Skills Trainer II

The Skills Trainer II is responsible for working with individuals with an intellectual or physical disability. This position assists the participant with frontline services such as guidance, training site supervision, and direct classroom instruction. This position helps motivate and supervise consumers to achieve maximum skills. This position creates and facilitates a pres elected curriculum for assigned activity areas. Monitor and document participant’s progress.

In this role, it is crucial to promote an active and inclusive learning environment for learners with diverse needs and create effective training programs to ensure our participants and employees will succeed.

• Present information using a variety of formats, techniques, and resources (i.e., role‑playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, and lectures).
• Develop and deliver training programs to help participants maintain and improve individual job skills and performance.
• Work closely with management to create and enhance the on‑the‑job training activities.
• Coordinate with the Learning and Development Supervisor to secure instructional materials for training.
• Utilizes the agency’s learning and management system to deliver training and provide content feedback to the Learning and Development Supervisor.
• Leverages the agency’s learning library to deliver learning and ensure accurate content.
• Develop and administer ongoing training to existing team members.
• Actively seek current training methods and best practices to facilitate the training of participants.
• Communicate with leadership and management teams to proactively identify topics to be addressed or areas that require additional instruction.
• Analyze metrics to gauge participant and employee performance once out of training.
• Facilitates direct instruction for participants to gain the soft skills needed to obtain and retain a job. Serves as the primary instructor for all training, including work evaluation, work adjustment, and community work adjustment.
• Instructs at different functioning levels to accommodate lessons to serve the population's needs in training.
• Provides feedback to specified team members regarding individual performances.
• Conducts readiness workshops and provides one on one coaching to participants and enrolled job seekers.
• Maintains detailed case records according to funder and agency requirements.
• Ensure participant information is entered into the appropriate form, database, or report promptly and maintain confidentiality requirements.
• Comply with the agency’s policy and procedures and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities standards.
• Comply with referral sources requirements (APD, Medwaiver, Qlarant, DVR, etc.)

Good interpersonal skills and adaptability to change preferred. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Experience in assessing transferable skills, aptitudes, abilities, needs, interests, readiness for employment, and barriers that hinder employment, highly desired.
• Must be an energetic team player who desires to impact the community and create significant change positively.
• Must have effective problem‑solving skills and the ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome.
• Must have effective classroom management and policy enforcement skills.
• Must support and value diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Previous experience in training and employee development or a related field is preferred.
• Experience creating and implementing training plans and materials for multiple departments and diverse learners preferred.
• Must know adult learning principles and adult training methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Computer literate. Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish English/Creole) highly desirable.