Transition Specialist

Basic Function

• 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

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.

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; Sheets; Slides; Forms, and Gmail.
• Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and various templates.
• Experience working with Database programs.

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.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement

About Us

Granite State Independent Living is a statewide non-profit and New Hampshire's only Center for Independent Living, we stay close to our roots with a focus on our 5 core services of education, information, advocacy, support, and transition services for people with disabilities and underserved youth. We can speak and think with authority on behalf of the people we serve and support because we are led by a board of directors and staff of which over 51% are people with disabilities.

We carry out our mission through our Home Care Services, Community-Based Disability Supports and Employment Services. With the help of our local New Hampshire communities, we assist people with the tools for living life independently, so they can change their lives for the better. While much has changed over the years, one thing remains the same; GSIL is committed to the principle of personal choice and direction.