Adaptive Skills Trainer

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Schedule: Monday & Wednesday 9am - 4pm

Language: English

Pay Range: $25.00 - $28.00/hr

Program: Adaptive Skills

Reporting to the Supervisor, the Adaptive Skills Trainer will provide individualized Instruction, assistance, and support to assigned individuals in support services as determined by the Adaptive Skills Administrative and Clinical Teams. This role includes community engagement with neurodiverse individuals, and families to build relationships. The Adaptive Skills Trainer should have excellent communication skills which are essential to support a team that delivers high-quality, person-centered services.

Responsibilities:

•  Implement individualized adaptive skills training plans developed
•  Provide direct, hands-on instruction in identified skill areas, including:
• Safety skills and community navigation
• Hygiene, dressing, and grooming routines
• Toileting and feeding skills (including picky eating and sensory-based food issues)
•  Housekeeping and home management
• Food purchasing and meal preparation
• Technology access and use
• Communication and social functioning
• Choice-making and self-advocacy
• Assist individuals with challenges as directed by the supervising professional
• Deliver services in the individual’s home, workplace, and/or community settings, as authorized.
• Promote generalization of skills across settings, people, and situations
• Apply evidence-based instructional strategies aligned with consumer needs and IPP goals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Health & Human Services

• Experience working with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities (personal or professional) preferred but not required.

• Depending on position, may require a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation & current auto insurance

Benefits:

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Retirement plan with company matching

• Paid CPR & First Aid Training

• Childcare Assistance Reimbursement

• Pet Insurance and much more!

About us: Jay Nolan Community Services is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to provide individualized support to children, teens, and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities so that they may live, work and thrive in their own homes and in their community. We are an inclusive, supportive, and community-oriented workplace.

Jay Nolan Community Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.