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Employment Support Worker (Job Coach) - Sarnia

Sarnia, ON

 

Goodwill Platform: Workforce Development

Job Location: Sarnia, ON

Position Type: Full time

Salary: $50,500

Application Deadline: March 9th, 2024

 
Employment Support Worker (Job Coach) 

Goodwill is hiring, join our growing organization today! We are looking for people just like YOU!

The Employment Support Worker (Job Coach) is responsible for providing assistance and support to clients towards reaching their work goals.  The candidate will have the ability to represent Goodwill professionally, and strong and engaging communication skills (both written and spoken) are essential

If you have a passion for helping people, making a difference in your community, and the environment, come join Goodwill! We are a diverse and inclusive team dedicated to improving the lives of others through our mission of WORK.

We welcome all backgrounds, knowledge, abilities, and perspectives.  We welcome newcomers to the region to apply.  Grow your career, skills and reach your full potential.

This position requires the successful candidate to have a valid driver’s licence and a reliable insured vehicle. The successful candidate would have to provide proof that they have a valid driver’s licence and proof of car insurance upon being hired.

About Us

Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes is a leading non-profit organization committed to changing lives and communities through the power of WORK. Ready to work or not, a job at Goodwill is a path to work readiness. Our organization strives to create a workplace which is welcoming and respectful to all where every employee and member feels valued and supported.

Mission:   

Changing Lives and communities through the power of WORK.  

Vision:   

Everyone is working and thriving in sustainable communities.  

Values:   

Inclusion: Embracing all people equally

Compassion: Serving with heart

Aspiring Workforce: Together changing lives through the power of WORK

Respect: Embracing diversity, upholding all people with dignity and trust

Empathy: Ability to walk in each other’s shoes 

 

Why You Will Love Goodwill:

Competitive Compensation Package includes:  

  • Benefits (dental/health) available for full-time and some part-time positions (based on hours worked).
  • Registered Pension Plan opportunity for various roles.
  • Special employee sale days and discounts.

Exciting career training and coaching: 

  • Equitable access to skills training & coaching, scholarships, and educational credentials. 

Supportive Life and Work Opportunities: 

  • Personal and professional development support with Life Coach & Employee Assistance Program.
  •  Work-life balance (we provide flexibility in scheduling your shifts)
  • Building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live.

We have an amazing team and workplace: 

  • Employer of choice across Southwestern Ontario who meets the Federal Government’s 50/30 challenge for diversity in leadership.
  • Commitment to accessibility and mobility (various walking devices and wheelchair accessible work locations).
  • Mission-driven organization committed to the Power of Work. 
  • Environmentally committed to meeting our goal of zero waste on planet earth.
  • Respectful, fun, and supportive team and leadership.
  • Accredited through CARF International.

 What You Will Do:

  • To provide on the job support services, which includes: providing guidance, intervention and mediation, employer training, implementation of adaptations and/or accommodations, and conducting client/employer evaluation meetings, as individually required. 
  • The position requires flexible availability in providing service to participants during and/or after standard business hours and on weekends. This will require travel within Sarnia-Lambton.
  • Follows the Customer Care Cycle (I Care) consistently providing world class customer service to all customers, internal and external, of Goodwill.
  • Participate in identification of appropriate job targets based on customers’ skills, experience, abilities, team expertise and labour market trends in collaboration with other Career Centre personnel.
  • Assist employer to provide feedback to clients, and ensure feedback is relayed to members of support team. To maintain communication and work cooperatively with members of each clients’ team, and other professionals involved, as appropriate.

 What We Are Looking For:

  • Effective leadership characteristics – humility, empathy, courage – to inspire and enact change.
  • Exceptional listening skills and high emotional intelligence, respecting differences between various ethnic groups and gender in the workplace.
  • Post-Secondary graduate holding a diploma/degree in one of the relevant social services areas/equivalent experience.
  • At least three (3) years’ experience working with individuals with disabilities and/or disadvantages in employment with multiple barriers.
  • Enthusiasm: excited to work with other people and teams.
  • Flexibility: able to work at various times, including days, evenings, and weekends.
  • Communication: effectively speaking with and listening to team members and customers to create a positive workplace.
  • Problem-solving: finding solutions to problems, being accurate..

Goodwill Industries OGL thanks all applicants in advance. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

 

 

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