Job Coach

Description:
Do you have experience working directly with adolescents or young adults with emotional support and behavioral heath diagnoses? Are you seeking a position that will assist young adults transition from school based programming to community and post education life/vocational skills?

If you answer YES to those questions, considering joining Devereux as a Job Coach at our Brandywine School located in Glenmoore, PA.

**Being a Job Coach at Devereux has its Advantages.**

**Pay-rate: $17.50 - $20.24 **(based upon education and experience)

**Shift: 8am-4pm, Monday-Friday**

**Everyday as a Job Coach you will**:

- Directly supervise, train, and coach students within community-based employment training sites.
- Work with students to achieve a level of accomplishment and productivity that allows for greater employment independence.
- Act as a liaison between the employer/community based employment site and Devereux.
- Work with a team to assess skills and level of functioning/participation
- Document progress and involvement of students
- Provide information and input based on level of participation, functioning and progress to goals

**You will be Offered**:

- A multi-disciplinary and supportive educational environment
- The opportunity to work with a variety of functioning levels within small classes and great teacher/student ratios
- Clinical approaches to behavior management including interactions with BCBA's
- Strong community connections for job/skill training opportunities
- ** BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT** (1st day of the 30 days) mydevereuxbenefits.org
- ** ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program**

The Brandywine School located in Glenmoore, PA offers education curriculum to children functioning at all grade levels. A multi-sensory educational strategy is used at all schools, employing traditional instruction, hands-on and independent learning, as well as technology, to individualize a student’s progress in all academic areas, particularly math and reading. The transition from school to career, and all of the necessary interrelated skills, are a main focus of the school program. Devereux’s approved private schools offer high quality, innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. Children and young adults may come to Devereux as a day student, or as a part of residential treatment. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals.

Qualifications:
**EDUCATION**:Bachelors degree in education, psychology, social work, or related field preferred. High school diploma required.

**EXPERIENCE**:Two years experience working with adolescents and young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and/or behavior disorders in a transition and employment setting preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.