Training Assistance-“Job Coaching”

Many individuals with disabilities have been able to maintain employment by using the services of a Job Coach.  A Job Coach is often referred to by several different professional titles such as Job Trainer, Job Specialist, or Employer Consultant.  Job Coaches come from a wide variety of backgrounds such as rehabilitation, teaching, or business and are responsible for assisting an individual with a disability to maintain employment by offering on-site and/or off-site support. 

 A Job Coach performs a variety of duties in the course of assisting an individual with a disability to maintain employment.    Many times the Job Coach will spend time at the individual’s workplace to learn the job duties of the individual in order to help him or her to build proficiency over time.  He or she may also help identify possible accommodations or model expected behaviors and provide actual “hands on” job training. 

The role of a Job Coach is not only to support and to advocate for an individual with a disability, but also to support the employer and to answer any questions he or she may have.  The services provided by the Job Coach are provided at no cost to the employer.   Liability insurance coverage for the Job Coach is supplied by Cornerstone Services, Inc.  Although a Job Coach does not act as supervisor for the employee, a Job Coach is a valuable resource to the employer for initial training and can be considered a reasonable accommodation according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 

Career Solutions

Cornerstone Services, Inc.

800 Black Rd., Joliet, IL  60435

(815)727-6694