JOB DESCRIPTION FOR:  Employment Specialist for Special Education

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REPORTS TO:  Special Education Program Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS:  As established by the Board of Education

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

To assist Vocational Rehabilitation eligible and potentially eligible students who have identified work as a possible desired post-school outcome and have demonstrated a need for assistance to transition from high school to post-school activities, including employment.  

DUTIES:

• Provide pre-employment transition services in groups as well as individually (job exploration and counseling, work-based learning experiences, post-secondary counseling, workplace readiness training in the areas of social skills and independent living, and self-advocacy instruction), and 
• Provide transition services, individually only (transition planning, career assessment, job development, community job placement, and post-school follow-up services).
• Contact local employers regarding placement of students with a disability for supported, non-paid vocational training 
• Provide on the job training to students with a disability.
• Complete written on the job assessments of student performance including a task analysis of the job to be performed, completion of a discrepancy analysis of student skills already present and those to be developed to allow for successful job performance, statement of job modifications and/or adaptations which could facilitate successful job completion.
• Compile assessment information into a synthesized vocation evaluation.
• Transport students to and from job sites.
• Attend training sessions as scheduled by the program coordinator.
• Do monthly notes that are turned in for billable services every month
• Follow up with students who have a job during the summer 2 x’s per month (June-July). 
• Other duties as assigned by the program coordinator.