Craven County Schools
Job Coach/Teacher Assistant

Position Description

Position:    Job Coach/Teacher Assistant
Reports to:    Transition Coordinator, Principal

Terms of Employment:    10 months

Pay Grade:    56

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Nature of Work

Directly assist OCS students in transitioning into competitive employment through job development, community-based training/coaching and assistance with actual work experiences that are aligned with their post-secondary goals. Employee will supervise students assigned to the OCS program while working within the school setting and out in the community at work sites. Monitoring student’s behavior while on the school bus, in transit to community-based training job sites and or job searching is also a responsibility of this employee.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• 48 semester credit hours
• Experience in Challenging Behavior/Autism
• Must obtain and maintain a CDL for driving a bus

Certification and Licensure Requirements (if applicable):

Essential Functions/Typical Tasks

Performance expectations:

• Provide quality job coaching services that align with the OCS program guidelines and to the OCS students assigned to community-based & competitive employment placements with integrity and

Goal:

• To provide quality job coaching services that meet the needs of the employers, the Occupational Course of Study program and the students that are

Maintain Accurate Documentation:

• Track student Community-Based Training (CBT) hours and Paid Employment (PE) hours on a daily basis
• Complete evaluations for student progress reports and report cards
• Collect student timesheets on a monthly basis
• Complete Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) case service invoices on a monthly basis
• Complete monthly report including current School-Based training (SBT), CBT & PE totals for each student
• Maintain database of potential and current community employers

Communicate:

• Communicate with students, teachers, guidance counselors, Vocational Rehabilitation, parents, supported employment agencies and community business managers
• Student-schedules, status of required hours, explaining expectations on the job sites
• Guidance counselor-providing information concerning students who have completed SBT, CBT and PE hours
• Teachers-New teacher orientation (explaining OCS job coach program and schedules)
• Vocational Rehabilitation-student progress/lack of progress, interest and dislikes based on Community-Based training
• Parents-student progress/lack of progress information pertinent to student obtaining employment (i.e. ID cards, Social Security cards, )
• Supported Employment (SE) agencies-information pertinent to student obtaining employment, hours earned while out with the SE job coach
• Community Business Managers-employment needs, feedback on student performance, feedback on service/partnership with the school
• Power school-obtain student schedules, submit hour for transcripts

Responsibilities to Students:

• Provide transportation for students to training sites during the school day
• Access student’s employment interest, employability and job readiness skills
• Assist students with obtaining state ID’s, background checks, fingerprints and other necessary pre-employment
• Assist students with preparing clean, neat and appropriate attire for work
• Link student to Vocational Rehabilitation services

Job Development:

• Visit community businesses, assess various positions, duties and skills required to perform job
• Develop a partnership with business that will allow students to come in and experience on-the-job training experiences. Link and coordinate students to selected job
• Once sites established, meet regularly with the employer for feedback on student performance.

Job Training:

• Assist students with job research (completing applications, interviews and initial training)
• Provide one-on-one job training
• Provide transportation to and from training site during the school day and assist with coordinating transportation outside of the school day

Additional Responsibilities:

• Have good time management skills
• Be self-motivated
• Be flexible
• Be creative
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to change
• Demonstrate willingness to step out-of-the-box
• Have basic computer knowledge

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Work collaboratively with the OCS teachers
• Model and provide training on appropriate work-related habits and behaviors
• Transport students on a county school bus to community-based training and job search sites (Required to obtain and maintain CDL Bus driver’s license)
• Maintain a log of student earned community-based and paid employment hours
• Ability to communicate with community businesses and develop community-based job opportunities
• Maintain a list of potential employers for community and/or paid job placements
• Conduct job-site analysis
• Develop task analysis detailing every step of the job for each job that students will be performing
• Complete a task analysis for each student per job every time the particular job is assigned
• Assess the appropriateness of the student referrals for placement with other agencies
• Develop a placement plan detailing expectations for each assigned job placement
• Perform on-site job coaching/training for student
• Provide ongoing follow-up services
• Complete individual assessments on student job performance

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to fingers, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to perform medium work exerting in excess of 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must meet the physical demands necessary to obtain and maintain a CDL.

Special Requirements

Valid driver’s license and a CDL for bus driving

*In compliance with Federal Law, Craven County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability.