Job Coach - Meaningful Day Counselor

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Training & development
• Tuition assistance
• Vision insurance
  
  
  

Job Coach- Meaningful Day Counselor, 1:1 position

Location: Chicopee, MA

Pay:$19 per hour Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Summary of Position:

The Job Coach-Meaningful Day Counselor is responsible for coordinating and implementing community based recreational activities and vocational exploration opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, specifically 1:1 with a client. The Counselor will use a variety of settings to assist individuals in furthering skills such as socialization, relationship building, communication and self-advocacy. The Meaningful Day Counselor must have strong oral and written communication skills. This position often involves working independently in a community setting with multiple individuals and requires good judgement to intervene and respond to incidents and emergency situations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide 1:1 services with a client.
• Model treatment interventions established by an individuals’ treatment team as documented in the Individual Service Plan.
• Provide specific interventions in the vocational and community settings as outlined in the treatment plan.
• Develop progress notes describing each individual’s contact and how that contact relates to treatment goals.
• Collaborate with other members of the treatment team and other professionals including participation in treatment planning meetings.
• Participate with and monitor the activities of work crews engaged various vocational exploration opportunities.
• Supervising and participating in events alongside program participants.
• Access or develop evidence-based curriculum to utilize in facilitating regular educational training opportunities for program participants.
• Provide transportation to individuals in the program.
• Collaborating with staff and clinicians to understand the ways in which activities can promote healing and belonging.
• Conducting needs assessments to ascertain physical, cognitive, and emotional abilities.
• Determining individual interests and expectations regarding leisure time.
• Overseeing the use of available daily activity funds.
• Developing an activities program that is both sufficiently diverse and sensitive to our participants’ needs.
• Coordinating the availability of needed supplies for all activities.
• Compiling periodic reports that outline successes, constraints, and the way forward.
• Any other tasks assigned by program management.
  
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Previous experience in human services or education
• Valid driver’s license & reliable transportation
• High School Diploma or GED (Associate’s Degree Preferred)
  
  
  

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