
• Work with instructor to assess, share and provide feedback of intern skill progress and record data, completing necessary task analyses, evaluations, reports and other documentation
• Work with team to develop internship sites, write job descriptions, task lists, job analysis and develop necessary accommodations and modifications for the internships
• Assist in educating coworkers and host site staff on disability awareness and disability disclosure
• Reinforce employability skills and assists intern to understand and interpret work culture
• Assist in interview training process for interns to obtain internships and competitive employment
• Learn internship duties across host site departments and make any modifications and accommodations (label cabinets, simplifies written instructions, etc.) necessary to promote intern independence for successful completion of the internship duties
• Teach safe practices according to the work environment and business requirements
• Model appropriate workplace behavior and practices positive feedback techniques with interns, colleagues and other staff
• Assist in training interns to meet required standards in the areas of personal hygiene, communication, interviewing and self-management and advocacy as they relate to successful employment
• Work with hospital staff and instructor to determine new job tasks as intern gains competencies and confidence
• Meet with the instructor and department mentors regularly to discuss issues and problem solve obstacles affecting intern’s performance
• Communicate to make decisions regarding any issues that may affect an intern's success at a worksite or competitive place of employment. These decisions may be related to continued job coaching, fading, self-management, job tasks, etc.
• Assist and support in exploring job opportunities that match intern’s interests and skills, and communicate with all team members about job opportunities.
• Attend individual employment planning meetings, as appropriate, to know intern’s goals, strengths, interests and challenges and provide feedback
• Provide new internship ideas to team
• Perform travel training with interns when utilizing public transportation
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Terms of Employment: 183 day contract per Board policy and administrative guidelines.

Date Last Revised: 7/1/26