Transition Specialist

Reports to:    Associate Director of Education Services

Position type:    Exempt        FLSA Status:    NE-4

Supervisory responsibility:    None 

General responsibilities:

Provide work-readiness education to students with disabilities. • Cultivate and maintain relationships with school personnel, parents, business & community partners, and local resources to support students. • Provide follow-up services to students upon graduation from IMPACCT program.

*Responsibilities  

Lead recruitment efforts within each high school. 

• Serve as the IMPACCT Academy’s point person for parents and school personnel. 

• Lead recruitment efforts within the community for partners, including work experience supervisors, training room presenters, and community/business tours. 

• Lead the program effort in identifying needed community resources. Instructional Responsibilities 

• Deliver standardized IMPACCT curriculum to students in the Academy, including instruction in work-readiness, self-advocacy, goal-setting, and independent living. 

• Maintain a positive, structured classroom setting where the standards of work etiquette are upheld, and students feel safe, welcome, productive, and successful.

 • Organize and implement curriculum presenters/workshops on specific topics. 

• Support students in identifying and utilizing community resources to increase their independent living skill development and greater personal and economic independence 

• Provide support to work site activities as needed. 

• Support students’ reintegration to sending schools through Exit Meetings. Administrative Responsibilities 

• Maintain accurate student records. 

• Provide monthly update reports on student progress to schools, parents, and GSIL Leadership Team.

 • Provide monthly reports on enrollment, school & business outreach, and overall progress to GSIL Leadership Team. 

• Provide quarterly reports on students’ goals to IL Service Manager.

• Provide press releases throughout the academy related to business partners, graduation, and student success stories. 

• Follows up with each high school to ensure that earned ELOs are added to each student’s academic record. 

• Complete end-of-session reports. 

• Collect follow-up data from schools. 

• Participate in general GSIL events and activities. 

• Maintain professional knowledge/skills by reviewing professional literature and attending trainings/workshops. 

• Support and uphold GSIL policies and procedures, workplace regulations and safety practices. 

• Share newsworthy information appropriately throughout the organization.

 • Conduct other duties as assigned that will increase options for persons with disabilities to live independently in their communities. Skills 

• Ability to relate well with adolescents and adults 

• Ability to see the best in all students and assist each in self-development 

• Comfortable working 1 on 1 instruction and group presentations 

• Demonstrated collaborative skills • Excellent Organizational skills and a strong attention to detail 

• Ability to multitask and be consistent in a flexing environment Education/Training /Experience 

• College graduate, degree in Education preferred. 

• Knowledge and/or personal or professional experience working with individuals with disabilities preferred. 

• Knowledge of special education law, accommodations and modifications as related to IEPs and 504s preferred. 

• Google Suite including Google Classroom; Docs. 

Other Responsibilities:

•    Participate in general GSIL events and activities.

•    Maintain professional knowledge /skills by reviewing professional literature and attending assigned trainings /workshops.

•    Support and uphold workplace regulations and safety practices.

•    Other duties as assigned which will increase options for persons with disabilities to live independently in their communities. 

•    Travel throughout the state is required. 

Skills:

Strong written, verbal, and nonverbal communication skills, Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work independently in a team and strong organizational skills.  Ability to drive a 13-passenger vehicle.

Qualifications:

Experience working with at-risk adolescents and young adults with disabilities.  Knowledge of issues related to independence for youth with disabilities. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with adolescents, parents, staff, and service providers.  A strong commitment to increase the capacity of youth with disabilities to assume control and responsibilities of their lives.  A bachelor’s degree in education, counseling or another related field, and a master’s degree is preferred. Reliable personal transportation and driving is required. Ability to drive a 13-passenger vehicle.  Ability to travel to IMPACCT program locations as needed.  



Physical/Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this position, the individual is regularly required to sit, use a computer, a telephone, and other office equipment and to move throughout the building and attend outside meetings.  Employee may occasionally need to exert up to 10 pounds of force to lift carry, push or otherwise move objects (e.g., files or presentation materials).  This position requires the ability to express or exchange ideas and to comprehend and present detailed and critical information including but not limited to financial information.   Exceptional judgment and creativity are regularly required to evaluate results and make decisions. 

Reasonable accommodations will be made available to assist persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.                                                                                                 

*Essential functions of the job.