Work Site Support Specialist (St. Charles, St. Peters, Warrenton, O'Fallon, Wentzville)

- St. Charles - St. Peters - Wentzville - Warrenton - O'Fallon

Job Summary: Join our compassionate and collaborative team as a Work Site Support Specialist, where you will play a vital role in providing work-based learning experiences for eligible VR clients enrolled in high school. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of students by helping them develop essential employability skills in a real work environment.

- Committed to supporting students with disabilities as they transition into the workforce

- Your skills in communication, organization, and empathy will be invaluable in this role.

- Lead classroom discussions using ODEP's soft skills curriculum

- Prepare necessary plans, reports, and paperwork to ensure a successful program

- Employee Assistance Program - 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance , & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost

- Comprehensive Training - Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training

- Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

- Coordinate students' work-based learning experiences within the Pre-Employment Training - Work Experience Program with VR

- Facilitate on-site support for students working a total of 16 hours at identified worksite(s) over four days each week, targeting 4 hours worked per day

- Incorporate four hours of soft skills training per week and review/discuss on-site experiences during each 20-hour week of the program

- Support students' full integration into the worksite and mediate between co-workers and supervisors as necessary

- Obtain information about students through the intake process, including meetings with students, families, VR Counselors, and school personnel

- Coordinate students' new hire paperwork, orientation, and weekly timesheets

- Report worksite outcomes and relevant information regarding student progress to Leadership and/or referral sources as required

- Preferably has experience in employment services, job coaching, business, sales, human resources, or human services

- Current driver's license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance

- Must have and maintain certification in CPR, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens

- Successful completion of background checks including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect, and fingerprint checks

- Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, or pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body

- Repetitive movements of hands, fingers, and arms for typing and/or writing during work shifts

- Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness