Supported Employment Associate - Full Time at Goodwill of the Heartland in CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa

Job Description:

Are you looking for an opportunity for creativity, positive energy, and supporting employment for individuals with barriers? Goodwill of the Heartland is seeking a Full-time Supported Employment Associate! If you believe our communities are strengthened when there is diversity in the workforce and can bring advocacy and teaching skills to support our participants, we want to hear from you!

Supported Employment Associates serve as the program manager for participants assigned to a caseload. This includes job coaching and/or arranging for job coaching, orienting clients to the host employer's policies, standards, and procedures, and soliciting feedback from employers on job coaching assessment and participant fit for the job. This provides the opportunity to maintain positive relationships with employers and funders, aiding employers with identifying and creating job accommodations and assistive devices as needed. There are important data entry and reporting requirements, and this position will develop Individual Service Plans and progress reports, maintaining accuracy and up-to-date case file information.

The schedule will mainly be Monday-Friday day hours, but there are occasional weekend and evening hours that are needed, so weekend and evening availability is required. Travel between job sites is required.

Qualifications:

• Two years of full-time employment in a related field is required.


• Post-secondary education may be substituted for one year of required employment.


• The Supported Employment Associate will need a reliable vehicle, valid Iowa driver's license, proof of required auto insurance, and must pass motor vehicle record screening, dependent adult and child abuse, sex offender registry, and criminal background checks.

The Supported Employment Associate position has a starting wage of $18.45 per hour. 

Goodwill has great benefits!

• A great store discount


• Health benefits


• Up to 6% employer contributions to retirement after one year


• And much more

Goodwill of the Heartland is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, veteran status, political beliefs, reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity or other protected categories.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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